The second volume of a thousand and one all-time hit songs ranging from essential standards to the latest pop hits - a must for all singers and musicians. / Chant Et Guitare

A must have for all pianists seeking a creative approach to developing left and right hand coordination. The exercises and solos (based on the chord changes to well-known standards) are rhythmic, colorful, and fun to play. The chapters cover six specific areas of left hand development and left/right hand integration, with practical application from standard jazz tunes in the form of musical solo piano pieces. This book will definitely be an essential part of your practice routine. Besides improving your hand coordination, it will challenge you to think differently about it. All of the concepts are easily applicable to the real world. Highly endorsed! Pianist Emiko Hayashi has written a very comprehensive, challenging yet very accessible method book. With exercises designed for left hand alone and exercises designed to develop interplay between the hands, I wholeheartedly recommend this book. I\'ve already started practicing! - Kenny Barron In Etudes for Jazz Piano Emiko Hayashi illuminates a challenge that faces scores of jazz pianists at all levels; that of integrating the left hand in improvisation in a meaningful way, not only as an accompanist, but as an integral part of the whole. By taking various jazz standards and creating etudes specifically for the left hand as well as for developing coordination and the conversational aspects between the left and right hands, Ms. Hayashi illustrates many possibilities for expanding one�s technical and expressive range. I would think this set of etudes would be extremely useful to jazz pianists at any stage of development since the obvious outcome of the study will improve one�s ability to play melodically and expressively throughout the keyboard, without regard to the traditional roles of the left and right hands. - Todd Coolman It is understood that all musicians must play piano. Emiko\'s book fills a void for non-pianists addressing specific technical problems which will help towards being able to use the piano to improve and enlarge one\'s playing and composing, no matter what instrument you play. This is a hands-on book directed towards immediate results. - David Liebman

In this one-hour session Flatpicking Guitar Magazine presents three of today's top flatpicking guitarists performing together in a live concert setting. David Grier three-time IBMA Guitar Player of the Year and one ofAcoustic Guitar Magazine's 'Artists of the Decade' performs with two-time IBMA Guitar Player of the Year Kenny Smith and long-time Tony Rice Unit member Wyatt Rice. These three masters of the acoustic guitar perform as a trio in different duo configurations solo and with vocalist Amanda Smith. Guitar players will especially appreciate the abundance of left and right hand close-ups prevalent throughout this concert. Song List: John Hardy; ForkedDeer; Tennessee Waltz; Bill Cheathum; Cotton Eyed Joe; Have You Ever Been to England; Song for Emily; Impulsive; Crazy Creek; Wheeling; Me and My Farmall; Amy Brown; Working on a Building; Bury Me Beneath the Willow;Jordan's Reel; Wildwood Flower; Nine Pound Hammer; Big Sandy River; Minor Swing; Black Mountain Rag.

Intermediate to Advanced Level / G. Schirmer Instrumental Library. Solos appropriate for advanced high school students or college music majors, this collection presents staples of the standard flute literature. This edition also includes access to online recordings of full performances as well as piano accompaniments. Contents: Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034 (J.S. Bach) · Concertino, Op. 107 (Chaminade) · Syrinx (Debussy) · Nocturne et Allegro Scherzando (Gaubert) · Gigue (Leclair) · Adagio and Gigue from the Sonata in G Major (Loeillet) · Allegro deciso from the Sonata for Flute and Piano, Op. 14 (Muczynski) · Ballade (Perilhou) · Andante from the Sonata in D Major, Op. 94 (Prokofiev) · Andante Pastoral et Scherzettino (Taffanel). Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK , a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.

How to Sound Good Fast With DADGAD Tuning (DVD)-Too many left-handed beginners get frustrated and quit Guitar because the right hand (the hand that makes the chords) is too hard at first in standard tuning. DADGAD tuning solves that problem. You can make beautiful chordseasily with just one or two fingers this frees you up to focus on your left hand the hand that generates the rhythm.This method makes it possible for you to sound like a real Guitar player right from the start. In thisvideo Alan Dworsky gives you clear instruction that goes nice and slow step by bite-sized step in lessons that are as beautiful musically as they are visually. Every chord technique and pattern is shown from aplayer's eye view and a side view and they're illustrated in backyard musical performances by Al and Indie-award-winning guitarist Dean Magraw.

