150 American Folk Songs: To Sing, Read and Play (BH Kodaly) Review

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(More customer reviews)I use songs from this book daily in my music classes for Kindergarten through 5th grade.I think it is the most concise, accurate, and fairly priced collection of American folk songs you will find.If you are a parent, music lover, or music teacher, this book is for you!

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This valuable song resource contains a wealth of material for classroom singing and reading.The collection is organized into a Kodaly sequence, beginning with the simplest pentatonic tunes and progressing into full diatonic melodies.Other helpful features include lists of rhythmic characteristics, ranges and intervals.Games are included with many songs.A must for every classroom!

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The Big Book of Children's Songs (Big Note Songbook) Review

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(More customer reviews)Strogly recommended for the beginning guitarist, elementary school teacher, camp counselor who want to include music in a group setting.Forthe aspiring guitarist, the text includesdiagrams of the nine strum orpick patterns that can be used with the songs.Each title in the book hasa suggested pick/strum pattern.Other easy guitar books sometimes includethis feature.I found these patterns to be very helpful as a self-techingmethod. The songs are well known popular children's songs that arefamiliar to everyone and can be used in any recreational/ educationalseting with children.I liked the book in so far as it helpled me practiceguitar skills that I am acquiring (the chords are basic to easy guitar) andprovided me material to use in my work setting.

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61 songs that children know and love! The P/V/G edition features a categorical listing of songs and ideas for musical and educational activities. Includes: The Alphabet Song * Happy Birthday to You * I Whistle a Happy Tune * It's a Small World * London Bridge * Mickey Mouse March * Old MacDonald Had a Farm * Peter Cottontail * The Rainbow Connection * Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious * This Land Is Your Land * and more!--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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The Great Big Book Of Children's Songs (Big Note Songbook) Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a good selection of songs. Some of the songs are traditional, but many are more recent songs from musicals, TV and movies. I remember a lot of these songs from watching Sesame Street growing up. The accompaniment varies in difficulty. The book is hard to keep open on a music stand.

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76 classics for kids, including: ABC-DEF-GHI * Beauty and the Beast * Bein' Green * The Brady Bunch * "C" Is for Cookie * The Candy Man * Casper the Friendly Ghost * Everything Is Beautiful * I'm Popeye the Sailor Man * Kum Ba Yah * Let's Go Fly a Kite * The Marvelous Toy * Puff the Magic Dragon * Rubber Duckie * A Spoonful of Sugar * Take Me Out to the Ballgame * Under the Sea * Won't You Be My Neighbor? * and more.

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The Big Beat: Conversations with Rock's Greatest Drummers Review

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(More customer reviews)I really like this book and the drummer I gave it to says it's really great too! It has a lot of tips in it as well. I especially like Charlie Watts and was happy to see his interview in it!

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This much-sought work has been re-issued after years of being unavailable! In The Big Beat, Max Weinberg speaks to fourteen pioneers of rock drumming. Included are fantastic interviews with Hal Blaine, Earl Palmer, DJ Fontana, Levon Helm, Jim Keltner, Charlie Watts, Ringo Starr, Roger Hawkins, Bernard Purdie, Dino Danelli, Kenney Jones, Russ Kunkle, Dave Clark and Johnny Bee. This book has been out of print and unavailable for many years. Hudson Music has located the last remaining supply. Highly recommended.

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Elementaria: First Acquaintance with Orff-Schulwerk (Schott) Review

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(More customer reviews)I am tempted to give this book a 6, since it is considered the bible of the Orff-Schulwerk approach.Sure enough, it gives complete instructions on how to set up an instrumental ensemble, how to play the instruments, and how to teach the gross motor activity.In fact, it presents some ideas which I put to immediate use in my work as a preschool English teacher in Korea.

But theory is important as well as method.Why should certain activities be taught?Why should the instruments be played a certain way?Why is the Orff approach better than the others?Why are certain musical activities and gross motor activities beneficial?If these questions were answered, I would give this book a 6.

