Alfred Publishing

This book is written for the musician who needs to learn the business, as well the businessperson entering the music industry. Author Michael Miller covers all the key business topics and reveals the...

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Playing the Ukulele will give the reader everything they need to know to get started playing this fun instrument. Included are tips on purchasing your first ukulele and a...

This pocket-sized reference book about Pink Floyd covers the band's entire career, from the Syd Barrett era to their Live 8 Reunion. In addition to the band's history, this book lists 50 essential Pin...

Sporting shades and feedback-heavy sounds, the Velvets straddled art and rock, changing popular music forever, and sowing the seeds for punk, grunge, and thousands of countercultural four-chord wonder...

This pocket-sized reference book explores every aspect of the Rolling Stones' music, along with the band's history, from the blues clubs of '60s West London to the world tours and millionaire mansions...

The Story: from the first meeting of Plant and Page to the untimely death of John Bonham, detailing the magic, mayhem and excesses of the era. The Music: the band's fifty best songs unpicked, plus co...

The Rough Guide to Nirvana uncovers the magic and tragedy of this iconic 90s grunge band. From small-town gigs to the last days of Kurt Cobain, this book delves into the story of the life and afterlif...

Learn from Jam Master Jay, the DJ behind the legendary rap group Run DMC! Topics include what to look for in a DJ starter kit, how to choose and hook up your equipment, how to do your very first mix,...

Instrumental Classmates/[TM] is an entertaining, educational, musical adventure. This DVD series has been designed to assist educators in introducing children to music and the key instruments in each...

Ear Training and Violin Playing was written by two Austrian teachers who pioneered the Suzuki approach in the German-speaking world. This valuable little book was written as a supplementary aid to the...

Of the three elements of music - rhythm, melody, and harmony - rhythm has received the least attention from the theorists, yet it is indisputably the basic element without which there is no musical ar...

The Genius of Simplicity was written in 1982 by Linda Wickes, an orchestral violinist, educator, lecturer and dedicated string teacher who uses the Suzuki Method®. Her book, the author herself claims,...

Comprised of singing and body movement activities which incorporate the principles of music educator Jaques Dalcroze and using the repertoire of the Suzuki Method®, Movement That Fits was written by D...

What the Students Taught the Teacher is a delightful textbook full of teaching tips and scenarios. Frona Colquhoun relates her experiences in her search to find the best way to teach young children no...

The wife of Shinichi Suzuki (founder of the Suzuki Method), Waltraud Joanne Suzuki (nee Prange) tells about their meeting, their marriage, their return to Japan, their hardships during World War II an...

Shinichi Suzuki has been described as a humanitarian as well as an educator and musician. While a young man, he observed that children absorbed their spoken language based on their environment. This l...

What is it like to be a Suzuki parent? Morris gives a humorous and realistic view of what being in Suzuki is like.

Author Susan Bauman explores aspects of cultural consciousness in Japan, including the system of values and obligations in Japanese society, in an attempt to clarify the misunderstandings and misrepre...

In 1971 Louise Behrend collected a significant number of articles written about the Suzuki approach. These articles were published as a ten-part series in Allegro, the monthly newspaper of the New Yor...

Dr. Garson has given us an intimate look into his time spent with Dr. Suzuki. A fascinating look, through anecdotes and photos, at an extraordinary man. A great addition to any Suzuki library!

In this new edition to the About Suzuki series, Shigeki Tanaka shares his experiences with using the Suzuki Method® to teach young children. He founded a kindergarten that has seen more than 1,000 gra...

A wonderful collection of Grace Nash's creative approaches to child development using music, language and movement. Incorporates the philosophies and techniques of Orff, Kodaly and Laban.

A unique three-part package which includes a CD, Songbook and Teacher's Handbook. Easy-to-use lesson plans are coordinated with 40 minutes of music incorporating Orff instrument accompaniments and Kod...

Learn to play mandolin and open up a brand new world of musical knowledge with this exciting method from Alfred. Beginners of all ages can start their journey to a lifetime of musical enjoyment. Begin...