Guitar World Presents: Steve Vai's Guitar Workout

In Guitar World Presents: Steve Vai's Guitar Workout, Steve Vai reveals his path to virtuoso enlightenment with two challenging Guitar workouts ? one 10-hour and one 30-hour ? which include scale and chord exercises, ear training, sight-reading, music theory, and much more. Since its appearance in Guitar World in 1990, Vai's intensive Guitar regimen has been the Holy Grail for serious players. Here is the lesson that shaped a generation of guitarists. Vai sat down with guitarist/transcriber Dave Whitehill and outlined his practice routine for the January 1990 issue of Guitar World.Never before had a guitarist given such an in-depth explanation of his musical exercise regimen. It became a must-have for guitarists. Many of the players interviewed in Guitar World have cited it as an influence on their development as guitarists. Here's a chance to experience the workout in its original form and to learn some of the things Vai has done to develop his formidable chops and remarkable music vocabulary.

John Heussenstamm: Guitar Workout - Speed Picking, Sweeps, Arpeggios And Harmony For The Modern Guitarist

Guitar Workout is an intensive, comprehensive program that will increase your speed, agility, and creativity. This is the ultimate workout for any guitarist who wants to accelerate and articulate their speed picking!Train like a professional while gaining a greater understanding of the diatonic major scale, scale harmony, and the picking technique needed to play super-fast licks and riffs with melodic intelligence and creativity.Internationally renowned guitarist John Heussenstamm leads you through rigorous single-note warm-up exercises, speed drills, fingering patterns, sweeps, arpeggios, and melody construction.

Mark Harrison: Piano Fitness - A Complete Workout

This book will give you a thorough technical workout, while having fun at the same time! The accompanying CD allows you to play along with a rhythm section as you practice your scales, arpeggios, and chords in all keys. Instead of avoiding technique exercises because they seem too tedious or difficult, you'll look forward to playing them. You'll never be unsure about how to play each example, because all the exercises have fingerings provided. Various voicings and rhythmic settings, which are extremely useful in a variety of pop and jazz styles, are also introduced. Mark Harrison is a professional keyboardist, composer/arranger, and music educator/author based in Los Angeles. His many music instruction books are used by thousands of musicians in over 20 countries. He runs a busy private teaching studio, and performs with his own contemporary jazz band, as well as the Steely Dan tribute band Doctor Wu.

Emily Crocker/Rollo Dilworth: Choir Builders For Growing Voices - 18 Vocal Exercises For Warm-up And Workout

When do you start teaching proper vocal technique to young voices? RIGHT NOW! Here are 18 fun and original exercises that will get your students' growing voices on the right track to producing a quality sound.Posture, breathing, flexibility, range of voice and more are all addressed in these wonderful exercises for young voices. Sing along with the demonstration tracks on the enclosed CD for quick learning, or use the accompaniment-only tracks for ear training and assessment options.Get ready to workout to a better sounding choir! Available: Book/CD. Suggested for grades 3-8.

Ultimate Bench Warrior

Amp guru Lee Jackson covers a range of amplifier and speaker issues, including: tools of the trade; soldering; different valve/tube types; electronic symbols; amplifier modifications ranging from gain stages to adding reverbs; schematics of solidstate circuits and power supplies; lists of possible suppliers, and much more!Includes over 180 photos and illustrations.

Choir Builders For Growing Voices: 2

Choir Builders For Growing Voices: 2 features 24 Vocal Exercises for Warm-up & Workout.

John Coltrane: Omnibook for B-flat

The John Coltrane: Omnibook contains over 50 pieces as played by John Coltrane himself. This vast collection is perfect for any B Flat Saxophonist's collection, who maybe wishing to follow in the tracks of the Train. John Coltrane was one of the worlds most influential Jazz Saxophonists of all time, helping to pioneer the use of modes in jazz, and was later at the forefront of free Jazz. This vast collection of pieces includes, amongst many others.

Andy Ziker: Drum Aerobics

A 52-week, one-exercise-per-day workout program for developing, improving, and maintaining drum technique. Players of all levels - beginners to advanced - will increase their speed, coordination, dexterity and accuracy.The accompanying audio CDs include all 365 workout licks plus play-along grooves in every style.

John Coltrane Omnibook (E-Flat Instruments)

For E-flat instruments, the John Coltrane Omnibook includes over 50 pieces by the legendary jazz musician, transcribed note-for-note for jazz solo. This spiral-bound volume features meticulous, easy-to-read notation, including chord symbols and metronome marks. John Coltrane Omnibook contains information on the recording from which each tune was transcribed, as well as advice on specific playing techniques such as hum, split tone and growl. The John Coltrane Omnibook includes the pieces Blue Train (Blue Trane), Cousin Mary, Lazy Bird, Countdown and more.

Dan Erlewine/David Vinopal/Eldon Whitford: Gibson's Fabulous Flat-Top Guitars - Second Edition

Finally back in print! The must-have book on Gibson's killer acoustic guitars, now updated.From the 1920s to the present, Gibson and its flat-tops have been synonymous with American music. Whether the music you listen to is from the North or the South, the country or the city, it is likely that a Gibson guitar was involved in creating it.Through more than 200 photos and detailed text, this book chronicles the development and evolution of Gibson's fabulous flat-tops, showing why these guitars have been the choice of so many great musicians, professional and amateur alike, over the last 70 years.

