The Bluesier Side of Jazz by Andrew D. Gordon was inspired by the Piano students he teaches at Shepherd University School of Music in Los Angeles and is dedicated to those students: Jungwon, Yumiko, Yoko, Eunice, Sooji, Hae Ji and Ok Kyu. As with many students that come from a classical background (including himself) it is a difficult transition to learn to play Blues & Jazz. When a musician improvises they usually play a variety of riffs or phrases that they have developed and learnt over a period of time and can access these phrases instantaneously whatever key they are playing in to create a seamless improvised solo from the phrases they havelearnt. Andrew's idea for this book is to create phrases or riffs over two measures of various Blues progressions. He sub-divided each of the 12 Bar Blues progressions used in this book (the chord progression for Watermelon Man is a 16 measure progression) into six sections (two measures each) and within each of the six sections created four different phrases or riffs so that the student has a choice of four different phrases to play over every two measures. They can then create a solo based on which phrase they choose for each two measures. By breaking down these phrases to two measures each, he has found that the students have an easier time of learning to improvise than by trying to transcribe a whole solo from an audio recording or leaving them to their own devices in trying to play a solo based on the Blues scale or other related scales. Each of the ten examples are based on common Jazz/Blues chord progressions from Jazz songs such as 'Watermelon Man', 'Blue Monk', 'Tenor Madness', 'Route 66', 'Blue Trane', 'Bag's Groove' starting off with basic I-IV-V chords and increasing in complexity throughout the book. There are over 200 phrases/riffs to choose from that can be learned and applied to many types of jazz songs./ Recueil / Flûte Traversière

Grade 3 Flute Pieces allows you to learn a diverse range of popular solo works that have all been carefully chosen with the specifications of the major exam boards in mind. This particular book is perfect for Grade 3 flautists, including some classic tunes and contemporary pop hits. The included download card also gives you instant online access to full backing tracks for every song.This fantastic songbook includes valuable supplementary repertoire for Grade 3 flautists of any age. These particular Flute Pieces will aid with your technique and theoretical skills, while also allowing you to play some incredible tunes that will help to enhance your musicality. Including such contemporary pop classics as John Legend's All Of Me, Ed Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud and Katy Perry's Roar, these familiar tunes will be fun to play for any flautist.Not only this, but a big collection of timeless pop tunes are included, such as The Beatles' Hey Jude, Cat Stevens's The First Cut Is The Deepest and ABBA's Dancing Queen, such familiar favourites allowing everyone to enjoy Grade 3 Flute! Each of the tunes features song background notes and brief performance guidance, while at the beginning of the songbook is an introductory section featuring an invaluable fingering chart.With a fantastically diverse collection of old and new pop songs, some beautifully crisp engraving and helpful performance tips for each song, this is the perfect songbook for Grade 3 flautists. It will help hone the techniques necessary for major exam boards, while enabling you to develop a versatile repertoire and have fun playing some familiar songs. / Flûte

With the Playalong 20/20 Flute sheet music songbook, you get an incomparable collection of 20 of the best pop songs topping the charts of today, as well as demonstrations and backing tracks for each song for you to download. All 20 tunes are fantastically arranged in melody line format for the Flute.Featuring some of the best pop hits from the current charts, this pop sheet music selection makes these catchy and upbeat songs accessible for the Flute. Including tunes like 22 by Taylor Swift, Right Place Right Time by Olly Murs and One Direction's What Makes You Beautiful, this book proves that the Flute is not just for classical music, but can also be a brilliant way to get a unique sound out of popular music. The Playalong 20/20 Flute book will help flautists of all ages and abilities play some truly perfect pop songs.Not only are there many uptempo and fun pop songs included in this collection, but you'll also get the slower ballads whose melodies will will sound just as beautiful on the Flute. Tunes like Frozen's Let It Go, Adele's wonderful Someone Like You, Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus as well as John Legend's huge heartfelt song All Of Me. Whether you're a pop-loving flautist or you're just looking to reinvigorate and freshen up your repertoire, Playalong 20/20 Flute sheet music is the collection for you. Not only do you get these 20 pieces of pop Flute sheet music, you'll also receive an enclosed download card, giving you instant online access to demonstration and backing tracks of every single song. Using the demonstration tracks, with Flute played by Howard McGill, you can hear exactly how songs like Jar Of Hearts and Make You Feel My Love should sound. Then, using the backing tracks, you can take the lead role, playing such gloriously poppy melodies over professionally-recorded backing tracks, ensuring that, during any performance or practice, you sound great. Also included is a really useful Flute fingering chart, ensuring you never miss a note for any of these brilliant songs.If you're looking to reinvigorate your repertoire with some pure pop perfection, why not check out the Playalong 20/20 Flute songbook, and start learning these fantastically fun tunes for the Flute. Use the accompanying download card to hear help you learn each song, then put on your very own performance with the backing tracks. / Flûte