A Manual of Techniques and Possibilities for the Adventurous Improvising Musician. Par KANE DAVID. Sure - everybody has an opinion on how to play ?outside?. But until now, no one has made an in-depth exploration of the commonalities and differences in how the greatest jazz players on the planet have incorporated their inspiring, harmony defying techniques. With Playing Outside the Chord, David Kane invokes a thoughtfully curated selection of transcribed phrases that take the reader beyond the simple mechanics of what is being played and offer revelatory insights into what the players are (or might be) thinking when they play it. It?s a daunting, seemingly impossible objective; yet here it is, beautifully examined, notated, and explained in an accessible way that every musician can understand. 'This book is a treasure trove, full of important information on chromaticism and its usage. From Bach to Schoenberg, Dave covers a lot of ground and the book is very well organized. He specifically addresses the melodic aspect of improvisation, including lines and phrases, rather than the usual emphasis on harmony. What's special is that he explores the ?feeling? and overall effect of the lines on the listener. This book is all you need as a working guide towards understanding the implications of 20th century jazz and classical music.? -David Liebman LEVEL-UP!!! If you?re feeling uninspired, stuck, or limited by your current play, this is the perfect book to help you break those chains, stimulate your creativity, and take your playing and composing in compelling new directions. Enthusiastically endorsed by modern jazz luminaries such as David Liebman and Richie Beirach, Playing Outside the Chord is devoted to melodic phrasing that transcends conventional chord/scale relationships. This exciting technique incorporating the theory and practice of horizontal playing and extended tonality pioneered by jazz titans such as Michael Brecker, Cory Henry, John Scofield, Brad Meldhau, and Jacob Collier is a vital component of the modern jazz performance and improvisation toolbox. Featuring over 200 musical examples gleaned from classic solos, plus 15 extensive transcriptions of legendary performances, this book is skillfully designed to clue you in on the theoretical basis of ?outside? play as practiced by these trail-blazing musicians. It systematically describes each type of technique used, including timing and source considerations, and by doing so unlocks a wealth of modern ideas that offer rich possibilities for the creative improviser. Kane?s insightful treatise on outside playing represents an important expansion of the ideas available to the dedicated student of improvisation. / Date parution : 2022-04-01/ Etude / Tout Instrument

Par . The First 50 Series is for players who have had some piano lessons and feel prepared to start playing songs they know and love. The books feature simply-arranged, must-know songs essential to every player's repertoire. / Date parution : 2023-06-01/ Recueil / Piano

The Complete Guitar Player series has taught hundreds of thousands how to play and the accompanying songbooks have featured hits by Paul Simon, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, John Denver and many other top artists. Now those songbooks are available in one super value omnibus editions like this one. The songs are still graded by ease of playing and everything is there... standard notation, Guitar chord boxes, full lyrics and even strumming patterns! Over 90 great songs! Perfect for all players and singers. Includes a bonus CD with 16 backing tracks. / Guitare

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

pour piano. Par LENS NICHOLAS. The Belgian composer Nicholas Lens presents extremely varied etudes, exercises and simple phrases with wonderfully telling titles from poetry and everyday world for children and adults. For the most part the studies are tonal and simple and have no constructed line. They are not based on any educational concept but leave the musical dramatization to the pupils and teachers: 'Notes and rhythms are just notes and rhythms, they do not have that many rules, they do not have any pretension, they are just tools for you to use to express what you want to share'. / Date parution : 2016-11-20/ Etude / Piano

Simply Arranged, Must-Know Collection of Blues Favorites. Blues fans can get started playing their favorite tunes with this collection of 50 songs in easy piano format with lyrics. / Niveau : Facile / Pop and rock / Recueil / Piano

Inspired by THE PIRATE. Par HANNICKEL MIKE. Your band in black eye-patches, gaudy finger-rings and golden ear-hoops? With cutlasses in their teeth? Arrrrgh ! Maybe not, but they wouldn't look too out of place when they play MARINERS OF FORTUNE. Inspired by Sir Walter Scott's historical novel 'THE PIRATE', this accessible Grade 2 'swashbuckler' works for concert and contest alike. Make a bold statement with your young band by programming the dramatic MARINERS OF FORTUNE! / Niveau : 2 / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

This new Guest Spot: Big Film Hits song book allows you to step out onto the stage and into the spotlight and play along with top-line arrangements for ten of your favourite contemporary film hits. With the included download card, you'll be able to listen to specially recorded versions of the tunes, before playing along to them yourself.Some of the best and most popular film theme tunes are included here as sheet music, such as Do You Want To Build A Snowman? from 'Frozen,' Happy from 'Despicable Me 2,' Everything Is AWESOME!!! from 'The Lego Movie' and Skyfall. With this fantastic book of film theme sheet music, you can recreate those hits of the cinema that were so brilliantly soundtracked by these songs in your own home, while also reliving the best moments and scenes from your favourite blockbusters.The innovative Download Card, included with the book, allows you to hear the tracks exactly as they're meant to be played, with the professionally-recorded demonstration audio. Then, the same song can be listened to with the Clarinet part removed, so that you can slot right in and play as if you were leading a full band. This great feature will ensure that you can play the songs precisely as they're played in the films, giving you an unprecedented level of accuracy when performing or practising. Songs like All Of The Stars, I See Fire and Atlas will bring a touch of Hollywood to your playing, with the cool sound of the Clarinet making instant classics of these recognisable melody lines. Also included is a Clarinet fingering chart, ensuring you get these film themes off the page and through your fingers with ease. The Guest Spot: Big Film Hits is the ultimate in up-to-date film theme sheet music for the Clarinet. Featuring the hottest songs from the latest Hollywood blockbusters, this is a music and film fan's fantasy. / Clarinette

