Frank Carlson Library

The MUSIC PRACTICE COACH workouts will help you learn HOW, WHAT and WHY to practice. They will challenge you, help you find tools to diagnose your weaknesses and improve any area of your playing, whether you pluck, strum, bow, blow, strike or sing! Whether you are just starting out, have been playing for years or are coming back to playing after a break, I hope these workouts help and inspire you to reach (AND SURPASS) your goals! No one can practice...

Improvisation is a big part of our daily lives, essential to the things we love to do and the music we love to hear. Improvising together seems natural when we're playing a game or having a conversation, yet improvising music together is often viewed as mysterious and forbidding. Free Improvisation: A Practical Guide provides a practical way for any group of people, no matter what their style of music or level of musicianship, to learn about improvising...

Want to know the secret to great guitar playing? It all starts with strong technique and a good set of warm-ups. You've started learning a song you love. You've practiced and practiced, but for some reason it's not sounding like you want it to. Sound familiar? If so, the problem isn't a lack of talent or dedication; it's the fact that your fingers aren't doing what you're telling them to. The best way to overcome that problem is with a strong set...

There are many books on the subject of guitar playing, but none like this book. I have focused on how to mentally and physically practice. Practicing is generally just approached by saying, "practice makes perfect," suggesting the more you practice the better you get, which is not true if you practice the wrong way. Time alone will not make a good player and most people will simply give up when they do not make significant improvement. Learning to...

Includes dvd with an exclusive walking workout.

How to find and treat the problem causing your back pain, rather than just treating the symptom. In this book you will learn: why you were already in trouble before you started to feel pain; how to discover the root cause of your pain, and how to get rid of it; how to restore the normal function to more than just the tissue of your lower back; why your abs are not your core and why people with back pain should never do sit-ups; how doing one simple...

Overdeck is on a mission to make the nightly math riddle as common as the bedtime story. Parents will have fun, interesting math problems to work on with their children in a comforting and nonjudgmental bedtime setting. With 120 problems, each spread includes a brief story and three math questions at three different levels.

The essential 3-in-1 lead guitar collection! Stuck playing the same old stuff on guitar? Unsure how to more forward? You've come to the right place! Guitar players frequently encounter roadblocks that leave us feeling stunted creatively. These issues can be traced back to one simple cause: We can't use what we don't know! The Lead Guitar Book Bundle is jam-packed with essential lessons and creative insights for re-energizing your lead playing. Whether...

The first step to playing like a pro is thinking like one! Guitar players frequently face the same roadblocks in their playing. Many feel stunted creatively, stuck playing the same old things, and unsure how to move forward. These issues are caused by some common pitfalls. Typical problems include being unable to think beyond familiar patterns, not understanding how music theory relates to the fretboard, and feeling hindered by ineffective technique. Lead...

Finally, learn how it all fits together! Confused about guitar scales? Knowing how to play scales and knowing how to use them are two different things. Seeing shapes outlined on the fretboard is useful, but it doesn't help us understand what to do with them! This is a common frustration with many scale books for guitar. What's the point of learning all this information if we're unable to make something musical out of it? Learn Your Guitar Scales...