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 and pivot, and the application to tunes. The reader will be tempted to stop on every page and compose. I found the Lost Chord, but won't tell you the page number. Bert Ligon Jazz Pianist/Guitarist, Composer, Arranger, Educator, Director of Jazz Studies, University of South Carolina Ever wonder how to move harmony around instead of repeating the same chord voicing over and over' Then Chords in Motion is a must have book for you! Andy has included a ton of information that will open up your comping and should keep you busy with new ideas for a long time! I highly recommend it! Dan Haerle Jazz Pianist, Composer, Author, Educator, Professor Emeritus, University of North Texas Chords in Motion is an essential guide to expanding one's conception of modern Jazz Piano Harmony. Andy LaVerne has managed to outline in a very practical and concise way, modern principles of piano chord voicings, as they pertain to the Jazz Pianist's primary group function of comping. David Hazeltine Jazz Pianist, Composer, Educator, SUNY Purchase College Conservatory of Music Chords in Motion should be fun to take into the practice room to explore new ways of sustaining harmonies over the entire register of the piano. It is encyclopedic and thorough in its content. No stone is left unturned! Stephany Tiernan Pianist, Composer, Educator, Chair, Piano Department, Berklee College Of Music Chords In Motion is an excellent practicing resource that provides a garden of harmonic sonorities for a musician to choose and explore at the piano. I like the way that Andy has made the information accessible to any level of student. I look forward to discovering some different sounds with this book. Phil DeGreg Jazz Pianist, Author, Educator, University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music I am delighted to recommend Andy LaVerne's Chords In Motion to aspiring jazz pianists! Andy is a superb pianist, very capable of addressing this topic. Prior to pianists like McCoy Tyner, Herbie Hancock, Bill Evans, and others, most pianists were content to have acquired a small handful of chord voicings, generally with the chord roots on the bottom of the voicings. Though 'rootless voicings' were adopted in later years, they were primarily for the left hand and generally only used the 3rd or 7th on the bottom. But now the serious jazz pianist needs to be able to move his or her voicings in a more diatonic manner, as shown in Andy's book. Jerry Coker Jazz Saxophonist, Author, Educator Andy LaVerne's Chords in Motion is a study of encyclopedic scope on the use of harmonies based on fourth intervals in the context of jazz harmony. There is a wealth of information in terms of voicings, voice leading and chord/scale relationships and their application to common harmonic formulae (ii-V, etc.) and the chord progressions used in blues and common standard tunes. Jazz musicians interested in this vocabulary should find this book to be a useful launching pad for exploring this important corner of the world of jazz harmony. Bill Dobbins Jazz Pianist, Composer, Arranger, Author, Educator, Professor of Jazz Studies, Conductor, Coordinator Jazz Composition and Arranging, Eastman School of Music Chords in Motion is a highly detailed, informative and filling-in-the-gap text. It's an important and welcome addition to the jazz piano literature, which can be applied to any level of proficiency. Stefan Karlsson Jazz Pianist, Educator, Professor/Jazz Studies Division, University of North Texas Fantastic pianist Andy LaVerne has put together an amazing, detailed, and incredibly comprehensive guide for effectively implementing quartal and related voicings. He has honed in on the 'secret' to using these structures musically and creatively: moving the voicings through changes in logical and interesting ways. Clearly presented, extremely thorough, and loaded with information, Chords in Motion is a must-have for any pianist! Martin Bejerano Jazz Pianist, Composer, Educator, Assistant Professor, Jazz Piano, Frost School of Music University of Miami Chords in Motion is an in-depth look at fourth and related voicings that give an atmosphere that you want to improvise on. We play over the voicing, not the chord symbol. Chords in Motion targets that modal atmosphere that horn players love playing over. Love this book - can't wait to start practicing it! Jerry Bergonzi Jazz Saxophonist, Composer, Author, Educator, New England Conservatory I was thrilled when Jazz Piano Great Mulgrew Miller agreed to write a quote for this book. I was deeply saddened to hear of Mulgrew's passing just days before publication. All who loved Mulgrew and his music will sorely miss him, and are grateful for the rich musical legacy he left us. Rest easy, Mulgrew. Andy LaVerne