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Elemantaria is a fundamental and practical handbook to Orff-Schulwerk . The author gives suggestions and examples without insisting dogmatically on one exclusive method. She offers well-tried solutions without excluding other possibilities and individual variations. It is not only a valuable personal document, but also a practical and essential guide for educationalists concerned with Orff-Schulwerk. The book is divided into two sections: Part One includes rhythmic, melodic and speech exercises. Part Two contains a detailed study of elementary movement training. There is an important appendix, with illustrations, on how to play the instruments used in the earley stages of teaching. Music examples, movement diagrams. Illustrated. Author's Preface * Part One: Rhythmic-Melodic Exercises * Fundamentals * Rhythmic Exercises * Disposition and posture * Reaction trainig * Finding 'rhythmic building bricks' * Games with 'rhythmic building bricks'* Leading a group, making up accompainments, completing phrase * Melodic Exercises * Disposition and posture when playing barred percussion instruments * Accompaniements, songs, pieces * Making up accompaniements and completing phrases * Hints on the early stages of recorder playing * Speech Exercises * Word series and sayings with rhythmic accompainment * Part Two: Elementary Movement Training * Introduction * Reaction training * Gymnastic exercises * Movement training * Movement variations and combinations * Movement pieces * Elementary movement improvisation * Movement accompaniment * Suggestions for movement lessons for beginners * Appendix

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The Peter Paul and Mary Song Book Review

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(More customer reviews)I began playing guitar in the early seventies, when the hippie generation had helped to bring folk music to the forefront of the popular music scene.The major forces behind the success of folk music at that time -- finally reaching all across America on the radio waves -- were Peter, Paul and Mary.They sang songs that they loved, and became part of our lives; these are the songs you will find in this book.The ones you remember, half-hummed snatches of tunes for every mood and moment.The book features both piano and guitar accompaniment.If I were to find fault with the book, it would be that there were still so many songs I wanted which were not included here, and that it did not have a spiral binding, and so my first copy split and finally needed to be replaced after many well-loved years.This book is the right place to start as you begin learning the best songs to know in the folk tradition.

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Recollections by the singers, a discography, chord diagrams for five instruments, plus 42 American folk favorites--all in one great songbook! Here are just a few: Puff (The Magic Dragon) * If I Had My Way * A'Soalin' * Oh, Rock My Soul * It's Raining * One Kind Favor.

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333 Reading Exercises (Chord Method) Review

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(More customer reviews)Recommended for any vocal or instrumental student.In fact, when I was taking voice lessons, I used these exercises on my own.

The exercises are written on a single line, in solfege notation for some exercises and in conventional notation for others.

The exercises are categorized according to tone row.Recorder teachers may be especially interested in pages 1-3 and 8, which, if played in G major, are playable with the fingers of the left hand.However, a teacher following the Choksy sequence would not be able to use any of the exercises in the beginning stages.

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The Kodaly Choral Method is a comprehensive series of progressive songs and sigh-singing exercises designed to promote a thorough understanding of interval and tonality. By incorporative a wide range of Hungarian folk music and poetry, Kodaly has produced a stimulating addition to the repertoire of school and amateur choirs. This collection of 333 reading exercises is the revised English Edition, taken from the 1966 Hungarian Edition.

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The Grand Irish Songbook (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook) Review

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(More customer reviews)Wish these larger tomes had spiral binding! Good reference for piano, vocal, accordian and guitar or any other instrument for those who can read music. Good to have around for 'music night' with friends.

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125 cherished folk songs, including: Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms * The Croppy Boy * Danny Boy * The Galway Races * Johnny, I Hardly Knew You * Jug of Punch * Molly Malone * My Wild Irish Rose * Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby) * The Wearing of the Green * When Irish Eyes Are Smiling * and more.

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Bob Dylan: Leatherette Review

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(More customer reviews)"BOB DYLAN Made Easy for Guitar" is more title than description.Featuring 22 songs ranging from the well known (Tangled Up in Blue), to the obsure (Man Gave Names to All the Animals), Dylan Made Easy doesn'tgive any hints or suggestions to accomplish that promise.This is simply asongbok featuring Dylan's material in their orginal keys;however, thesongs are notatated with chords and rythm slashes.The songs themselvesare not necessarily easy. Most songs quite often contain barre chords orwould be easy to play with barre chords or capo's.I was hoping that thisbook would explain simpler, easier, methods to obtain the melodies andrythms that pervade Bob Dylan songs. This book is good is a fairly goodsongbook if your looking for a variety of Dylan material.

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71 of Dylan's early best, arranged for piano/vocal with chord diagrams and full lyrics in a re-release of the classic collection. Includes Blowin' In The Wind, John Brown, Long Ago, Far Away, Knockin' On Heaven's Doors, Only A Hobo, Mr. Tambourine, Farewell, Man, Gypsy Lou, It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding), To Ramona, and Like A Rolling Stone.

