For Recorder - Beginner-Andrew D. Gordon has created 30; 12 bar blues play-a-long backing tracks in various Blues styles keys and tempos such as: Funky Blues Boogie Blues Jazz Blues Minor Blues Country Blues Latin Blues Old Time Jazz Blues Jazz Swing Blues Classic Blues Rock Soulful Blues Slow Blues and many more. Each of the 30 play-a-long tracks has been recorded with 12 choruses of the 12 bar blues progression giving you the opportunity practice soloing techniques totaling over 3 hours of music. Each of the 30 Blues styles contains a solo improvisational melody line 12 measures in length designed for the beginner student in mind as a starting point to create your ownimprovisational solos. Each of the 30 Blues tracks have been recorded first with the solo playing along with the rhythm backing tracks of keyboards guitar bass and drums and immediately following is the play-a-long backing track that cycles through the 12 bar blues progression 12 times generally between 5-8 minutes in length giving you plenty of time to practice. Blues is the basis of many forms of music and these tracks have been specifically created to include styles such as: Jazz Funk Folk Country Latin Rock Gospel Pop Boogie giving you a well-rounded selection of musical styles based on the Blues. Audio available as download Midi Files available separately

Forty pieces ranging from lovely portraits to lively jigs from Scotland Ireland Wales and the Isle of Man spanning several hundred years. Wether it is a lilt a lovesong or a lament each of these tunes is a real gem and the unique personality and sound of the recorder compliments them all. An accompanying CD includes all the tunes from the book so that you can hear them demonstrated or simply enjoy this timeless collection.