Instructional

From Benny Goodman and Jan Van Halen to Kathy Jenson and Buddy DeFranco, take a look at the genesis of pop clarinet. Includes solo transcriptions in standard notation, lessons on how to play them, pro...

The Hal Leonard Folk Harp Method is a comprehensive and easy-to-use beginner's guide, designed for anyone just learning to play folk harp. Inside you'll find loads of techniques, tips, and fun songs t...

A must-have guide for all brass students and teachers relating to the total physical output that goes into playing any brass instrument. Caruso covers the same techniques atheletes use to develop thei...

Zimmermann played principle double bass for the NY Philharmonic, and taught at Juilliard, Columbia, Manhattan School of Music and NYU. Through many helpful exercises and patterns, this book teaches do...

This classic book offers studies of scales and arpeggios in all of their various bowed, fingered and rhythmic combinations, with excellent exercises progressing in difficulty and encompassing four oct...

15 solos arranged specifically for each instrument with an accompaniment CD.

Living sax legend Jackie McLean is one of the greatest alto players of the post-Parker era. For this book, he has assembled essential warm-up exercises to help students become familiar with playing th...

Ready to take your cello playing to the next level? This book presents valuable how-to insight that cellists of all levels can benefit from, spanning classical to rock music, and everything in between...

Master chord theory ... in minutes! The Chord Wheel is a revolutionary device that puts the most essential and practical applications of chord theory into your hands. This tool will help you: Improvis...

Instrumental Jazz Arranging consists of a systematic presentation of the essential techniques and materials of jazz arranging. Authors Mike Tomaro and John Wilson draw upon 50+ years of combined teach...

The most comprehensive and complete scale book written especially for the guitar. Divided into four main sections: 1) Fretboard Visualization, the breaking down of the whole into parts; 2) Scale Termi...

The Hal Leonard Bagpipe Method is designed for anyone just learning to play the Great Highland bagpipes. This comprehensive and easy-to-use beginner's guide serves as an introduction to the bagpipe ch...

Today, music video is as necessary as recording the music in the first place. If you can't see it on YouTube, it didn't happen. -Stephen Webber, Executive Director, BerkleeNYC If music is your passion...

Here is a peek behind the curtains, revealing the secrets to writing successful orchestral instrumental music cues for the production music market. The reader is presented with several music cues to s...

There is only one Eddie Green and, without question, his name is permanently etched in band history. On Teaching Band includes: An extensive, insightful interview with Eddie Green on his early career...

Tips, suggestions, advice and other useful information garnered through a lifetime of flute study and professional gigging are all presented in this book with dozens of entries gleaned from first-hand...

The 'Hal Leonard Tin Whistle Method' is designed for anyone just learning to play the Irish penny whistle. This comprehensive and easy-to-use beginner's guide from acclaimed player Seán Gavin serves a...

This method is designed for anyone just learning to play the Venova - a fun, portable wind instrument with simple, recorder-like fingerings and expressive sound like a saxophone.

Foreword by Charles Conrad The first trumpet method to introduce jazz! The goal of this method book is to infuse all the elements of a good trumpet foundation at the initial stage so nothing is left t...

With only three valves, the trumpet can use a total of seven different combinations of fingers. These combinations are called fingerings. This handy fingering note chart will have you learning all the...

Vincent Cichowicz (1927-2006) was a member of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra from 1952-1974 and a faculty member at Northwestern University from 1959-1998. He is widely regarded as one of the most inf...

The Hal Leonard Anglo Concertina Method is designed for anyone just learning to play a 20- or 30-button Anglo concertina. This comprehensive beginner's guide gives students an overview of the instrume...

Everything you need to know about starting to play bass! Working with Louis Satterfield, Verdine White of Earth, Wind and Fire has laid out a systematic method to learning the basics of music theory a...

Volume I of The New Weissenborn Method for Bassoon (a must for all young bassoon students - The Double Reed: a landmark in pedagogy - Double Reed News) presented an updated, user-friendly version of J...

For well over a century, students all over the world have learned to play the bassoon using Julius Weissenborn's Practical Bassoon Method. At long last, The New Weissenborn Method for Bassoon presents...