Par AEBERSOLD JAMEY. This set features 11 Standard grooves, forms and chord progressions every drummer will encounter including swing, latin, 3/4, calypso, alternating feels, odd forms and more. The special CD stereo separation allows the drum track to be removed, so you can play-a-long and trade fours with the comping piano and bass. The book contains both time and solo transcriptions and information on approaching each type of song. For all drummers, student or pro! / Méthode en anglais / Méthode / Piano ou Clavier

Piano Play-Along Volume 34-Your favorite sheet music will come to life with the innovative Piano Play-Along series! With these books with online audio piano and keyboard players will be able to practice and perform with professional-sounding accompaniments. Containing eight cream-of-the-crop songs each the books feature new engravings with a separate vocal staff plus guitar frames so players and their friends can sing or strum along. The audio features two tracks for each tune: a full performance for listening and a separate backing track that lets players take the lead on keyboard. The high-quality sound-alike accompaniments exactly match the printed music. 8 songs including:Christmas Is Coming The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) Christmas Time Is Here Linus and Lucy My Little Drum O Tannenbaum Skating What Child Is This.

Steps What Was Matrix Now He Sings, Now He Sobs Now He Beats the Drum, Now He Stops

The last movement Bodrum from the sonata Dört ?ehir (Four Cities) is a fast, swinging walk through the popular entertainment district of Bodrum. Available here in a single edition for piano. / Piano

8 Holiday Favorites Popular Songs Series. 8 holiday favorites arranged by Lynda Lybeck-Robinson for early intermediate-level students, including: Believe - Breath of Heaven (Mary's Song) - Feliz Navidad - A Holly Jolly Christmas - I Wonder As I Wander - The Little Drummer Boy - Mary, Did You Know? - Sleigh Ride.

And Other Holiday Favorites-26 well-loved Christmas classics are presented in Big-Note Piano notation for budding pianists in this collection. Includes: All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth - C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S - Grown-Up Christmas List - Here Comes Santa Claus (Right down Santa Claus Lane) - The Little Drummer Boy - Mistletoe and Holly - Nuttin' for Christmas - Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town - Toyland - Up on the Housetop - White Christmas - Winter Wonderland - and more.

The Phillip Keveren Series-14 songs of the season expertly arranged by Phillip Keveren. Includes: All I Want for Christmas Is You · All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth · Christmas in Killarney · Do They Know It's Christmas? (Feed the World) · Do You Want to Build a Snowman? · Grown-Up Christmas List · Happy Xmas (War Is Over) · Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas · The Little Drummer Boy · Nuttin' for Christmas · Santa Baby · Santa Bring My Baby Back (To Me) · Sleigh Ride · Winter Wonderland.

Thundering Drums is the perfect elementary level piece for reinforcing staccato versus legato articulations. Students will be able to practice movement around the keyboard utilizing repeated patterns.

The purpose of this book is to serve as an introduction to popular music. It contains 13 pieces in which basic rhythmic and melodic patterns common to popular music are presented in the simplest possible manner. The student canhave twice as much fun with this book if a teacher parent or friend can act as a drummer - an easy drum rhythm is presented at the beginning of each piece!

On The Right Track presents 12 easy Jazz Piano solos to add a cool swing to your practice hours. You will discover for the first time exactly what it's like to play in a real Jazz trio as this book is accompanied by a CD of Bass and Drum backing tracks. Mike Cornick's clever solos allow you to explore a variety of styles from Ragtime and Trad to Latin syncopations and cool Blues sounds. Each piece is a performance solo in itself giving you some entertaining tunes for your next performance either as a soloist or with the backing tracks.

