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"The guitar is one of the most versatile instruments in the world, which is why it's so appealing to musicians. Guitar For Dummies, 4th Edition gives you everything a beginning or intermediate acoustic or electric guitarist needs: from buying a guitar to tuning it, playing it, and caring for it. Fully revised and updated, with online video and audio clips that help you learn and play along, you'll explore everything from simple chords and melodies...

Lucy and Charlie Tuttle agree on one thing: they're committed to each other for life. Trouble is, neither of them expected life to look like this. While Charlie retired early, Lucy is devoted to a long-term career . . . until the day she has no choice. Forced to retire from her position as music educator in a small Midwestern K-8 school, Lucy can only watch helplessly as the program her father started years ago disintegrates before her eyes. As the...

Build your voice up and bring the house down! Some people are born with naturally beautiful voices, but even the best can get better by applying training that can make a performance truly soar. Singing Exercises For Dummies shows you how to do just that. Following the drills and exercises found both in the book and online examples, you’ll be able to refine your technique; develop consistency, power, and endurance; and increase your vocal range so...

A celebrated instructor explains his philosophy of teaching and practice methods, including the appropriate combination of technique and interpretation. Ivan Galamian, a longtime Juilliard professor, incorporates aspects of both the Russian and French schools in a system both ingenious and logical. His tutelage has produced astonishing results with students, many of whom rank among the world's most acclaimed concert artists and orchestral concertmasters....

Presents an introduction to playing the ukulele, discussing such topics as chords, strumming, fingerpicking, and different genres and styles, along with advice on selecting and caring for an instrument.

For beginners or guitar players with little experience, eight weeks of lessons covering fingerpicking skills such as open practice picking, common picking technique, playing various chords, alt. bass note picking, triplet picking, pinching techniques, and more. A realistic approach for beginners or guitar players with little experience.

Provides light, readable text, musical illustrations and complete musical pieces to ease learning.

Profiles the human voice as an instrument, describes skills of a good singer, contains quotations from singers, and includes a quiz designed to help readers decide if singing is right for them.

The violin is one of the most versatile instruments around. But is the violin the right instrument for you? Or would a different choice be better? Hear what professional violinists like about their instrument, and learn what skills a good violinist needs. Discover whether the violin is your best choice for making music.

This unusual collection introduces piano instruction in Hymns, 5 finger patterns, and a collection of over 50 standard hymn tunes.