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Book details
  • Genre:MUSIC
  • SubGenre:Instruction & Study / General
  • Language:English
  • Series title:EasyWay To Music
  • Series Number:1
  • Pages:15
  • eBook ISBN:9781624887093

Basic Fingering Charts

by Joe Procopio

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Overview

This is the best and lowest priced musical instrument fingering guide available worldwide. This book contains the basic fingerings for all the Band Instruments including, Guitar, Bass Guitar and Banjo. It is the EasyWay for everyone and anyone to learn a fingering for most musical instruments.

Description

This is the best and lowest priced musical instrument fingering guide available worldwide. This book contains the basic fingerings for all the Band Instruments including, Guitar, Bass Guitar and Banjo. It is the EasyWay to learn a fingering for everyone either as a student or a teacher. CONTAINS BASIC FINGERINGS FOR THE FOLLOWING 19 INSTRUMENTS*: GUITAR / BASS GUITAR / BANJO/ FLUTE / PICCOLO / CLARINET / SAXOPHONE /OBOE / BASSOON / TRUMPET/ CORNET / FLUGELHORN / BARITONE TREBLE CLEF / FRENCH HORN in F and Bb / TROMBONE / BARITONE BASS CLEF / TUBA / SOUSAPHONE 1. A HANDY REFERENCE FOR ALL THE BAND INSTRUMENTS INCLUDING GUITAR, BASS GUITAR and BANJO. 2. CONTAINS ALL THE BASIC FINGERINGS FOR EACH INSTRUMENT WITH SOME ALTERNATES. 3. A QUICK AND EASY GUIDE ON HOW TO PLAY ALL THE NOTES. 4. AN INDISPENSABLE BOOK FOR ALL MUSIC TEACHERS. 5. A MUST FOR ALL BAND TEACHERS. 6. PERFECT FOR BEGINNERS. 7. WRITTEN FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LITTLE OR NO KNOWLEDGE OF ALL THE FINGERINGS. SATISFIES THE NEED FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO PLAY MORE THAN ONE INSTRUMENT.

About the author

Joe Procopio ASCAP joecopio@gmail.com http://www.joecopio.com Artist/Composer/Conductor Professional Musician/ Artist/ Leader/Lead Alto Sax for many of the nation’s top recording artists including: Steve and Eydie Gorme, The Temptations, Aretha Franklin, Tony Bennett, Lawrence Welk, Frankie Avalon, Frankie Laine, Jack Jones, Kathryn Grayson, Carmel Quinn, Don Cornell, Bobby Rydell, Vic Damone, Rodney Dangerfield, Foster Brooks, The Vagabonds, The Ritz Brothers, Sammy Cohn, Jimmy Van Heusen, Tiny Tim, Al Martino, Petula Clark, Wayne Newton, Pat Cooper, The Four Tops, The Spinners, etc. Lead Reed Central New York, Jack Palmer Orchestra 1970 – 1988 “The Procopio Brothers” Joe and Greg Procopio Sax and Guitar Duo 1976-1988 Artist/Writer Warner Brothers/Mercury/ Kama Sutra/Buddah Records 1965 – 1975 Child Prodigy “guest” guitarist for Miller, Dorsey, and other Big Bands Conductor Boston Symphony Orchestra student – summer 1963 Clarinetist Conservatory Of Milan, Italy 1964 Lead Alto Sax Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra Savoy Theater Myrtle Beach, SC 1996 – 2000 Lead Reed Palace Theater MB,SC,’99-01: Chorus Line, Phantom, Ain’t Misbehavin’, Sunset Blvd,etc. Teacher/Administrator Miles Clark Endowed Chair, Music, College of the Albemarle, Elizabeth City, NC 2001-2004 Chairman Music Department Cazenovia Central School Cazenovia, NY 1965 – 1988 Director Of Instrumental Music Chapel Hill High School Chapel Hill, NC 1988 - 1993 Instructor Applied Music Cazenovia College Cazenovia, NY part-time 1978 – 1981 Deaconate St. James Church Cazenovia, NY, (candidate) Diocese of Syracuse, NY 1980 - 1988 Awards/Honors I am indexed. Listed in the Londeix as ‘Compositeur Americain’ in “150 Years Of Music For Saxophone” International Publication by Jean-Marie Londeix, Roncorp 1994 pg.212, pg.293 Teacher Of Guitarist T. Maxwell heard in TV’s Magnum P.I., The Rockford Files, Kojak Awarded membership in American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers 1987 Top 25 International and Award Of Excellence Music City Song Festival Nashville, TN 1986/1988 Recording Artist Award International Competition By Columbia Records and ASF 1982 Full Tuition Scholarship Conservatory Of Milan, Italy 1964 Conductor Scholarship Boston Symphony Orchestra (1 of 16 from 22 countries) 1963 Candidate Woodrow Wilson and Danforth Foundation Fellowships 1963 Publications “Basic Music Theory”, “Making Sense With Music” Books Pub. JoeCopio Music LLC Joe Procopio “Live In Concert” , “Saxology”, “All In My Life” “Pethoven” Special Music For Pets And People “Theme And Three Variations For Saxophone Alone” Premier at World Congress Saxophones ; “Barbie”, “St. Mary’s Song” JB Linear Music “Looking For The Good Life” Bear Down Pub; Title song for Dirty Dancing II Vestron 1988 “Arietta”; Flute Solo Lake State Publications Grand Rapids, MI; “Sudden Loneliness”, “Let Me Try” Kama Sutra NY, NY; “Love Believes” Sunrise Recs, Hollywood, CA; “Making Sense With Music”, The Easy Way To Read Music” etc. books/ solos Published by Gordie Music Chapel Hill, NC; Terry Tickle and His Swing City Big Band, Ravensong Records Education B.S. 1963 Education, Crane School Of Music, SUNY Potsdam, NY M.S. 1973 Education, Crane School Of Music, SUNY Potsdam, NY Certificate Of Music Conducting and Clarinet Boston Symphony Orchestra 1963 Certificate Of Music Conservatory Of Milan, Giuseppe Verdi Milan Italy 1964 Teachers Conducting: Robert Shaw, Igor Stravinsky, Eric Leinsdorf, Eugene Ormandy; Saxophone: Earl Bostic, Dr. James Stoltie; Clarinet: Gino B. Cioffi Principal Clarinet Boston Symphony Orchestra, A. Prisco Conservatory Of Milan, G.Boralli RAI Italia, Louis Marucci (protégé Pinti/ Toscanni); Guitar: Frank Vaccaro; Composition: Aaron Copland, Gunther Schuller