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Introduces five new notes (E, F, G, D, and F#) and five simplified chord shapes (G, D7, C, G7, and D).nIt contains very easy arrangements of over 20 songs and introduces the student to eighth notes, eighth note strum patterns and dotted quarter notes.nSongs include Pop Goes The Weasel, For He's A Jolly Good Fellow, Michael Finnegan, The Muffin Man, London Bridge and many more. Video for all exercises available for free online.nComes with instructions to receive free online video & audio demonstrating all examples. -
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Contains all the chords you need to play any style of music. Each chord is clearly shown as an easy to read diagram, detailing exactly which strings must be pressed at which fret and which fingers must be used. Includes lots of reference material for understanding more about tuning, music theory, scales, keys, transposing, chord progressions and chord construction. -
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Introduces slapping and popping techniques as well as hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, ghost notes and cross hammers. Also includes a thorough study of all the important rhythms and syncopations used in slap playing. Contains over 140 slap licks, grooves and patterns, divided into 4 main sections. Comes with a CD containing audio demonstrating all examples. -
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Continues on from Method Book 2. Method Book 3 extends the range to cover all the natural notes on all six strings in the open position and introduces Bb and another F# note. The C major scale is also explained. nThe book contains very easy arrangements of over 20 songs, using 6 simplified chord shapes (G, D7, C, G7, D and a new chord, F). Songs include Humpty Dumpty, Polly Put the Kettle On, and Diddle Diddle Dumpling. Video for all exercises available for free online. nComes with instructions to receive free online video & audio demonstrating all examples. -
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Progressive Guitar Method for Young Beginners Book 1 contains all you need to know to start teaching kids to play guitar - in one easy-to-follow, lesson-by-lesson children's guitar tutorial. nSuitable for children aged 4 to 8 years and all types of guitars including acoustic guitar and electric guitar. nNo prior knowledge of how to read music or playing the guitar is required to teach a child to learn to play guitar from this book. nA carefully graded, lesson-by-lesson learning method for the younger student using very easy arrangements of over 20 favorite children's songs. Introduces five notes and four easy chord shapes. Beautifully illustrated throughout for you to color. nComes with instructions to receive free online video & audio demonstrating all examples. -
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The Hal Leonard Blues Guitar Method is your complete guide to learning blues guitar. This book uses real blues songs - no corny arrangments of nursery rhymes here! (well, except Mary Had a Little Lamb, but this is NOT the version you learned in kindergarten!) - to teach you the basics ofrhythm and lead blues guitar in the style of B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaug han, Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Muddy Waters, and many others. Lessons include: 12-bar blues; chords, scales and licks; vibrato and string bending; riffs, turnarounds, and boogie patterns; hammer-ons, pull-offs, and slides; standard notation and tablature; and much more! Songs include: Boom Boom · Born Under a Bad Sign · Double Trouble · Killing Floor · Sweet Home Chicago · You Shook Me · and more. The CD includes over 70 tracks for demo and play-along. -
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The Hal Leonard Blues Bass Method is your complete guide to learning blues bass. This book with online audio uses classic blues songs and standards to teach you how to lay down your own solid blues bass lines. Learn to play by studying the songs of famous bluesmen such as B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan (Tommy Lee Shannon), Muddy Waters, Freddie King, Albert King, The Allman Brothers, Otis Rush, T-Bone Walker, Louis Jordan, and many more. Learn actual riffs from blues classics including: Born Under a Bad Sign • Hideaway • Hoochie Coochie Man • Killing Floor • Pride and Joy • Sweet Home Chicago • The Thrill Is Gone • and more. Audio is accessed online for download or streaming and includes PLAYBACK+ tools that enable you to adjust the tempo without changing pitch, loop passages, and more. -
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Two dozen songs in guitar/vocal arrangements from the 2020 posthumous album release by Tom Petty are included in this folio. Includes the title track as well as: California • Confusion Wheel • Crawling Back to You • Hope You Never • Hung up and Overdue • It's Good to Be King • Leave Virginia Alone • Time to Move On • To Find a Friend • Wake up Time • You Don't Know How It Feels • and more. -