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The Guitar of Jorma Kaukonen: Detailed Analysis of 8 Classic Songs and Instrumentals (Guitar Listen & Learn : Homespun Music Instruction) Review

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(More customer reviews)For those of you who aren't familiar with the vast body of work of Jorma Kaukonen and his contributions to Rock, Blues and Folk styles, this book can act both as an instructional aid and an introduction to his work. Published by homespun tapes, as with all of their instructional materialsthis is first rate from and instructional standpoint.Jorma's ability toteach guitarists of varied levels of accomplishemnt shines through.Don'tmiss adding this one to your collection.

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The renowned guitarist for Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna teaches eight of his classic songs and instrumentals. He performs each piece, then breaks them down in detail for the benefit of learning guitarists. Jorma has an avid following, and this product will create great excitement among his many fans! Songs: Embryonic Journey ¥ Trial by Fire ¥ Watch the North Wind Rise ¥ I See the Light ¥ Been So Long ¥ MannÕs Fate ¥ Genesis ¥ Water Song. INCLUDES 64-PAGE MUSIC TAB BOOK ¥ LEVEL 4

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Old Town School of Folk Music Songbook (Music Pro Guides) Review

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(More customer reviews)I am teaching myself acoustic bass and found this book, in combination with the CD's -- available separately -- to be a great learning tool. The book and the CDs aren't strictly designed as a package, but there is probably about 80% overlap between the songs on the CDs and those in this volume. The performances on the CDs are very good, by the way. Anyhow, the combination provides many hours of useful and enjoyable practice, especially if you are almost ready to play along with others.

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This collection features over 100 all-time folk favorites in the spirit of the school it is named for. The Old Town School of Folk Music opened its doors in December 1957 to teach "good folk music," and its students learn such tunes as: Bill Bailey * Buffalo Gals * City of New Orleans * Cripple Creek * Erie Canal * House of the Rising Sun * Just a Closer Walk with Thee * Oh Susanah * Old Time Religion * Shine on Harvest Moon * Wildwood Flower * and more. Also includes a nice introduction, photos of past students, and provides how-tos on reading tablature, tuning a guitar, fingerpicking, and more.

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Golden Encyclopedia Of Folk Music (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook) Review

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(More customer reviews)Great folk song collection.Large print, music and lyrics are very easy to read.Also, the melody lines are relatively simple, good for beginner to intermediate musicians.

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A giant collection of more than 180 classic folk songs including songs of true love, unrequited and false love, the domestic scene, spirituals, ramblers and gamblers, workers, songs of the west, jolly reunions, international songs and singing the blues.

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Folk Guitar for Beginners (National Guitar Workshop Arts Series) Review

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(More customer reviews)I have used a few of these books and they are very well written.Using the CD along with it is the best, since you can hear how the music is supposed to hear.Very progressive, and complete.

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For music lovers who always wanted to play folk guitar but have been put off by traditional guitar methods, this book will get you playing right away, without having to pick through heavy theory and music-reading lessons first. Enduring and beautiful folk songs are taught in a clear and easy-to-understand fashion that is perfect for every beginner. You'll learn basic strumming, fingerpicking and a variety of accompaniment styles. Lyrics to the songs are included.

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Clawhammer Banjo Review

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(More customer reviews)....
Be that as it may, this is a wonderful book to develope a basic repertoire of Appalachian mountain tunes on the banjo.If you're a beginner, get this, but don't use it until you've worked from some of the simpler books such as Muller's "Frailing the 5-String Banjo."
The clawhammer style of playing a banjo is essentially single string frailing.It's origins lie in the old fiddle tunes from the Appalachians.The primary focus of Krassen's book is the clawhammer style centered around Galax, Virginia/Mt. Airy, north Carolina/Bluefield, West Virginia.
Once you've learned a little about the basic banjo strum and other essentials, Krassen's book is the place to go to get a feel for some basic arrangements of old-time standards.What I particularly like about Krassen's arrangements is that each tune is set out in a very simple to read tablature; each tab in turn lays out a basic bare-bones structure for each tune.These arrangements in turn are perfect for allowing the banjoist to incorporate sundry other techniques to flesh out a tune when accompanying a fiddle player.
Krassen emphasizes two important themes regarding clawhammer banjo playing: (1) the primary rhythmic aspect of the banjo, rather than melodic and (2) the importance of using the banjo to highlight only essential notes of the melody and letting the fiddle do the talking.
You won't find very much in terms of instruction here.That's done much better in other books.But if you've developed some competence in the basics of playing...it's a resourceful place to go next in your development.

