Features:

• Keyboard skills are integrated into every lesson, enabling you to hear, feel, and "see" the music as you learn.
• Frequent reviews provide ample opportunities to steadily strengthen your knowledge of every element.
• Numerous diagrams allow you to easily visualize each new concept, taking the mystery out of learning music theory!
• In the hands-on approach, you will have many changes to practice what you learn in each lesson as it is being taught with the drills and exercises that follow.

Music Theory Step by Step: Level One and Music Theory Step by Step: Level Three are also available from Trafford Publishing.

In addition to keyboard basics, the first level also covers the complete major scales, the treble and bass clefs, and introduces rhythms, intervals, and chords. If you are at the junior high school level, or if you are older but prefer to begin the study of musical theory at a leisurely pace in a thorough, step by step method, then this book is for you.

Features:

• Keyboard skills are integrated into every lesson, enabling you to hear, feel, and "see" the music as you learn.
• Frequent reviews provide ample opportunities to steadily strengthen your knowledge of every element.
• Numerous diagrams allow you to easily visualize each new concept, taking the mystery out of learning music theory!
• In the hands-on approach, you will have many changes to practice what you learn in each lesson as it is being taught with the drills and exercises that follow.

Music Theory Step by Step: Level Two and Music Theory Step by Step: Level Three are also available from Trafford Publishing.

    The Encyclopedia of Boss DR-5 CHord Patterns is the ideal companion for the Boss DR-5 Doctor Rhythm Section. In easy-to-read event tables, it provides 120 drum riff; 2,616 bass riffs; a variety of performance styles; and helpful charts. and simple, comprehensive instructions explain how to perform various Boss DR-5 operations; how to build a Kit (band); how to compose songs for the machine; how to build full-band chord patterns, how to record songs with the patterns you build; and how to edit songs using intros, outros, performance variations chord substitutions, chord transitions, dynamics and turnarounds.

The last two decades have seen the Art of the DJ grow and diversify into a global movement spanning countless cultural and musical boundaries. Focusing both technical and creative aspects, Buster Smith brings you a systematic approach to learning the skills and techniques of the vinyl DJ and tackles the deeper subtleties – how to prepare and plan a set, how to "read" the dancefloor and how to master the mindset required to Move the Crowd.

Featuring:

• Clearly illustrated technical explanations of the tools of the trade – their controls, functions and operations explained.
  
• Beginners, intermediate and advanced chapters taking you from learning the basics all the way to mastering beat mixing to devastating effect.
  
• An introduction to "Turntablism" – the language, skillz and techniques of this exciting new musical form.
  
• An explanation of the Smith System – a unique method of learning how to scratch and improvise creatively on the fly.
  
• An in-depth exploration of the psychology of the dancefloor – understanding the "hive mind" mentality of a crowd.
  
  

This series is thorough in its presentation of music theory and harmony that is covered in many undergraduate theory courses and the high school AP exam. All elements are taught both on the page and the keyboard.

Features:

• Keyboard skills are integrated into every lesson, enabling you to hear, feel, and "see" the music as you learn.
• Frequent reviews provide ample opportunities to steadily strengthen your knowledge of every element.
• Numerous diagrams allow you to easily visualize each new concept, taking the mystery out of learning music theory!
• In the hands-on approach, you will have many changes to practice what you learn in each lesson as it is being taught with the drills and exercises that follow.
  
• Extra features include the medieval modes and introduction to jazz-pop.

Music Theory Step by Step: Level One and Music Theory Step by Step: Level Two are also available from Trafford Publishing.

The Little Ukers Ukulele Method book is a comprehensive step-by-step approach to teach music reading skills and techniques while playing the ukulele. It is designed to be used in a classroom, or with a small group of students and is not a "teach yourself to play" book.

The book uses imagery, activities, and an innovative approach to teaching students how to play the ukulele and covers the basics of ear training, strumming skills, note reading and music theory, and playing simple melodies.

Available in traditional "D" tuning or common "C" tuning.

The Little Ukers Ukulele Method book is a comprehensive step-by-step approach to teach music reading skills and techniques while playing the ukulele. It is designed to be used in a classroom, or with a small group of students and is not a "teach yourself to play" book.

The book uses imagery, activities, and an innovative approach to teaching students how to play the ukulele and covers the basics of ear training, strumming skills, note reading and music theory, and playing simple melodies.

Available in traditional "D" tuning or common "C" tuning.