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The Hal Leonard Jazz Bass Method is your complete guide to learning jazz bass. Author Matthew Rybicki guides you through the essential knowledge you need to created your own walking bass lines and improvised solos in the classic jazz style. This book, with online audio access, uses standard chord progressions and songs to teach you about accompanying and improvising in the style of players like Ray Brown, Paul Cahmber, Scott LaFaro, and many others. Lessons include: walking basics; chords and scales; blues; rhythm changes; string raking; soloing; technique; chord substitution; pedal points and ostinato; standard notation plus tab for electric bass; and much more! -
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A full-sized chord-writing book featuring 12 blank chord grids and 5 regular staves per page. Forty-eight tear-out sheets printed in black ink on regular-weight, white paper. Includes basic chord charts for guitar, banjo, tenor banjo, uke, baritone uke, and mandolin. Also features an extensive chord-building chart and a discussion of major and minor scales. -
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Guitar for Kids is a fun, easy course that teaches children to play guitar faster than ever before. Popular songs such as Yellow Submarine, Hokey Pokey, I'm a Believer, Surfin' U.S.A., This Land Is Your Land and Hound Dog keep students motivated, and the clean, simple page layouts ensure their attention remains focused on one concept at a time. The method is equally suitable for students using electric or acoustic guitars. It can be used in combination with a guitar teacher or parents, even if they've never had any musical training themselves. The accompanying CD contains more than 30 tracks for demonstration and play-along. No tablature included. -
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Essential Elements for Band offers beginning students sound pedagogy and engaging music, all carefully paced to successfully start young players on their musical journey. EE features both familiar songs and specially designed exercises, created and arranged for the classroom in a unison-learning environment, as well as instrument-specific exercises to focus each student on the unique characteristics of their own instrument. EE provides both teachers and students with a wealth of materials to develop total musicianship, even at the beginning stages.
Essential Elements now includes Essential Elements Interactive (EEi), the ultimate online music education resource. EEi introduces the first-ever, easy set of technology tools for online teaching, learning, assessment, and communication... ideal for teaching today's beginning band and string students, both in the classroom and at home. -
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Essential Elements for Band offers beginning students sound pedagogy and engaging music, all carefully paced to successfully start young players on their musical journey. EE features both familiar songs and specially designed exercises, created and arranged for the classroom in a unison-learning environment, as well as instrument-specific exercises to focus each student on the unique characteristics of their own instrument. EE provides both teachers and students with a wealth of materials to develop total musicianship, even at the beginning stages.
Essential Elements now includes Essential Elements Interactive (EEi), the ultimate online music education resource. EEi introduces the first-ever, easy set of technology tools for online teaching, learning, assessment, and communication... ideal for teaching today's beginning band and string students, both in the classroom and at home. For more information, visit Hal Leonard Online - Essential Elements Interactive.
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An excellent pop supplement to the Hal Leonard Guitar Method, or any guitar method book 3. This third edition includes 20 songs: Another Brick in the Wall • Another One Bites the Dust • Crazy • Crazy Train • Eleanor Rigby • Heart Shaped Box • Hey, Soul Sister • Rolling in the Deep • (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay • Stay with Me • Tequila • Yesterday • and more. -
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Book 2 continues the instruction started in Book 1 and covers: Am, Dm, A, E, F and B7 chords; power chords; fingerstyle guitar; syncopations, dotted rhythms, and triplets; Carter style solos; bass runs; pentatonic scales; improvising; tablature; 92 great songs, riffs and examples; notes in first and second position; and more! -
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Translated into many languages and sold all around the world, the Leonard Guitar Method reflects some of the best guitar teaching ideas from around the world. No surprise it's now of the world's biggest selling guitar books! Basic and easy to read it's designed for beginners learning to play acoustic or electric guitar. Book 1 includes tuning; playing position; musical symbols; notes in first position; C, G, G7, D, D7, A7, and Em chords; rhythms through eighth notes; strumming and picking. Includes over 80 fun but carefully arranged songs, riffs, and examples.
*All purchases will need to be collected from – Chasing Sound 199-201 Barkly St, Footscray VIC 3011. No Shipping*
*All purchases will need to be collected from – Chasing Sound 199-201 Barkly St, Footscray VIC 3011. No Shipping*
*All purchases will need to be collected from – Chasing Sound 199-201 Barkly St, Footscray VIC 3011. No Shipping*
Chasing Sound Music Shop
Chasing Sound Music Shop is located in the heart of Footscray at Level 1 199/201 Barkly Street.
We specialise in Music Retail and Music Tuition.
Ph: (03) 8317 1086
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