57 of the Most Popular Love Songs of All Time. This comprehensive collection of love songs includes selections by the finest composers and songwriters from the worlds of movies, pop, Broadway and jazz. The titles also span more than 80 years with hits from the 1920s all the way through 2007. This collection includes chord symbols and lyrics, and most of the pieces are in vocal ranges appropriate for singing along. The 57 titles include: Almost Like Being in Love * Angel Eyes * As Time Goes By * At Last * Beautiful (As You) * Beauty and the Beast * Because You Loved Me * Can You Feel the Love Tonight * Can You Read My Mind' * Dream a Little Dream of Me * Embraceable You * Emily * Endless Love * Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue * The Gift * Hero * How Could I Ever Know' * How Deep Is Your Love * How Do I Live * I Believe In You and Me * I Could Write a Book * I Don't Want To Miss A Thing * I Get a Kick Out of You * I Only Have Eyes for You * I've Got You Under My Skin * I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face * Killing Me Softly With His Song * Kiss The Girl * Laura * Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) * Love Is a Many Splendored Thing * Love is Here to Stay * Misty * My Funny Valentine * Reflection * Send in the Clowns * Somewhere, My Love * Take My Breath Away * Taking a Chance on Love * Teach Me Tonight * The Morning After * The Rose * Theme from Ice Castles (Through the Eyes of Love) * This I Promise You * This Kiss * This Magic Moment * Three Coins in the Fountain * Up Where We Belong * Wedding Song (There is Love) * When A Man Loves a Woman * When I Fall in Love * Wind Beneath My Wings * You Light Up My Life * You Raise Me Up * You'll Be In My Heart * You'll Never Know * (Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher. 144 pages. / Instrumental Music, Miscellaneous, Piano Music, So / Recueil / Piano

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

The world's best-selling keyboard method in one complete pack - everything you need to get the most from your Keyboard! This book and 3 CD pack has been compiled from the hugely successful Complete Keyboard Player series to offer an all-in-one solution to learning the best in Keyboard techniques, sounds and songs. This package includes: A complete tutorial guide giving a step-by-step approach to playing the instrument. Extensive chapters concerning selecting sounds, rhythms and using auto accompaniments. Music notation explained in full, along with single-finger and fingered chords, scales and keys. A comprehensive set of full professional-quality backing tracks across 3 CDs that will bring your practice hours to life. Handy Keyboard overlays will ensure that you will never have to hit a wrong note! Furthermore, over 50 hit songs have been provided to create an instant repertoire, and to give you the opportunity to learn using the songs that you know and love. No previous knowledge of the Keyboard or music is required. This book is A5-sized for easy transport! / Clavier

Simple Sheet Music Audio Play-Along. The Instant Piano Songs series will help you play you favorite songs quickly and easily - whether you use one hand or two! Start with the melody in your right hand, then add basic left-hand chords when you're ready. Letter names inside each note speed up the learning process, and optional rhythm patterns take your playing to the next level. Online backing tracks are also included. Stream or download the tracks using the unique codes inside each book, then play along to build confidence and sound great! This edition includes 30 timeless carols: Away in a Manger · Deck the Hall · Go, Tell It on the Mountain · It Came upon the Midnight Clear · Jingle Bells · O Holy Night · Silent Night · We Wish You a Merry Christmas · and more. 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.