Flute and Piano With Online Accompaniments. This collection features intermediate-level arrangements for flute and piano accompaniment in a range flattering to the flute. The music has been edited with added dynamics, articulations and phrasing, making it appropriate for lessons or performances. The accompaniments have been recorded on an acoustic grand piano. Includes separate pull-out solo part. Songs include: Agony · Anyone Can Whistle · The Ballad of Sweeney Todd · Children Will Listen · Green Finch and Linnet Bird · Johanna · Night Waltz · Not While I'm Around · Pretty Women · Send in the Clowns · Sunday · With So Little to Be Sure Of. The price of this book includes a unique code that provides access to audio tracks online, for download or streaming. The tracks include PLAYBACK , a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right - available exclusively from Hal Leonard.

Deluxe Guitar Play-Along Volume 5-The Deluxe Guitar Play-Along series will help you play songs faster than ever before! Accurate easy-to-read guitar tab and professional customizable audio for 15 songs. The interactive online audio interface includes tempo/pitch control looping buttons to turn instruments on or off and guitar tab with follow-along marker. The price of this book includes access to audio tracks online using the unique code inside. The tracks can also be downloaded and played offline. Now including PLAYBACK a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio change pitch set loop points and pan left or right - available exclusively from Hal Leonard. This volume includes 15 songs: Baby What You Want Me to Do · Crosscut Saw · Double Trouble · Every Day I Have the Blues · Going Down · I'm Tore Down · I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man · If You Love Me Like You Say · Just Your Fool · Killing Floor · Let Me Love You Baby · Messin' with the Kid · Pride and Joy · (They Call It) Stormy Monday (Stormy Monday Blues) · Sweet Home Chicago.

Alfred's Basic 5-String Banjo continues the Alfred Music tradition of easy-to-use, thorough, and enjoyable instruction for the absolute beginner. The basics of left- and right-hand picking are covered, including pinches, different kinds of rolls, and backup patterns. Basic left-hand techniques are introduced, including hammer-ons and slides, and chord diagrams are provided for both G-tuning and C-tuning. Important topics such as setting up the banjo, tuning, banjo heads, fingerpicks, strings, and capos are taught as well. Illustrations, diagrams, and photographs throughout the book make learning easy and fun. The accompanying CD includes 60 minutes of recordings performed by Dick Weissman that demonstrate all the exercises and songs in the book. Learning to play has never been more fun than with Alfred-s Basic 5-String Banjo -- the best choice for today's beginning banjo students. / Banjo

Left Alone for Piano (left hand) and Orchestra was composed by Hans Abrahamsen in 2014-15. Commissioned by Westdeutscher Rundfunk and co-commissioned by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Premiered by the WDR Sinfonieorchester and Alexandre Tharaud (piano) concducted by Ilan Volkov on January 29 2016 Cologne. Programme Note: I was born with a right hand that is not fully functional and though it never prevented me from loving playing the piano as well as I could with this physical limitation it hasobviously given me an alternative focus on the whole piano literature and has given me a close relationship with the works written for the left hand by Ravel and others. This repertoire has been with me since my youth. My very first public performance of one of my own works was in autumn 1969. The piece was called October and I played the piano with my left hand and the horn my principal instrument (the only instrument that can be played with only the left hand). Part of the piece requires the performer to play natural harmonics of the horn directly into the open strings of the grand piano to create resonance. The pedal was kept down by an assistant lying on the floor. Through decades the idea of writing a larger work for piano left hand has been in my mind. This new work is not written for a pianist with only one hand but rather by a composer who can only play with the left hand. The title Left alone contains all kinds of references not only to the obvious fact that the left hand is playing alone. Left alone is divided into two large parts each consisting of three smaller movements – in effect six in total. The work was commissioned by Westdeutscher Rundfunk and co-commissioned by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Danish National Symphony Orchestra and Rotterdam Philharmonic and written for Alexandre Tharaud. Hans