Hal Leonard

Learn the essential practices of contemporary conducting. This book will teach you to use the motions, cues, patterns and practices used to lead ensembles, whether for orchestra, band, musical theater...

After the Civil War, the up picking finger style of playing the 5-string banjo came into vogue - eventually finding its way into the Victorian parlor and, later, college glee and music clubs. The orig...

The most contemporary rhyming dictionary on the market! Features more than 30, 000 words encompassing standard vocabulary, proper nouns, popular expressions and more, all organized cross-phonetically...

Roy Orbison emerged as an artist alongside his Sun Records contemporaries in the early days of rock 'n' roll. He did not possess the good looks of Elvis Presley or the everyman toughness of Johnny Cas...

10 songs from the world's fastest banjo player featuring Taylor's amazing renditions of well-known rock, classics, blues as well as many originals are included in this songbook: Back Home in Carolina...

Why do pegs continuously slip or stick making it difficult to tune? Or endpins become stuck or keep sliding down? What about fine tuners that malfunction; strings that break, become false or fray; bow...

Learn to engage, excite, captivate and expand your audience! These practical techniques will help you to communicate with your listeners on a deeper, more interactive level. As you do, the concert exp...

The First 15 Lessons series provides a step-by-step lesson plan for the absolute beginner, complete with audio tracks, video lessons, and real songs! Designed for self-teaching or for use with an inst...

This biography begins in 1967 as Frank L. Battisti concludes a celebrated 14-year career as Director of Bands at Ithaca High School, followed by a move to Baldwin Wallace College Conservatory. Later,...

89 golden oldies for individuals, small groups and orchestras are presented in standard notation and tablature with large chord diagrams and symbols for ukulele in this collection. These fabulous favo...

This book contains tips, suggestions, advice, and other useful information garnered through a lifetime of home and pro studio recording adventures. Included in the book are dozens of entries learned f...

Proven successful in private lessons and in the classroom, this planner is a must-have for all musicians. Teachers can use it to set goals and assignments, and students can montior their progress, tim...

Here's a fun and easy way to learn the ins and outs of effects - compression, delay, distortion, filters, reverb, looping, vocoder and many more. You'll learn when, how and why to use them, and how to...

Of all the knowledge that a good luthier - one who makes stringed musical instruments - can possess, knowledge of proper setup is far and away the most important. Proper setup can change a clunker int...

The Beatles' North American tours turned the entertainment business on its ear and forever changed the landscape of the concert touring industry. In February 1964, after finally achieving a number-one...

The Beatles' North American tours turned the entertainment business on its ear and forever changed the landscape of the concert touring industry. In February 1964, after finally achieving a number-one...

The Beatles' North American tours turned the entertainment business on its ear and forever changed the landscape of the concert touring industry. In February 1964, after finally achieving a number-one...

Today, musical composition for films is more popular than ever. In professional and academic spheres, media music study and practice are growing; undergraduate and postgraduate programs in media scori...

Take your baritone uke playing to the next level with this great package that will teach you how to: strum backup chords all over the fretboard, in any key; play chord solos up and down the fretboard;...

Expand your banjo knowledge with the Lesson Goldmine series! Featuring 100 individual modules covering a giant array of topics, each lesson in this volume includes detailed instruction with playing ex...

You've been through FastTrack Ukulele 1 several times, and you're ready for more - you came to the right place! This fun continuation in the series begins right where Book 1 ended - you'll learn more...

Some of the most iconic recordings ever set to vinyl were produced on the Gibson Les Paul with the Patent Applied For pickup which, with its glass-like chime and haunting mids, represents the heart an...

Dynamics processors - often overused and sometimes misunderstood - can make or break mixing and mastering projects. This book goes beyond explaining how dynamics processors work by giving essential ti...

Everything in the studio starts and ends with audio - both analog and digital - yet many musicians know a lot more about the principles of music than the principles behind audio. The Musician's Guide...