Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 0190693304
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 0190693304
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Playing with Ease
Author: David LeisnerPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190693339
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Playing with Ease is a book about ergonomic technique for the guitar, as well as other instruments. Renowned classical guitarist David Leisner offers an introduction to the basic anatomy of movement, advice on relieving unnecessary tension, pioneering ideas about engaging large muscles, and tips for practicing and concert preparation.
Playing to Win
Author: Alan G. LafleyPublisher: Harvard Business Press
ISBN: 142218739X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Explains how companies must pinpoint business strategies to a few critically important choices, identifying common blunders while outlining simple exercises and questions that can guide day-to-day and long-term decisions.
Guitar Fretboard Mastery
Author: Nicolas CarterPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781522918981
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Get ready to unlock the secrets of guitar fretboard and learn how to massively improve your guitar playing skills with the power of understanding. This is an amazing 140+ page guitar learning book with pictures, diagrams and tabs. Don't miss out on the amazing value this book offers for a very low price! Have you ever wanted to know: How to quickly and easily memorize all notes on guitar fretboard and why is this so important What is a key and how to easily switch keys on guitar The ins and outs of the Major scale (the most important scale) and how to use it all over the guitar fretboard How guitar chords are constructed, and how to play a bunch of them just by knowing a few simple concepts of chord theory How music theory works on guitar and what is its practical application The best ways to develop your technique and sense of timing using scales How to improvise and play jaw-dropping solos on guitar more easily All this and much, much more you will learn about in this book. You'll be amazed how much this simple knowledge can benefit your playing. This is suitable for beginners and intermediates. This step by step guide book will give you all the information needed in order to really understand how guitar fretboard works, and how you can apply this understanding to playing music on your guitar. The book is divided into 5 parts Part 1 focuses on being able to memorize every note on an entire fretboard Part 2 is about understanding the Major scale, the most important scale in Western music. Almost all music that we hear today comes from this scale. Part 3 is about mastering the technical aspects of playing Major scale on guitar and using it to solo and improvise. Part 4 is all about the chords and understanding where they come from and how they're constructed so that you can play over 100 chords easily, just by knowing a few simple concepts. Part 5 is about the intervals. You will learn all intervals that exist in music, why they're important and how to play them on guitar. Everything is explained in detail in this 130+ page book with images and tabs There is some bonus content as well. ;) This knowledge is essential for any guitar player. and that's why this is a must have book for anyone who likes to play guitar! Simply scroll back to the top and buy this book now with one click. You won't regret it!
Playing (less) Hurt
Author: Janet HorvathPublisher: Playing (less) Hurt
ISBN: 0971373507
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
How can musicians express themselves and recreate the great masterworks with ease and expressiveness and yet avoid injury in the process? Musicians face many challenges: a highly competitive environment, performance anxiety, demanding repertoire, years of solitary practice, and awkward postures. The hectic pace of rehearsals and performances when added to the mix often results in the very real risk of physical pain and injury. This book is a readable and comprehensive guide and reference for all concerned with pain in musical work: professional and amateur musicians, teachers and students, doctors and therapists. This book is essential for all musicians. String, keyboard, percussion, harp, brass and wind players will play better and feel better. Read about: Why it may hurt to play; Injury susceptibility quiz; Risk factors & danger signals; Hearing, back, disc, arm and shoulder problems; 10 onstage tricks; TMJ, teeth, larynx and joint laxity; Stretching & strengthening; Rehabilitation & work-hardening; Musician's survival kit; 10 do's & don'ts; Instrument modifications; Guide to safe practicing.
The Beatles
Author: BeatlesPublisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1540035727
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
(Guitar Collection). 25 classic songs from the Fab Four are presented in lyrics, chord symbols and guitar chord diagrams, making Beatles' music accessible to beginning guitarists just learning their craft. Songs include: Beautiful Dreamer * Come Together * Don't Let Me Down * Eleanor Rigby * Helter Skelter * I Saw Her Standing There * Let It Be * Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da * Paperback Writer * Twist and Shout * You've Got to Hide Your Love Away * and more.
A Dozen a Day - Play with Ease in Many Keys
Author: Publisher:
ISBN: 9781480345096
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Beginner Piano/Keyboard Instruction
Ukulele Exercises For Dummies
Author: Brett McQueenPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118506944
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 327
Book Description
Take your ukulele playing to the next level - fast! - with hundreds of fun exercises, drills and practice tunes You have a ukulele, you know just enough to be dangerous, and now you're ready to do something with it. You're in luck: Ukulele Exercises For Dummies helps you become a better player. This practice-based book focuses on the skills that entry-level players often find challenging and provides tips, tricks and plenty of cool exercises that will have you creating music in no time that include: • Creating rock-steady strumming patterns and rhythms • Becoming a better fingerpicker with patterns, arpeggio exercises, and solo fingerpicking pieces • Expanding your fretboard knowledge and crafting your own rock, blues and jazz riffs and solos • Playing actual songs on the ukulele - everything from the classic ukulele tunes to the 12 bar blues! • Downloadable audio files of the exercises found in the book, providing you with a self-contained practice package No matter if you're a beginning ukulele player or you're wanting to stretch and improve your chops, Ukulele Exercises For Dummies puts you on your way to becoming a ukulele extraordinaire!
R.E.D. Marketing
Author: Greg CreedPublisher: HarperCollins Leadership
ISBN: 140022330X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Create breakthrough marketing campaigns by harnessing the power of R.E.D. Marketing: a transparent and flexible methodology straight from marketing powerhouse Yum! Brands. Sidestep the marketing books, courses, and even TED talks that offer hypothetical explanations that sound sensible and embrace the proven, systematic approach of R.E.D. Marketing, which the recent CEO and current CMO of Yum! Brands applied to lead Taco Bell and KFC to double digit growth. This book, filled with simple frameworks and engaging stories, will help everyone in your company understand what really works for driving sustainable brand growth and business success. In 2011, Greg Creed had just been elevated from President to CEO of Taco Bell, a brand in deep distress at the time. It was on his shoulders to turn things around quickly along with co-author and CMO, Ken Muench. Together, they developed the R.E.D (Relevance, Ease, Distinctiveness) method. It’s simple methodology does not require complicated terms and a PhD to understand, it’s actually quite simple—marketing works in three very different ways: Relevance—Is it relevant to the marketplace? Ease—Is it easy to access and use? Distinction—Does it stand out from competition? By combining actual examples from Yum! and other recognizable brands of every size around the world with the latest findings in marketing, neuroscience, and behavioral economics, and the author’s own experience marketing three different brands across 120 countries, your brand can set and achieve a truly breakthrough marketing campaign utilizing R.E.D Marketing.
The Principles of Correct Practice for Guitar
Author: Jamey AndreasPublisher:
ISBN: 9780975528525
Category : Guitar
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
2004 Silver Award Winner for Best Instructional Materials by Acoustic Guitar Magazine.Correct Practice is what all good players do, whether they know they are doing it or not! That's how they get to be good players. Whether you are a beginner or a player with the usual problems, here is your Foundation book, "The Principles of Correct Practice for Guitar!"- for ALL styles and ALL levels. "The Principles of Correct Practice for Guitar" is composed of three elements:Understandings: Concepts which you must understand in order to begin to practice effectivelyTools: Practice Approaches to be used to solve problems in playing. These approaches are based on certain key Understandings, such as Muscle Memory and Sympathetic Tension, as well as Attention and Awareness.Exercises: Specific routines to be done during practice, that will build technique, (playing ability) in a step by step fashion, each step building on the previous one, and preparing for the next.
