Learning to play the Guitar is a great experience, but getting started can be a challenge! Here at last is a book that helps you familiarise yourself with the instrument and then gets you playing - fast! Full-colour pictures, clear diagrams and really practical advice combine to make Start-Up Guitar do exactly what it says on the cover. You'll start off on the right track and that makes everything else come more easily. Contents include: Choosing a Guitar Holding the guitar Tuning your Guitar Tips on practice Playing chords Using a pick Finger picking Reading Guitar tablature Chord library A selection of timeless folk and blues songs. / Guitare

This exciting resource provides you with a variety of ways to introduce the great composers and their music to your students. The Teacher's Manual includes an informative narrative written so that you can read it aloud with your students or refer to it as you prepare your lesson plan. But that's just the start. To add a new dimension to the learning, there is a unison song to perform for each composer, as well as teaching suggestions, discussion activities, and reproducible pictures of each composer. And there are even informative 'side-bars? that bring the composers to life through short tales from their careers. The Reproducible Pak gives you masters of all the reproducible pages, allowing you to keep the Teacher's Manual intact. The Student Edition (in paks of 5 books) includes the composer picture, the narrative, and the vocal line only of each song. The professionally recorded CD will help you add a special touch to performances and free you from the piano in class or rehearsal. / Matériel D'Orchestre

Beginner/Intermediate Level. Par GORDON ANDREW D.. Outstanding Blues and Jazz Compositions Beginner/Intermediate Level by Andrew D. Gordon presents an introduction to playing blues and jazz including gospel, latin, new age and rock influences within the 14 compositions. This book introduces you to various musical concepts such as: 12 bar blues progression, walking and boogie woogie bass lines, triplet rhythms, arpeggios, blue notes etc. Although this product is for the beginner musician, it is suggested that some Piano/Keyboard technique is required. Blues is the basis of most Contemporary styles of music and hence this would be a great starting point to develop these styles. Recorded at normal and slow tempos. Outstanding Blues and Jazz Compositions Beginner/Intermediate Level by Andrew D. Gordon presents an introduction to playing blues and jazz including gospel, latin, new age and rock influences within the 14 compositions. This book introduces you to various musical concepts such as: 12 bar blues progression, walking and boogie woogie bass lines, triplet rhythms, arpeggios, blue notes etc. Although this product is for the beginner musician, it is suggested that some Piano/Keyboard technique is required. Blues is the basis of most Contemporary styles of music and hence this would be a great starting point to develop these styles. Recorded at normaland slow tempos. / Niveau : 2 / Etudes et exercices / Etude / Piano

Everything you need to start learning to play the harmonica in one box. An ideal gift for someone just starting to take up the harmonica, blues harp or pocket organ, unwrap the packaging and start playing immediately! Give yourself flying start with this box collection of essentials. In this great pack you get: a 10-hole Harmonica in C, the Absolute Beginners Play-along book and CD, a How To Play The Pocket Harmonica book, Don Baker's Beginning Blues Harp DVD, and a Manuscript Book for ideas and notes. These are all proven products that have helped countless Harmonica players to be the best they can be. / Harmonica

The Keyboard From The Beginning: Songbook is a fantastic collection of favourite songs specially chosen for primary school-age children starting to learn the instrument. The Keyboard From The Beginning series is an ideal introduction to the instrument, and this Songbook is a great companion selection of tunes that follow the same format, ideal for those working through the bestselling method.If you've been working through the Keyboard From The Beginning book, this songbook will be familiar to you, with a similar structure and introduction of new skills and techniques as you progress through the book. This is a selection of well-loved songs as well as classical favourites that have been notated with simplified arrangements and annotated with fingering guides, ensuring you start making great music no matter how much of a beginner you are.Beginning with very simple tunes for one hand like Jingle Bells, When The Saints Go Marching In and Skip To My Lou, the book progresses to songs that can be swiftly mastered with both hands such as Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot and culminating with Spring (from 'The Four Seasons'). Not only has this Keyboard From The Beginning Songbook been designed as an ideal complement to the tuition method, the songs contained within are matched to different techniques, so it will simultaneously build musical technique and construct an exciting repertoire for the student. As the pupil progresses through this book, they will be introduced to techniques like shifting hand positions, flats, legato, rests, the pentatonic scales, and different chords. Lyrics are included for most songs in the first part of this Beginner's Songbook, helping students with their rhythm as they progress to playing with an independent right and left hand. Each tune also features some helpful hints and tips so that you get off to exactly the right start, ensuring that, from the very beginning, the perfect mix of theoretical technique and musical enjoyment is achieved, making learning this instrument as fun as playing it.If you know a primary school-age pupil who has ever wanted to learn the Keyboard or Piano, but has been unsure where to begin, point them in the direction of the Keyboard From The Beginning Songbook, the perfect musical companion to the Keyboard From The Beginning Tuition Book that makes learning some favourite tunes fun and enjoyable. / Clavier

