Chords for Kids Made Easy

by Jake Jackson

Published 27 April 2016
A handy resource for children and early learners of the guitar and keyboard. Chords are one of the most important ways that children can learn about music, offering a fast route into playing with others and encouraging a feeling for structure and composition.With this new book you can see the chord, then reach for your phone and hear the chord. Using any free QR code reader app (Android, iPhone, Blackberry, Windows) a web site opens automatically and you can listen to the chord as a strum, an arpeggio (each note played separately) and hear it as a piano chord and arpeggio. Of course, Flame Tree’s straightforward, easy-to-use diagrams make this a fantastic new book for beginners and intermediate players, for home, studio and rehearsal.

For the left hand guitarist, introducing a major new feature for print books: sound! Now you can see the chord, then reach for your phone and hear the chord. Using any free QR code reader app (Android, iPhone, Blackberry, Windows) a web site opens automatically and you can listen to the chord as a strum, an arpeggio (each note played separately) and hear it as a piano chord and arpeggio. Of course, Flame Tree's straightforward, easy-to-use diagrams make this a fantastic new book for beginners and intermediate players, for home, studio and rehearsal.

Introducing a major new feature for print books: sound! Now you can see the chord, then reach for your phone and hear the chord. Using any free QR code reader app (Android, iPhone, Blackberry, Windows) a web site opens automatically and you can listen to the piano as a full chord, an arpeggio (each note played separately) and hear it as a guitar chord and arpeggio. Of course, Flame Tree's straightforward, easy-to-use diagrams make this a fantastic new book for beginners and intermediate players, for home, studio and rehearsal.

Play Guitar Made Easy

by Jake Jackson and Tony Skinner

Published 22 August 2013
"Play Guitar Made Easy" contains everything the new or intermediate guitar player needs to know to really get to grips with making music on this most popular of instruments. Highly practical, it leads you from the basics of how to strum, pick and play simple chords, through the various elements of playing rhythm and melodies, to more complicated chords and tunings. It includes further techniques from slurs to harmonics, and a section on performing. The clear text is accompanied by illustrative photos and diagrams, and the guide is complemented by a useful chord finder, examples of scales and modes, a glossary and further reading.

Supported online by our "See it * Hear it" chord site. Now you can see the chord, then reach for your phone and hear the chord. Using any free QR code reader app (Android, iPhone, Blackberry, Windows) a web site opens automatically and you can listen to the chord as a strum, an arpeggio (each note played separately) and hear it as a piano chord and arpeggio.

Scales and Modes Made Easy

by Jake Jackson

Published 16 September 2013
"Scales & Modes" is a excellent guide for musicians of all genres and players of all instruments. Alongside chords, scales and modes are the building blocks of music and are very important to know, particularly for composition and improvisation. Featuring 20 of the most commonly used scales and modes in each of the 12 keys, this book is great for those who wish to improve their playing technique and for those looking to write and arrange their own melodies. Created by musicians for musicians, with clear notation and accessible text this is an ideal resource for musicians of all abilities.

Supported online by our “See it • Hear it” chord site. Now you can see the chord, then reach for your phone and hear the chord. Using any free QR code reader app (Android, iPhone, Blackberry, Windows) a web site opens automatically and you can listen to the chord as a strum, an arpeggio (each note played separately) and hear it as a piano chord and arpeggio.

Reading Music Made Easy

by Jake Jackson

Published 16 September 2013
The perfect companion to the other titles in the “Music Made Easy” series (“Play the Guitar”, “Play the Piano”, “Guitar Chords”, “Piano and Keyboard Chords”), this is the ideal guide for those, of any age, who may enjoy playing instruments, but have not yet mastered how to read music from the page. This guide provides the essentials you need to know, explaining pitch, the treble clef, the bass clef, rhythm, accidentals, key signatures and time signatures. You can then practise what you have learnt with the 'Play Along' sections containing simple, well-known examples of music. It comes with helpful diagrams, clear accessible text.

Supported online by our “See it • Hear it” chord site. Now you can see the chord, then reach for your phone and hear the chord. Using any free QR code reader app (Android, iPhone, Blackberry, Windows) a web site opens automatically and you can listen to the chord as a strum, an arpeggio (each note played separately) and hear it as a piano chord and arpeggio.

Guitar Chords Made Easy

by Jake Jackson

Published 1 May 2013
Introducing a major new feature for print books: sound! Now you can see the chord, then reach for your phone and hear the chord. Using any free QR code reader app (Android, iPhone, Blackberry, Windows) a web site opens automatically and you can listen to the chord as a strum, an arpeggio (each note played separately) and hear it as a piano chord and arpeggio. Of course, Flame Tree's straightforward, easy-to-use diagrams make this a fantastic new book for beginners and intermediate players, for home, studio and rehearsal.

Ukulele Chords Made Easy

by Jake Jackson

Published 1 September 2015
Play Ukulele Made Easy contains everything the new or intermediate ukulele player needs to know to really get to grips with making music on this unique instrument that's becoming ever more popular. Highly practical, it leads you from the basics of how to strum, pick and play simple chords, through the various elements of playing rhythm and melodies, to more complicated chords and tunings. The clear text is accompanied by illustrative photos and diagrams, and the guide is complemented by a useful chord finder, examples of scales and modes, a glossary and further reading. 



Supported online by our “See it • Hear it” chord site. Now you can see the chord, then reach for your phone and hear the chord. Using any free QR code reader app (Android, iPhone, Blackberry, Windows) a web site opens automatically and you can listen to the chord as a strum, an arpeggio (each note played separately) and hear it as a piano chord and arpeggio.