Saxophone Aerobics (Book/Online Audio)

This 52-week, one-exercise-a-day workout program for developing, improving and maintaining Saxophone technique includes access to demo audio tracks online for all 365 workout licks. Techniques covered include: Scales Articulations Rhythms Range extension Arpeggios Ornaments Stylings Benefits of using this book include: Facile technique Better intonation Increased style vocabulary Heightened rhythmic acuity Improved ensemble playing Expanded range

Blues Warm-ups and Workouts

You asked for it! Paul Jennings has drawn on his broad experience in jazz education to develop this unique set of warm-ups and exercises based on the blues form and designed especially for developing jazz ensembles. Thisversatile rehearsal 'tool kit' includes: I. BLUESTART (Opening Blues Warm-Up), II. BALANCING ACT (A Blues Balance Builder), III. BLUES WORKOUT (F), IV. BLUES WORKOUT (Bb), V. BLUES BUFFET.

Trumpet Aerobics (Book/Online Audio)

This 52-week, one-exercise-a-day workout program for developing, improving and maintaining Trumpet technique includes access to demo audio tracks online for all 365 workout licks. Techniques covered include: Scales Articulations Flexibility Intervals Arpeggios Ornaments Buzzing & lip bends Playing between the partials Finger dexterity Benefits of using this book include: Facile technique Better intonation Increased style vocabulary Heightened rhythmic acuity Improved ensemble playing Expanded range

The Real Book: Volume II - Second Edition (E Flat Instruments)

The Real Book is an alternative to the plethora of poorly designed, illegible, inaccurate and badly edited volumes which abound on the market today. Clear and accurate, the Real Book series aims to provide a selection of music that is both easy to read and enjoyable to perform. Arranged for E flat instruments, this edition of The Real Book: Volume II contains 400 songs, including Moon River, Georgia On My Mind, Fly Me To The Moon, Oye Como Va and many more well-known tunes.

Cannonball Adderley: Omnibook - For E Flat Instruments

Cannonball Adderley: Omnibook presents nearly 50 of Julian “Cannonball” Adderley's recorded solos fully transcribed exactly as he recorded them, including some articulations. Includes favourites such as Ah-Leu-Cha, Blue Funk, Cannonball, Easy to Love (You'd Be So Easy to Love), Fiddler on the Roof, Hi-Fly, I Remember You, Love for Sale, Milestones, Oleo, One for Daddy-O, People Will Say We're in Love, Porky, Sack of Woe, So What, Somethin' Else, Spectacular, Straight No Chaser, This Here, Waltz for Debby, Work Song, You Got It and many more. Arranged for E-flat instruments. Cannonball Adderley is perhaps one of the greatest Alto Saxophonist of all time and is particularly known for not repeating himself when recording. Adderley played and made his name with famous Jazz figures such as Miles Davis and John Coltrane.

I'm a Train

One of the King's Singers top songs, this Albert Hammond folk classic in a brilliant arrangement by Peter Knight will give advanced ensembles a diction workout! A fantastic encore!

Indiana (Back Home Again In Indiana)

This popular standard gets the full Canadian Brass treatment in this big band setting. Written in a medium swing style every section gets a workout in this swingin' chart.

E's Flat Ah's Flat Too

E's Flat Ah's Flat Too

The Real Book: Volume I ? Sixth Edition B Flat Instruments (Mini Edition)

The Real Book is an alternative to the plethora of poorly designed, illegible, inaccurate and badly edited volumes which abound on the market today. Clear and accurate, the Real Book series aims to provide a selection of music that is both easy to read and enjoyable to perform. Arranged for B flat instruments, this mini edition (5.25" x 8.5") of The Real Book: Volume I contains 400 songs, including Yesterday, Somebody Loves Me, ?Round Midnight, Have You Met Miss Jones? and many more well-known tunes.

Forever in Love (Saxophone)

B-Flat or E-Flat Saxophone Solo. Kenny G's romantic ballad arranged for soprano, tenor, or alto saxophone with paino accompaniment.

Bubbert Takes the Train

Just like the train that Bubbert rides, this jazz-rock minor blues (Bb minor) has a driving beat, and is well-suited for the young band. A fun workout using the blues vocabulary.

Last of the Real Ones

Fall Out Boy continues to lead the pack when it comes to hard-hitting rock tunes that work great for marching band! Horns and saxes get a workout on this one, with important contributions from the woodwinds and all the brass. Fall Out Boy continues to lead the pack when it comes to hard-hitting rock tunes that work great for marching band! Horns and saxes get a workout on this one, with important contributions from the woodwinds and all the brass.

Sight-Reading Success : A Daily Workout for Developing Confident Choirs

This choral sight-reading resource is designed to help secondary choir students improve their music literacy skills. With 180 SATB exercises divided into 2, 4, 8, 16 and 32 measure sets, even beginning groups can develop advanced skills over a relatively short period of time. The exercises are included in the book and as a free download for projecting to a screen or distributing to students via print or tablet.

A-Flat

Transposed to A, Larry Moore's edition of this signature tune from new sensation Black Violin is cutting-edge programming for string groups.