instruction and study

Eight-year-old Mabel is excited when her parents buy her a new piano and begins practicing for a concert at their house. But soon Mabel becomes worried that her jealous sister Violet has plans to jeopardize her big performance.

A guide for acoustic, electric, and bass guitars with step-by-step instructions and familiar tunes.

Ten-year-old Zoe Elias, who longs to play the piano but must resign herself to learning the organ, instead, finds that her musicianship has a positive impact on her workaholic mother, her jittery father, and her school social life.

An instructional guide to playing the piano, providing definitions of musical terms, and covering music notation, timing, key signatures, fingering, and chords, with exercises and tips on choosing and caring for a piano.

A guide to playing the guitar that discusses developing the needed skills, learning basic chords, experimenting with different styles, and other related topics; includes a CD with sample songs and exercises.

An interactive book designed to be used with accompanying CD, follows the development of a concerto, while studying the orchestra and each of its sections.

Includes over sixty graded tunes in a variety of styles, and explains musical points and technical skills.

Examines the physiological effects music has on the brain, discusses how it can assist in teaching and learning, and provides over two hundred suggestions for using it in the classroom.

Presents a student resource guide that examines the connection between events in United States history and Western music, including a historical time line, reproducible articles, activity sheets, games, and listening maps. 'Includes audio CD.