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Examines the clawhammer style banjo. Tunes are transcribed in tablature and based on the playing of Wade Ward, Fred Cockerham, Henry Reed, Frank George and others. Including tunings and all basic right and left techniques. Complete with an instuctional CD.

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Music Theory and Arranging Techniques for Folk Harps Review

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(More customer reviews)Music Theory and Arranging Techniques for Folk Harps by Sylvia Woods.
If you ever had to take a class in music theory in school maybe you are more fortunate than I in that and you can remember and apply some of what youlearned. For the rest of you Ihighly recommendbuying this book ofSylvia's titled; Music Theory and Arranging Techniques for Folk Harps.Written before the "..... for Dummies" series became so popular,this book takes you easily and with lots of examples and illustrations frommajor chords to transposing... and everywhere in between! In theintroduction Sylvia urges the reader to " Have fun with this book. Just goat your own pace, and take it step by step." Presenting concepts and theorystep-by-step is another thing Sylvia does best!!!

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This book teaches harpers step-by-step the music theory and techniques they need to make their own arrangements.Subjects covered include chords, inversions, keys, accompaniment patterns, transposing, and much more.The book gives plenty of examples and includes more than 90 pieces on which the students can practice their newly gained skills as they progress through the book.Spiral-bound.

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Joni Mitchell: Hits (Authentic Guitar-Tab) Review

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(More customer reviews)As a response to the reviewer who pointed out that this costs more money than "Anthology", but contains many fewer songs, you're correct.

However, "Hits" (as well as "Misses") transcribes each song using the tuning Joni used to play it. Joni is notorious for using alternative tunings on all her songs (except for the piano based ones of course). She's used about 50 different tunings (!), and never uses standard tuning on her songs.

And that's the key - "Joni Mitchell Anthology" assumes everything in standing tuning (EADGBE). This makes things complicated; for example, if you're playing "Chelsea Morning" in standard tuning versus the tuning Joni played it in (open E tuning I think), it's totally different. The voicings won't be the same, and it'll probably be difficult, because the chords are strange. However, the "Hits" book tells you the correct tuning. And turns out, it's a very easy song to play. And it sounds perfect. Joel Bernstein did a fantastic job. He also knows Joni, so he's not just guessing with these tunings - they're the real deal.

So yes, you're not getting as many songs with "Hits". But it's a small price to pay for true accuracy. So it comes down to this:

If you want to try and play Joni's songs just like she does, "Hits" (and "Misses") is the book for you.

If you don't want to fumble around with weird tunings, and want a large library of songs, stick with "Anthology".

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Titles are: Big Yellow Taxi * Both Sides Now * California * Carey * Chelsea Morning * Chinese Cafe * The Circle Game * Come In from the Cold * Help Me * Raised on Robbery * River * Urge for Going * Woodstock * You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio.

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Bob Dylan: The 6 Chord Songbook, Easy Guitar Edition Review

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(More customer reviews)Advanced players stay away, but this is as good a beginning guitar book to learn to play and strum that there is. The chords are simple, so spending time with this book will really teach you to comfortably play G and C chord songs.

Many of the songs are "dumbed down" or have had the key moved. Purists will be unhappy, as the songs lose a lot of that Bob Dylan funk, but, nonetheless, virtually every song in the book sounds good when played and is recognizable. Plus, for beginners, almost every song can be played with either a Carter-Style strum or a simple 1 2 3+ 4+ strum pattern.

Within weeks, you'll be able to play Dylan songs recognizably and, if you have even been playing for 6 months, you'll be able to play many of these songs on the first run-through.

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The Bob Dylan 6 Chord Songbook allows even the beginning guitarist to play and enjoy the magic of Dylan's music. By learning 6 simple chords you will soon master 20 of his best songs.
The Bob Dylan 6 Chord Songbook does not use musical notation. All you need to learn is 6 chords and their symbols. The chord boxes are printed on each page to remind you, and the chord changes are shown above the lyrics. If you find the pitch of a song outside your vocal range, simply place your capo behind a suitable fret and use the same chord shapes! The strum rhythm or picking pattern most suited to the song is left for you to decide. The Bob Dylan 6 Chord Songbook guarantees hours of enjoyment for guitarists of all levels, as well as providing a fine basis for building a strong repertoire. When you have mastered the first 6 chords, you will want to progress to six more chords with these lessons. These are described within the text and illustrated in a comprehensive Chord Glossary at the back of the book.

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