A First Book of Blues: Piano: Instrumental Album

It has been over 20 years since I released the first volume of ?100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Piano/Keyboards? in 1996 my most popular selling book. One of the constants has been the continued popularity of my Blues music instructional books for not only piano/keyboards but also Saxophone Flute and Guitar. With developments in music software faster internet download speeds for downloading mp3 audio files (over 5 hours of downloadable audio backing tracks for this book) I felt it was time to author a 2nd volume that uses newer software for improved sound quality. Also it is the 50th anniversary since I started to learn to play Blues piano in 1968. Iremember the wonderful feeling I had when I started to learn from the first two Blues piano books I bought from a music shop along the Charing Cross Road in London I still have both books ?Just Blues? a compilation of Blues Jazz and Boogie-Woogie songs and ?How To Play Blues Piano? by Junior Mance. I have again created 100 Blues riffs with many of them having elements of Rock Funk Country Jazz Boogie-Woogie Gospel and Latin styles. The riffs are in the order that I composed them giving you the learner an element of surprise as to what the next riff is going to sound like. Each of the 100 riffs have been recorded twice the 1st time the piano part with a rhythm backing track and the 2nd time a rhythm backing track to practice playing along with. I have also created a separate play-a-long track that consists of 10 choruses of the 12 Bar Blues progression. I would hope that you will use each riff to build your own Blues ?song? through the 12 Bar Blues progression.

Description A First Book Of Blues For The Beginning Pianist With these easy-to-play renditions, beginning pianists of all ages can enjoy one of America's most celebrated art forms. Songlist Arkansas Blues Beale Street Blues Careless Love Crazy Blues Down Home Blues Jelly Roll Blues Joe Turner Blues Memphis Blues Outta' Bed Blues Prison Bound Royal Garden Blues St. James Infirmary St. Louis Blues The Hesitating Blues Weary Blues Yellow Dog Blues

This new and modern book by Hans-Günter Heumann is the follow-up to the bestselling first book. This new edition is now spiral bound for the utmost convenience. It combines 50 up to date chart and film hits from Bruno Mars to Skyfall. All songs are set in easy arrangements for Piano. / Piano

If youve learned enough piano to feel comfortable picking up your first songbook and you love country music, this collection is for you! Arranged at an easier level so beginners can play 50 quintessential country classics and sound great. Includes: Always on My Mind • Behind Closed Doors • Could I Have This Dance • Crazy • Dont It Make My Brown Eyes Blue • Folsom Prison Blues • Forever and Ever, Amen • Friends in Low Places • The Gambler • Gentle on My Mind • Green Green Grass of Home • Happy Trails • Help Me Make It Through the Night • Hey, Good Lookin • Jambalaya (On the Bayou) • King of the Road • Mammas Dont Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys • On the Road Again • Ring of Fire • San Antonio Rose • Stand by Your Man • Wichita Lineman • You Are My Sunshine • Your Cheatin Heart • and more!/ Recueil / Piano

100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Piano/Keyboards the Beginner Series by musician educator and world renowned author Andrew D. Gordon is an exhaustive guide to introduce beginner students to the various phrases or riffs that make up Blues piano playing both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint. Due to the continued success of his more advanced book 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Piano/Keyboards Andrew decided to author a similar type of book for beginner students. This book is ideal for the beginner to intermediate music student with most of the examples notated in the easier keys. Besides learning how to play Blues riffs the book is a useful toolfor sight reading exercises with many different left and right hand rhythms. The 12 bar Blues progression and the Blues scale in Andrew s opinion the two most important aspects of playing the Blues is explained in detail as well as straight and swing rhythms. There are five sections to the riffs in the book section 1 contains basic Blues riffs section 2 contains Rhythm and Blues influenced riffs section 3 contains Boogie Woogie riffs section 4 contains Rock influenced Blues riffs and section 5 contains Gospel influenced Blues riffs. Included with this book are downloadable audio files that contains all the riffs recorded twice: first piano with bass and drums and second just bass and drums so you can play-a-long.   

Awarded the prestigious Music Industries Association Award in 2006 for Best Pop Publication Tim Richards' Exploring Jazz Piano was the long-awaited follow-up to his acclaimed Improvising Blues Piano also published by Schott. The overall level is somewhat higher and would suit pianists of Grade 4 standard and above. The book comes in two volumes comprising no less than 56 original pieces by the author together with special arrangements of 24 standards ranging from Autumn Leaves and Summertime to Straight No Chaser and Coltrane's Impressions.The two volumes also contain over 800 musical examples a veritable treasury of styles and techniques for the aspiring jazzpianist and refers to the work of Erroll Garner Art Tatum Duke Ellington Thelonious Monk Bud Powell Horace Silver Hampton Hawes Red Garland Wynton Kelly Bill Evans George Shearing Oscar Peterson Chick Corea McCoy Tyner and many others. Each volume has its own CD containing between them performances of all 80 pieces played by Tim alone or with his current trio of Dominic Howles (bass) and Matt Home (drums). Play-along tracks are also included in which the piano is panned to one speaker providing rhythm section accompaniment if desired by turning the amplifier's balance control. Copious examples of improvisation are accompanied by numerous assignments with guidance to hand on every page. The package is beautifully illustrated with many full-page photographs of piano masters past and present informative mini biographies and a comprehensive suggested listening section. The practical covered spiral binding protects the books as well as enabling them to lie flat on the music stand.Exploring Jazz Piano fills a vacuum in jazz piano instruction its comprehensive syllabus taking the reader from first principles in Vol. 1 to professional level in Vol. 2. Any student of jazz piano piano teacher or performing musician dipping into either volume will be rewarded with a wealth of ideas and practical information to keep them occupied for many

Graded Original Jazz and Blues for Piano/Keyboard-Get Set Jazz! is an exciting new series of jazz blues and pop sketches for Piano or Keyboard. A favourite with the ABRSM the series explores a wide variety of traditional and modern styles. The catchy melodies arranged in the most comfortable keys will guarantee maximum inspiration for any student wishing to develop a natural confidence in both swing and straight syncopation. Every piece has been meticulously scored with detailed phrasing and fingering suggestions. This first book is perfect for students working from Prep level (Elementary) through Grade 1 and towards Grade 2 (Late Elementary).

A systematic method for learning licks accompaniment patterns and improvisation-Boogie Woogie and Blues music has always been a popular style amongst pianists but it can be all too difficult to find interesting effective and fun teaching methods - now you need not look any further! Discovering Boogie and Blues Piano by Wolfgang Wierzyk for the first time available in English translation is the revised and expanded edition of the bestselling German title Die Boogie and Blues Methode? (SPL 1025). Taking you step by step through technical aspects of the playing style as well as guidance in improvisation historical information and recommendations for further listening Discovering Boogie and Blues Piano is an ideal introduction to thisstyle of music.The book is accompanied by a CD recording of all exercises and pieces performed by the author.