INSTRUMENTATION : PIANO DESCRIPTION : THE STUDIES AND STUDY WORKS BY CARL CZERNY (1791-1857) ARE PART OF THE STANDARD REPERTOIRE OF PIANO LESSONS. THESE COLLECTIONS COUNT AMONG THE MOST POPULAR AND MOST IMPORTANT WORKS IN PIANO EDUCATION. CONTENU : VOLUME 1: - DEVELOPING AGILITY IN THE FINGERS WITHOUT MOVING THE HANDS - CROSSING UNDER WITH THE THUMG - DEVELOPING CLARITY AND FLUENCY - AGILITY IN PLAYING A QUIET STACCATO - EVENNESS IN PARALLEL RUNS - CLARITY IN PLAYING BROKEN CHORDS - DYNAMIC TENSION WHEN PLYING WITH FORCE - CHANGING FINGERS AT SPEED - . - VOLUME 2: - STACCATO PLAYING WITH A GENTLE SPRING - PLAYING IN THIRDS - FACILITY IN CHANGING FINGERS - FLEXIBILITY IN THE LEFT HAND - OPTIMISING FLUENCY - PLAYING SEQUENCES OF CHORDS - DYNAMIC TENSION WHEN PLAYING WITH FORCE - CHANGING FINGERS AT SPEED - . - VOLUME 3: - RAPID MINOR SCALES - CROSSING HANDS WITH A GENTLE TOUCH - MAINTAINING THE MOVEMENT OF BOTH HANDS - PLAYING DOUBLE OCTAVES - MATCHING THE MOVEMENT OF BOTH HANDS - PRACTISING TRILLS - DEVELOPING A GENTLE TOUCH WITH THE FINGERS ON THE LEFT HAND - PLAYING THE THUMB ON THE BLACK KEYS WITH A COMPLETELY RELAXED HAND - . - VOLUME 4: - ACHIEVING CLARITY AT SPEED - PLAYING SEQUENCES OF CHORDS AS FAST AS POSSIBLE - INDEPENDENT MOVEMENT OF THE FINGERS - INCREASING AGILITY IN THE FINGERS WITHOUT MOVING THE HAND AROUND - PRACTISING MORDENTS - DEVELOPING A FIRM ATTACK - EXERCISE IN CROSSING THE THUMB UNDER - LIFTING THE FINGERS EVENLY - . - VOLUME 5: - A LIGHT TOUCH WITH OCTAVE LEAPS - PLAYING TRILLS IN THIRDS - CHANGING FINGERS ON A SINGLE KEY - KEEPING THE ARM LIGHT WHEN PLAYING A SMOTTH LINE - ACHIEVING CLARITY AT FULL FORCE - LIFTING BOTH HANDS SMOOTHLY - EXERCISE IN THIRDS - LIGHT STACCATO CHORDS - INCREASING MOBILITY OF THE FINGERS ON THE LEFT HAND - . - VOLUME 6: - PRACTISING DOUBLE MORDENTS - PRACTISING CROSSING THE THUMB UNDER - OPTIMISING MOBILITY OF THE FINGERS WITH THE GENTLEST TOUCH - LEGATO MELODIC LINE WITH BROKEN CHORDS - BRAVURA ATTACK AND MOTION - CLARITY AND GENTLENESS OF TOUCH WITH BROCKEN CHORDS - PRACTISING TRILLS - BRAVURA OCTAVES - BRAVURA ATTACK AND PLAYING IN TEMPO DATE DE PARUTION : 28/08/2006 NOMBRE DE PAGES : 184 LANGUE : GERMAN - ENGLISH - FRENCH FORMAT : NEW EDITION PORTRAIT

The ultimate Christmas songbook for Piano, Christmas Piano Gefällt Mir! features 50 top hits from the charts and blockbuster movies, in Easy Piano arrangements by the bestselling Hans-Günter Heumann. This edition also includes a CD with backing tracks to play along with.The songbook features some new pop tunes like I'll Be Home by Meghan Trainor and Mistletoe by Justin Bieber alongside some classic Christmas songs in Wonderful Christmastime, Do They Know It's Christmas and Santa Claus Is Coming To Town. Every song is arranged for Easy Piano, so it includes standard notation, full lyrics, a fingering guide, as well as chord symbols throughout. Heumann's Piano Gefällt Mir! series has proven consistent in helping beginner and intermediate pianists play the greatest songs, and this Christmas book is no exception. Including a fine selection of popular songs as well as traditional hymns and carols, as well as some favourites from a variety of films, the 50 tunes are everything you'll need for some well-loved repertoire during the festive period.Continuing the brilliant Piano Gefällt Mir! series, Hans-Günter Heumann has brought together some of the best Christmas songs for Easy Piano, giving you an essential songbook for the festive time of year. / Piano