Noted jazz pianist, composer, recording artist and educator Andy LaVerne has drawn from his decades of experience playing with master musicians from Getz to Lovano to create this comprehensive compendium of contemporary moving voicings. Quartal, quintal, drop 2, dominant 7b9/diminished, triadic, whole tone and chromatic performance proven voicings pioneered by McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, and Andy himself are presented and fleshed out in all twelve keys. This book picks up where others leave off, enabling you to replace static chords with voicings that move melodically, dramatically, and gracefully over the entire range of the keyboard. Firmly rooted in contemporary jazz theory, the emphasis is on practical performance applications. Andy ties it all together with illustrations of comping choruses for five standard jazz tunes. Chords in Motion satisfies a long awaited need in actual comping situations, and shows you how to move chords through varying harmonic rhythms. FINALLY ? a book that gives you moving voicings, and sets them in motion in all twelve keys. Chords in Motion is a valuable resource for all keyboardists, arrangers, and instrumentalists. Activate, animate, and energize your comping with this encyclopedic volume. 156 pages, spiral bound for easy opening. Andy carries the flame of jazz piano tradition and just great music. He always inspires me. Chick Corea This is a great book! I am going to sit down and play through this!! I am always telling my non-piano playing students how important it is to work with (and internalize) the sounds that we live with all our lives as Jazz musicians. Coltrane spent years sitting at the piano and so should all of us!!! John Patitucci Berklee College of Music One thing about Andy?he is complete as can be and has been consistently so for years in both his teaching materials and playing. He is completely knowledgeable in such a way that when I play with him, I know he KNOWS!! Plus he is one of the smoothest and polished of players around. Great book?encyclopedic in content. Dave Liebman Founder, Artistic Director, International Association of Schools of Jazz (IASJ) I've played and recorded with Andy LaVerne many times over the years and in many different settings and he's always come up with the hippest, most interesting chords in the most musical way! His way of playing and looking at chords inspires me as a drummer and his rhythm section partner to play things that are in turn inspiring to the rest of the band. This book, helps musicians, understand, in a clear thoughtful presentation, how to go about getting this together. Billy Drummond Jazz Drummer, Educator, Juilliard, NYU Chords in Motion is an outstanding and comprehensive guide by Andy LaVerne, whose encyclopedic knowledge, decades of experience and brilliance as a performer and educator make this an invaluable handbook of modern jazz piano harmony. Its user-friendly, intelligent design enables musicians to expand their harmonic palette and potentially transform their playing, writing and arranging. Chords in Motion is an invaluable contribution to jazz musicians! Lynne Arriale Jazz Pianist, Composer, Educator, Associate Professor of Jazz Piano, Director of Small Ensembles, University of North Florida Chords in Motion is exactly the book I'd expect from Andy LaVerne. It's clear, openhearted and inspiring, as has been every conversation I've had with Andy over the years. Long a fan of his playing, I have enjoyed this look behind the curtain at how Andy LaVerne formulated his signature style. One other thing -- any pianist, no matter his/her approach, will gain insight into what will surely be new and exciting musical directions. Pete Malinverni Jazz Pianist, Educator, Director of Jazz Studies, SUNY Purchase College Conservatory of Music What a great resource for expanding the harmonic palette! Chords in Motion is a must have for the aspiring young jazz pianist as well as the seasoned veteran. Another winner from Andy! Paul Schmeling Jazz Pianist, Educator, Chair Emeritus, Piano Department, Berklee College of Music In Chords in Motion, I recognize chords and sounds that have inspired me to compose and play: harmony from the music of Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock and McCoy Tyner. This book is well organized, and from the beginning gets you playing. Each chord structure is explained and developed. There is plenty to practice. I especially like the exercises using contrary motion, arpeggiation

Book 2-This unique method was designed specifically for young students who are beginning piano study in a group setting. This easy-to-teach beginners course includes all of the most important components to develop comprehensive musicians and performers. CDs and MIDI Disks have accompaniments that range from simple drum patterns to full orchestrations that add musical interest and motivate students.

Level 1. PlayTime Piano Music from China is a musical journey featuring energetic dances, quiet folk melodies, and original Chinese pieces. The book is arranged especially for the early elementary student and correlates with Level 1 in the Piano Adventures method. At this level, five-finger positions reinforce tonalities and intervals. Teacher duets provide a full, rich background. Along the way, students meet LeLe the musical panda, their whimsical guide to exploring the Chinese sound through discovery questions, improvisation, and composition activities. A picture tour of China, unique at each level of the series, introduces highlights of history and culture. Songs include: Fengyang Flower-Drum · Frog Dance · Let's Sing · Pouch Embroidering · Song of the Newsboy · Tune from Xinjiang · What Is the Most Beautiful.

Large 248 page spiral-bound book and CD. A practical and systematic method that teaches how to practice jazz Piano voicings so that they become automatic and intuitive. The method progresses step by step from 2-voice to 7-voice chord structures with fourths and upper-structure triads. Each chapter presents essential harmonic progressions written and spelled out in all keys along with fingerings to help non-keyboardists. Also provided are songs written out for both hands which utilize the techniques and voicings just learned. Includes comping rhythms bass line techniques and practice strategies. Excellent for both classroom and individual study. Strongly endorsed byMark Levine Bobby Shew Denis Diblasio and many others. The included Play-a-long CD lets you practice the piano exercises in the book with bass and drum accompaniment; you can also practice comping along with a Saxophone soloist. A demonstration Piano track on one channel played with a stylistic comping feel gives you an idea of how the Piano voicing exercises should sound.