Akron Public Library

I look at the music. Okay. Here goes. I flip the Rock Beat # 3 switch and get ready to count one and two and three...I can't hear Rock Beat # 3. Nothing. Now there is a judge by my side. She pushes the On button and the Perfectone D-60 wheezes to life, with Rock Beat # 3 booming so loud some little kid starts crying and has to leave. My foot slips on the pedal. Just keep playing.

Each time the doorbell rings, there are more people who have come to share Ma's wonderful cookies.

Explains how to become familiar with the keyboard, read music, practice scales, explore different musical styles, and select and maintain an instrument.

Offers a simple, visual guide to helping children understand music with Carol Vorderman. Reduce the stress of studying music and help your child with their homework, Help Your Kids with Music is a unique visual guide to music theory which will demystify the subject for everyone. Including the latest updates to the UK National Curriculum, covering everything from semitones and note values, to harmony and music appreciation, Help Your Kids with Music...

Being a Singer: The Art, Craft, and Science provides the solutions you need to make practical, consistent changes in your singing. This book pulls back the curtain on how singing actually works, from cognition to anatomy to your amazing hearing system and even your instincts and emotions. Based on the training approach of Seth Riggs, supported by vocal science, neuroscience and motor learning, Being a Singer offers clear tools and strategies that...

Singer, songwriter, and guitar player extraordinaire, Ravi, teaches viewers how to play hundreds of their favorite songs on guitar using eight simple chords, a few simple strums, and a basic understanding of how music works. It is not necessary to know how to read or write music, simply play along with the instructor following a 21 day video lesson plan. Features PIP (Picture in Picture) video, manual, standard notation, tab, power tab files, and...

This DVD will teach you the basic chords, notes and patterns you will need to start playing along with some of your favorite songs. Each lesson has a chapter mark, so you can learn and practice at your own pace, then continue through each lesson with a touch of a button.