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Start off by learning how to bulid simple chords and using them in
your own music.
Alfred's Basic 5-String Banjo Method 1 continues the Alfred Music
tradition of easy-to-use, thorough, and enjoyable instruction for
the absolute beginner. The basics of right-hand picking are
covered, including pinches, different kinds of rolls, and backup
patterns. Basic left-hand techniques are introduced, including
hammer-ons and slides, and chord diagrams are provided for both
G-tuning and C-tuning. Important topics such as setting up the
banjo, tuning, banjo heads, fingerpicks, strings, and capos are
taught as well. Illustrations, diagrams, and photographs throughout
the book make learning easy and fun. Learning to play has never
been more fun than with Alfred's Basic 5-String Banjo Method
1---the best choice for today's beginning banjo students.
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Simon Martin (Paperback)
Dan Fox, Neil Mulholland; Edited by Steven Bode
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R371
R331
Discovery Miles 3 310
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A one-of-a-kind collection of more than 100 songs you love to play
and sing, including music and chords for piano and guitar and
lyrics for singing right along. The Great Family Songbook lays flat
with a convenient spiral binding, so everyone can follow along.
Hours of family fun and entertainment featuring 100 carefully
selected songs from every era and for every occasion, from She'll
Be Comin' Round the Mountain and Clementine, to Amazing Grace and
Simple Gifts. Easy music and chords for piano and guitar make even
a novice feel accomplished, while accompanying full color
illustrations add charm and humor. Whether your group loves
swinging show stoppers, American standards, or gentle folktunes,
The Great Family Songbook will hold the key to hours of fun.
This is our first collaboration with Fitzcarraldo Editions, a UK
publishing house that will be bringing Dan's book out just before
the US edition. They're known for doing beautiful work, and should
generate good buzz to jumpstart the conversation here.
Pretentiousness fits in well with our other recent forays into
essay, especially Sidewalks and Cats. The trim size will be small,
and the book will have french flaps, making it an appealing object,
and, we hope, cash register impulse purchase. The title (emphasized
in the design) is intentionally provocative. Dan has a tremendous
platform with Frieze, so there should be no lack of coverage and
interest in the art world. The book is conversational and never
jargon-y-this isn't writing for an academic audience-and it should
have crossover appeal Dan's background in journalism means he's
well-versed in pitching, excerpting-the gamut of publicity
tools-and he'll be a pro at deploying them. The book should appeal
to the same readers who bought On Bullshit
What is pretentiousness? Why do we despise it? And more
controversially: why is it vital to a thriving culture? In this
brilliant, passionate essay, Dan Fox argues that it has always been
an essential mechanism of the arts, from the most wildly successful
pop music and fashion through to the most recondite avenues of
literature and the visual arts. Pretentiousness: Why it Matters
unpacks the uses and abuses of the term, tracing its connections to
theatre, politics and class. From method acting to vogueing balls
in Harlem, from Brian Eno to normcore, Fox draws on a wide range of
references in advocating critical imagination and open-mindedness
over knee-jerk accusations of elitism or simple fear of the new and
the different. Drawing on his own experiences growing up and
working at the more radical edges of the arts, this book is a
timely defence of pretentiousness as a necessity for innovation and
diversity in our culture.
Learn to play mandolin and open up a brand new world of musical
knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred. Beginners of all
ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment.
Beginning with the fundamentals, you will learn about the history
of the mandolin, its components, picks, how to tune it, and getting
acquainted with standard musical notation. You will then move right
along to playing different notes, scales, and songs, lesson by
lesson, all while continuing to increase your ever-growing
knowledge of reading and understanding standard musical notation.
You will learn important mandolin techniques such as tremolo, cross
picking, and more. Upon completion of the book, you will be able to
play your favorite songs on the mandolin, know how to read music,
and play with a musical group in many different styles, including
folk, blues, country, and even pop.
The book features the following resources for reference during and
after your lessons:
* Mandolin accompaniments
* Mandolin chord dictionary
* Mandolin fingering chart
Be your own teacher, and let Alfred be your resource every step of
the way.
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