musicianship

Earmaster Essential
$29.95
Become a better musician with EarMaster Essential 5! You���ll understand the music you hear and play better with this easy-to-follow interactive ear training software. Musicians of all levels will learn to identify, transcribe and play intervals, chords and rhythms. EarMaster Essential 5 includes 139 progressive lessons from classical music to rock including jazz chords, swing rhythms and a customized mode to practice according to your own needs. It is highly interactive and will give you instant feedback on your responses. It���s essential ear training at an unbeatable price!

Essential Musicianship: A Comprehensive Choral Method : Voice Theory Sight-Reading Performance
$12.99
"Essential Musicianship, Book 1," recommended for Grades 6-8 or other beginning groups, is a sequential choral method that helps the beginning singer develop a strong foundation of musical skills. In each of the twenty chapters a concept is presented in the theory section, practiced in the sight-reading section, and applied in the performance of a song. Book 1 contains drills, exercises and 37 practice/performance songs for mixed, treble and tenor bass choir.

Alfred Publishing 00-4597 Essential Keyboard Repertoire, Volume 6 - to Develop Technique and Musicianship
$9.00

The Acoustic Bass: Musicianship and Improvisational Techniques [VHS]
$29.95
Take a master class with one of the great jazz bassists of our time. Gary Peacock explores his instrument from the unique perspective of a veteran musician who has important ideas to convey to all serious players. He delves into three important aspects of playing -- the Physical, the Mental and the Intuitive -- which together form the complete process of creating music on the bass. Concentrating first on the physical aspects, Gary shares tips on relaxation, posture, and the connection between the hands, arms, shoulders and back. Proper alignment, as well as mental observation of areas of pain or discomfort, allows you to disperse the tension and play freely. The exercises in this section, including how to produce the best sound with the least amount of pressure on the strings, will benefit musicians at any level and in any style. Gary then goes into the process of playing scales and arpeggios, focusing on the physical motion as well as listening for intonation and sound quality. You'll get invaluable insights into determining the meaning of an interval by recognizing it in relationship to its function within any given key, along with Gary's formula for improvisational success: "play the interval; intuit its tonal relationship to the chord or key; melodically confirm it." As Gary analyzes "All the Things You Are" and "Stella by Starlight," you'll hear the movement of the root notes against the melody, and how making a "mental map" of a piece gives you an understanding of its harmonic sense. Finally, Gary takes a look at "Rhythm Changes," a mainstay of traditional jazz and a starting point for many musicians getting into this form. Through this progression, he pulls together all of the technical and improvisational ideas he has examined during the course of this lesson.