Playing with Ease


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.




Guitar Fretboard Mastery


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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 to Win


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.




Playing (less) Hurt


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.







Sew Very Easy Quilt Favorites


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Learn quilting basics from a YouTube sensation and practice your skills with 12 fun projects suitable for all skill levels. Her instructional videos have inspired thousands to start sewing. Now for the first time, sew-lebrity Laura Coia shares written patterns for the most loved video tutorials on her “Sew Very Easy” YouTube channel! Learn the basics of quilt making, from cutting and pressing to borders and finishing. Then practice your skills with a dozen beautiful projects—quilts you’ll come back to time and time again—all suitable for beginners and beyond.




Ukulele Exercises For Dummies


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!




Effortless Mastery


Book Description

My story -- Why do we play? -- Beyond limited goals -- Fear, the mind and the ego -- Fear-based practicing -- Teaching dysfunctions: fear-based teaching -- Hearing dysfunctions: fear-based listening -- Fear-based composing -- "The space"--"There are no wrong notes" -- Meditation #1 -- Effortless mastery -- Meditation #2 -- Affirmations -- The steps to change -- Step one -- Step two -- Step three -- Step four -- An afterthought -- I am great, I am a master -- Stretching the form -- The spiritual (reprise) -- One final meditation.




Beginner Guitar Lessons for Kids Book with Online Video and Audio Access


Book Description

The Beginner Guitar Lessons for Kids Book with Online Video & Audio access by Jay Wamsted is designed to help the absolute beginning student learn to play the guitar. This step-by-step course is designed for elementary school-aged children (ages 5-11) and quickly teaches the student to play songs they will know and love. This method includes online access to video instruction that will help the child play with proper form and timing. The video shows the guitar, both hands, and the sheet music on-screen at the same time. The audio tracks allow the student to practice and play along with easy songs. The combination of book, video, and audio make this the easiest to understand guitar course for kids available.




The Principles of Correct Practice for Guitar


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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.