The Buskers Songbook is the ultimate introduction to busking. Packed with no fewer than 60 acoustic classics with Guitar chords, lyrics and top line melody, it also features an expert guide to busking, produced in conjunction with Busk In London.Whether you're an experienced busker looking to inject some inspiration into your repertoire, or you're looking for the best way to get into this exciting way of performing, look no further than The Buskers Songbook. Including a number of pop crowd-pleasers, folk favourites and some unexpected choices, this collection of busking songs will never fail to draw an audience.If you're more of a folk fan, Bob Dylan's All Along The Watchtower or Joni Mitchell's Big Yellow Taxi will win the public over, or if you prefer the old pop favourites, Mrs Robinson, Lola or Teenage Kicks will pull in the pounds. Looking for more recent tunes to win the crowds? Daft Punk's Get Lucky, Ed Sheeran's Thinking Out Loud and Adele's Rolling In The Deep are guaranteed hits. This is just a small selection of the 60 great busking songs included here, from a generous number of genres.Not only does The Buskers Songbook include how to play great busking songs, it also has a detailed section on how to busk, including where and when, as well as some insider tips on how to get the most out of performing in public. Produced together with Busk In London (www.buskinlondon.com), this songbook is an invaluable companion that will get you out there performing and having a great time. If you're looking to learn some fantastic busking songs, The Buskers Songbook gives you a huge range of tunes that you can start playing quickly and easily. The Guitar chords, full lyrics and melodies for 60 songs will draw the crowds, while the valuable busking tips will allow you to get the most out of this unique way of performing. / Ligne De Mélodie, Paroles Et Accords

For Fingerstyle Guitar. Par GROSSMAN STEFAN. Ragtime is in many ways the quintessential American music. It arrived at the turn of the last century with many transitions, notably the discovery of the means to record sound, and the determination of Afro-Americans of genius to be appreciated as artists. The music we call ragtime represents not only a moment of great anticipation (as the advent of jazz was on hand) but also of fulfillment. There are perhaps, 200 classic ragtime pieces that represent a corpus of extraordinary beauty - some of the most straightforward, melodious, and out and out joyful music that there ever was. In the early 1960?s guitar players started to tackle arranging this music. David Laibman and Dave Van Ronk were in the vanguard of this movement. Van Ronk?s arrangement of St. Louis Tickle became a rite of passage for fingerstyle guitarists. Laibman?s arrangements of Scott Joplin?s classic rags amazed and challenged the fingerpickers from coast to coast and across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe. By the 1970s other guitarists tried their skills playing ragtime. In the last fifty years this pursuit has carried on. This collection presents eight outstanding guitarists and their approaches to arranging and playing cake walks and classic rags. Tackling the material in this collection will greatly help your development and mastery of the fretboard and what Rev. Gary Davis called your six-string piano. Both your hands will get a complete aerobic workout! An audio download link is included with performances of each title. / Date parution : 2022-01-14/ Recueil / 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 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

With the Playalong 20/20 Recorder 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 beautifully arranged in melody line format for the Recorder.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 Recorder. 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 Recorder 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 Recorder book will help recordists 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 Recorder. 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 recordist or you're just looking to reinvigorate and freshen up your repertoire, Playalong 20/20 Recorder sheet music is the collection for you. Not only do you get these 20 pieces of pop Recorder 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 Recorder played by Louise Bradbury, 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 Recorder 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 Recorder songbook, and start learning these fantastically fun tunes for the Recorder. Use the accompanying download card to hear help you learn each song, then put on your very own performance with the backing tracks. / Flûte A Bec

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

The Real Books are the best-selling jazz books of all time. Since the 1970s, musicians have trusted these volumes to get them through every gig, night after night. The problem is that the books were illegally produced and distributed, without any regard to copyright law, or royalties paid to the composers who created these musical masterpieces. Hal Leonard is very proud to present the first legitimate and legal editions of these books ever produced. You won't even notice the difference, other than that all of the notorious errors have been fixed: the covers and typeface look the same, the song list is nearly identical, and the price for our edition is even cheaper than the original! Every conscientious musician will appreciate that these books are now produced accurately and ethically, benefitting the songwriters that we owe for some of the greatest tunes of all time! Includes 400 songs: All Blues · Au Privave · Autumn Leaves · Black Orpheus · Bluesette · Body and Soul · Bright Size Life · Con Alma · Dolphin Dance · Don't Get Around Much Anymore · Easy Living · Epistrophy · Falling in Love with Love · Footprints · Four on Six · Giant Steps · Have You Met Miss Jones' · How High the Moon · I'll Remember April · Impressions · Lullaby of Birdland · Misty · My Funny Valentine · Oleo · Red Clay · Satin Doll · Sidewinder · Stella by Starlight · Take Five · There Is No Greater Love · Wave · and hundreds more! Editions also available in B-flat, E-flat, and Bass Clef. Looking for a particular song' / Instruments En C