For novice and intermediate musicians, Alfred's Piano Play-Along series makes possible the satisfying experience of playing popular songs along with professionally recorded backing tracks. Incorporating vocal melody and signature instrument parts from classic recordings, these custom arrangements also sound great completely on their own, and will have you rocking out from the comfort of your living room in no time. The sound-alike backing tracks on the included DVD-ROM come in two formats: play-along MP3s that can be loaded onto your computer, smartphone, or iPod- or, if you access them via our exclusive TNT 2 Custom Mix software, you can mix the vocals and instruments in the track to your liking, slow the audio down without changing the pitch, change keys, and loop parts for practice! / Piano

This book of First Australian Songs follows the world-renowned John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course method that has helped thousands of beginners learn the Piano. Now you can learn all of those famous Australian pop and folk songs with ease.The John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course is one of the best-selling Piano methods ever, and for good reason. The collection of repertoire books that are intended as supplementary material for these tutors are equally deserving of their praise, with the way they enable students to put what they've learned into practice through familiar and famous songs. This particular songbook is made up of those Australian Songs that remind you of a beautiful beach with white sands and a crystal clear ocean, while also representing the natural beauty of the flora and fauna of the great island.Popular tunes like I'd Like To Teach The World To Sing, Kookaburra Sits In The Old Gum Tree and Waltzing Matilda perfectly supplement students working through parts 2, 3 and 4 of the Easiest Piano Course, with the songs are also ideal for use as sight-reading practice by more advanced students. Other familiar melodies include Waltzing Matilda, Skippy The Bush Kangaroo and, of course, The Australian National Anthem. By learning and playing fun songs from this book, students will be more motivated to play the Piano and will become more musical as a result.What's more, this book is great in the sense that it creates a natural progression for beginners. The pieces become more difficult as they go on, meaning players have something to strive for. Also, because techniques like dynamics and phrasing (though essential) are not introduced until the later parts of the course, they have been omitted from the earlier parts of this songbook, so that initially the student remains focused on accuracy in the notes and rhythm.To enhance learning through fun-to-play popular songs, the First Australian Songs book will bring a taste of down-under to your fingertips. These jaunty melodies and happy tunes will get you playing, and improving, in no time at all. / Piano

There's nothing quite like gathering around the piano at Christmas time to sing and play through the best carols. Now you can with the Piano Time Carols sheet music - 19 of your favourite festive tunes arranged for really easy Piano.   This is a great first book for a young beginner who can use what they've learned so far to play some familiar carols that everyone can enjoy. All of the greatest most traditional tunes are included in this sheet music book the beginning notes of which will instantly inspire in you that Yuletide feeling. The seasonal beauty of songs like Silent Night In The Bleak Midwinter and Once InRoyal David's City are matched by the uplifting wonder of O Come All Ye Faithful God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen and Deck The Halls.   The parts are simply but nicely arranged with some pieces suitable for very inexperienced beginners ranging up to around grade 2 standard. If you have been working through the Piano Time series this book would be a great addition to students at about the Piano Time 1 level. This makes the book ideal for a long-term purchase meaning every year it can be taken off the shelf and your skills can be tested on the varying difficulty of the pieces. Even once all the carols have been mastered it's got a great seasonal selection of songs perfect for sight-reading practice or just having a bit of a fun sing-along!   So whether you're a beginner who's never played the Piano or you've been playing for a small amount of time these Christmas classics are absolute essentials for your repertoire. With the Christmas sheet music contained in Piano Time Carols you'll be able to play everyone's best-loved pieces and really bring the seasonal spirit home.

64 acoustic hits arranged for easy piano / Piano / 344 pages / niveau : Facile / Partition