The Progressive COMPLETE LEARN TO PLAY BLUES GUITAR MANUAL is the ultimate Blues guitar manual. It assumes you have no prior knowledge of music and will take you from beginner to professional level. In the course of the book you will learn all the essential techniques of Blues Guitar along with how to read traditional music notation, guitar TAB, and rhythm notation. By the end of the book you will be ready to play in a Blues band, perform solo and write your own Blues songs.

Introduces the essential techniques used in todays drumming styles. Includes the basics of playing Rock, Funk, Blues, Jazz and other popular styles. Contains valuable exercises for developing independence between all four limbs, along with a lesson on how to play in a band. Also comes with an interactive CD and DVD!

A great introduction to the world of Blues Guitar. Covers all the essentials of rhythm and lead playing used in Blues and R&B along with turnarounds, intros and endings, and gaining control of 12 and 8 bar Blues forms. Also explains and demonstrates the Blues scale, major and minor pentatonic scales and 7th arpeggios in a logical system for playing over the entire fretboard. Contains all the classic Blues sounds such as note bending, slides, and vibrato demonstrated in over 100 licks and solos in a variety of Blues styles. All examples sound great and are fun to play. This book contains 23 lessons. Also including a CD matching the lessons and exercises in the book.

Progressive COMPLETE LEARN TO PLAY SAXOPHONE MANUAL is the ultimate Saxophone manual. It assumes you have no prior knowledge of music or playing the saxophone, and will take you from beginner to professional level. In the course of the book you will learn all the essential sounds techniques used by the great Jazz saxophonists, along with improvisation, how to read music and music theory as it relates to the saxophone. You will also learn many well known pieces and songs and get a great introduction to many styles of music.

This title contains a book, 2 DVDs, 1 CD & 1 DVD-ROM. It features 29 full-color, step-by-step lessons to learn to play any style of piano. It offers an indispensable self-teaching, learning and reference manual designed for the adult beginner. It includes: 2 DVDs, 1 CD and 1 DVD-ROM; over 332 audio and 172 video files to download to your PC, Mac, iPod or MP3 player; 27 lessons, 170 examples, 35 songs, 65 Chords, 60 Accompaniment Patterns; and, free keyboard chord chart. No prior knowledge of music or piano is needed. It covers all the important melody, accompaniment and soloing techniques used by the world's best piano players in all styles. It includes many well-known pop, rock, folk and blues songs. It covers the basic music theory. It contains lots of tips, shortcuts and tricks to learn faster. All beginner pianists need to know to be able to play in a band, play their favorite songs and even write their own.

Ramsar Wetlands: Values, Assessment, Management addresses the approaches, successes and limitations of the Ramsar Convention in a changing world, how recent approaches to wetland monitoring and management can contribute to improving wetland state, what the future holds for wetlands and their wise use, and what the Ramsar Convention needs to do to achieve future successes. The book presents a unique outlook on a range of issues, addressing considerable advances in our understanding of wetlands, their great environmental, social, cultural and economic importance, their role in maintaining the global water-cycle, and in mitigating and adapting to changing climates. No other book has yet taken this broad look at the past, present and future of wetlands and the Ramsar Convention. From aquatic ecologists, environmental scientists and engineers, to water resource managers, conservation agencies, and land management planners, this comprehensive guide is a beneficial tool in understanding wetlands.

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Politik - Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte, Note: Gut, Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die katholische Kirche, das Konzil von 1962-1965 und die kirchlichen und politischen Veranderungen, die daraus folgten, stellen einen interessanten Untersuchungsgegenstand dar. Denn die im Grundgesetz der Bundesrepublik Deutschland verankerten Grundrechte sind stark an die christlichen Grundwerte angelehnt und obwohl es in der Bundesrepublik eine offizielle Trennung von Kirche und Staat gibt, sind die Kirchen in Deutschland machtige Akteure und versuchen ihren Einfluss auch dementsprechend geltend zu machen. Jedoch sind gerade die christlichen Werte und Normen im letzten halben Jahrhundert von stetigen Veranderungen gepragt. Viele dieser Veranderungen sind vom letzen Vatikanischen Konzil beschlossen und verkundet worden. Die vom Konzil beschlossenen Erneuerungen und auch insbesondere die viel erorterten, aber nicht beschlossenen Themen stehen bis heute in der Diskussion bzw. Kritik. Seit dem Konzil hat sich das gesellschaftliche Leben in Deutschland erwartungsgemass nochmals sehr stark verandert. Der gesellschaftliche Wandel, hin zu einer post- industrialisierten Konsumgesellschaft, welche vom stetigen Wandel gepragt ist, hat dazu bei-getragen, dass auch die Kirche sich standig in einem Erneuerungsprozess wiederfindet. Diesem Erneuerungsprozess, der sich von dem Wandlungsgeschehen in der Gesellschaft abhangig machen lasst, gilt meine Aufmerksamkeit. Die konfliktgeladenen Themen, wie zum Beispiel die Diskussionen um den Paragraphen 218/218a, mit denen sich die katholische Kirche auseinander gesetzt hat, sollen genutzt werden, um den Weg der Kirche zur Liberalitat zu beleuchten. Mit Hilfe einer Veranschaulichung dieser Konflikte und den daraus folgenden Reaktionen der Akteure mochte ich feststellen, an welcher Stelle des Wandlungsprozesses die Kirche sich befindet und desgleichen ob sich ein rea