The Guest Spot: Big Film Hits song book allows you to step out of your living room and into the spotlight by playing along with ten top-line arrangements of the most popular contemporary film hits. With the unique download card, you'll also be able to listen to specially recorded versions of the tunes, before playing along to them yourself.Some of the best of contemporary cinema theme tunes are included here as sheet music, such as Do You Want To Build A Snowman? from 'Frozen,' Happy from 'Despicable Me 2,' Everything Is AWESOME!!! from 'The Lego Movie' and Skyfall. With this brilliant book and download card of film theme sheet music, you can recreate those amazing cinematic moments in your own home, while also reliving the incredible soundtrack songs that enhanced the thrills and the laughs of your favourite blockbusters.The innovative Download Card, included with the book, allows you to hear the tracks exactly as they're meant to be played, with professionally-recorded demonstration audio. Not only this, but the same song can be listened to again, this time with the Flute part removed, so that you can slot right in and play as if you were leading a full band. This great feature will ensure that you can play the songs precisely as they're played in the films, giving you an unprecedented level of accuracy and immersion when performing or practising. The theme tunes from films like 'The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,' 'The Fault In Our Stars' and 'The Hobbit' will bring a touch of Hollywood shine to your playing, with the fantastic sound of the Flute taking these recognisable melody lines out of mere film fantasy. Also included is a Flute fingering chart, ensuring you get these film themes off the page and through your fingers with ease. The Guest Spot: Big Film Hits is the ultimate in up-to-date film theme sheet music for the Flute. Featuring the hottest songs from the best contemporary cinema, this book is perfect for any film-fan flautist. / Flûte

Take the centre stage and play along with a live jazz trio. The authentic CD backing tracks will help you achieve a more professional performance. With this great three-part hybrid book you get printed music with ten pieces in melody line arrangements. The audio CD contains professional 'live' performances of every piece featuring a three-piece band, plus backing tracks to play along with. The book includes: Ten top line arrangements of jazz tunes of an intermediate standard (a step up from the Guest Spot series). A CD of demo and backing tracks performed by a live jazz trio. Background song notes for each tune at the front of the book. A hybrid code enabled the user to download parts and scores for the backing band (Piano, Bass, Drums) so they can play with friends as well as with the backing CD. / Saxophone

Par CURNOW JAMES. Subtitled 'Prelude Brillante, ' this forceful concert opener is just what you need to begin your next program! Full of strong marcato brass statements, accents and sforzandos, your students will be ablaze with energy and excitement when they play this superb piece! / Niveau : 1.5 / Répertoire / Concert Band ou Harmonie

Medieval Mandolin Voume 2 by Allan Alexander. These medieval pieces sound great on the mandolin. They also lay right under the fingers. There is both notation and TAB and no page turns for any of the pieces in this book. The reason? This book is made for musicians, by musicians. You can get the book with a CD and the guitar and mandolin are separate tracks. You can turn the mandolin totally off and play with the cd. There is no 'Tick Tick' before the pieces, instead there are two measures of intro with the guitar, so you can sit and listen to the CD and become familiar with the pieces without it sounding like a learning CD. There are chords with the music and at the end of thebook, there are examples of what the guitar is doing for many of the tunes in both tablature and notation. These tunes sound terrific, and are a great addition to any repertoire. You can use them for any kind of gig, or you can try doing some medieval fairs, medieval feasts or medieval weddings. The bowl back mandolin looks so much like the lute, most people would never know the difference. Often when I play the lute, they ask me if it's a mandolin. I play lute, guitar and more recently mandolin. I know the music. These pieces are particulary suited for the sound of the mandolin. I love playing them. The book is beautiful and scored professionally. The paper is heavy stock. The titles may not make a lot of sense, but these are great pieces. Many have variations to make them longer. Medieval Mandolin Voume 2 by Allan Alexander. These medieval pieces sound great on the mandolin. They also lay right under the fingers. There is both notation and TAB and no page turns for any of the pieces in this book. The reason? This book is made for musicians, by musicians. You can get the book with a CD and the guitar and mandolin are separate tracks. You can turn the mandolin totally off and play with the cd. There is no 'Tick Tick' before the pieces, instead there are two measures of intro with the guitar, so you can sit and listen to the CD and become familiar with the pieces without it sounding like a learning CD. There are chords with the music and at the end of thebook, there are examples of what the guitar is doing for many of the tunes in both tablature and notation. These tunes sound terrific, and are a great addition to any repertoire. You can use them for any kind of gig, or you can try doing some medieval fairs, medieval feasts or medieval weddings. The bowl back mandolin looks so much like the lute, most people would never know the difference. Often when I play the lute, they ask me if it's a mandolin. I play lute, guitar and more recently mandolin. I know the music. These pieces are particulary suited for the sound of the mandolin. I love playing them. The book is beautiful and scored professionally. The paper is heavy stock. The titles may not make a lot of sense, but these are great pieces. Many have variations to make them longer./ Recueil / Mandoline

The texas four-piece Drowning Pool set the rock world on fire when they played with Ozzy Oxbourne during Ozzfest. This is the songbook to accompany their arresting debut album Sinner and features all the songs, including the massive Bodies transcribed for guitar tab. Sinner; Bodies; Tear away; All over me; Reminded; Pity; Mute; I am; Follow; Told you so; Sermon