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Have you ever heard two of the "great" dulcimer players, performing on stage together? Ever notice that one of them generally plays a melody, while the other one plays "backup" parts? They'll trade off, back and forth, melody and backup. It sounds a LOT better than having both of them playing melody all the time. With this book, you'll learn (from legendary performer Aaron O'Rourke) how to play "backup". Chops, riffs, bass lines, following the lead player. He makes it sound easy. You'll be able to use the same techniques when playing with a regular jam, too - nobody should be playing the melody 100 percent of the time, and with this book, you'll have the skills to play a GREAT ...

Perfect for beginners, this book has 9 songs 14, exercises, and 26 audio tracks. this book takes you from day 1 and teaches you all about your dulcimer and how to play it. ​ Skills included are – holding your instrument, how to pick, fret, read tab, learn chords, many exercises included with audio, intro to music theory, I IV V chords, strumming patterns, and much more! ***THE AUDIO TRACKS - on the very first page of the book, I have the webpage in BOLD where they are located. The reviewer who said there are no audio tracks and you pay more, that is not true, the link has always been on the very first page of all the books I sell. Songs included: •Mary Had a Little Lamb ...

birth cycle: a study in seasons for solo piano brice mayfield, composer movements: I. granatum | energy II. amethustos | temperance III. heliotrope | sacrifice (spring) IV. adamas | light V. smaragdus | love VI. perla | sincerity (summer) VII. rubeus | vitality VIII. sardonux | strength IX. sappheiros | wisdom (autumn) X. opalus | magic XI. topazos | potency XII. turqouis | protection (winter) this cycle of twelve musical movements is based on the traditional chart of the birthstones of the western calendar year. each title is derived from the ancient version of the name we have for these stones today, while each musical movement itself represents the magical ...

Blueprints for Groove & Style is the ultimate resource for studying interdependence on the drum set. It looks at 63 Drum Patterns with varying styles giving practical application to understanding motion on all four limbs through: - Break Down Exercises - Progressive Tempo Markings - Musical Endurance - Multiple Style Interpretations Designed to work with The Total Percussion Program, this book serves as the perfect tool to complete each of the Drum Set Bonus Level Stages in both Book I & II.

São Paulo-born and New York City-raised author, lecturer, creative consultant, teacher, and translator JOSMAR FERREIRA LOPES has spent a lifetime in pursuit of learning about and studying the culture, background, history, and language, along with the musical and artistic legacy, of his native Brazil. With the completion of BRAZIL'S FAT LADY CAN'T SING, BUT SHE CAN STILL DO THE BOSSA NOVA -- his first officially published work -- readers equally fascinated with the country’s ethos and diversity can dive “head-first” into such under-explored areas of Brazilian cultural life as opera, film, and musical theater, not to mention the popular song front and, of course, her fabled soccer credenti ...

Professionally edited and formatted, "Celtic Crone Songs" is a haunting collection of 10 songs inspired by the mysterious rites of early Celtic pagan women. The words and music are by R. S. Perry, poet, composer and artist. The songs are for medium voice with piano accompaniment. (A page of the music can be seen on cronesinger.com.) The songs include "The Sacred Seasons," "Samhain," "Imbolc," "Beltane" and "Lammas" and other rituals observed by the ancient Celts celebrating the Triple Goddess as manifested by Maiden, Mother, and Crone. The lyrics are imaginative poetry based on inspiration from pre-Christian sources, folklore, rituals, magic and mythology. The "crone" was a powerful, wis ...

An a cappella oratorio adapting the 12th Century Sufi epic The Conference of the Birds