Essential Tools for Jazz Improvisation. Sher Music Co.?s highly-regarded book, The Blues Scales: Essential Tools for Jazz Improvisation is now available in bass clef. As Michael Brecker said, ?This is an excellent addition to the growing number of books dedicated to mastering the art of jazz improvisation. Useful to beginners as well as advanced players, The Blues Scales admirably addresses the vocabulary of the blues ? the ?root of jazz.? ? Step-by-step exercises to get beginning students able to quickly solo using the two basic Blues Scales. ? Extensive dictionary of classic Major and Minor Blues Scale phrases. ? Help with transposing the ideas learned into other keys. ? Numerous ways to expand the Blues Scales to make them even more useful. ? Appendices for advanced players showing how the masters of jazz use the Blues Scales in their own playing.

Praise Charts-The Christmas Praise Carols series features six compatible books that can be used alone or in any combination. The arrangements are designed to aid the flow of live congregational worship and the level is suitable for amateurs and pros alike. Section numbers and lyric cues are included in each book so your musicians can play together easily. Use the audio tracks in lieu of a live band or to enhance the sound of your band for rehearsal and performance. The audio tracks are accessed online using the unique code in each book. The tracks can be streamed or downloaded according to personal preference.Songs include: 'Angels We Have Heard on High' 'Come ThouLong-Expected Jesus' 'The First Noel' 'Go Tell It on the Mountain' 'It Came upon the Midnight Clear' 'Joy to the World' 'O Come All Ye Faithful' 'O Little Town of Bethlehem' 'Silent Night'.