George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin: Clap Yo' Hands (Clap Your Hands)

Gershwin created these 18 song transcriptions between 1919 and 1931. He played the pieces at numerous private parties, often with many variations. Gershwin's impromptu performances of these 18 songs served as the basis for the transcriptions. His unique playing style can be detected in these wonderful pieces. / Piano

George Gershwin's works incorporate elements of jazz, creating a rich style that is unmistakably American. This volume contains 18 pieces, including songs later published for solo piano, seven preludes for piano, and more. / Piano

Take seven of George and Ira Gershwin's classic songs, add Mark Hayes' stunning and unpredictable arrangements, and it all adds up to a winning collection for singers and listeners alike. Songs include: By Strauss * Clap Yo' Hands * I Got Rhythm * Love Is Here to Stay * The Man I Love * Summertime * They Can't Take That Away from Me.

Retrouvez une collection d'oeuvres et de 18 arrangements originaux par George et Ira Gershwin pour piano solo. Cet ouvrage est une réédition. / Piano

Media Type : Book/CD Set Level : Beginning-Intermediate Musical Genre : Rock Series : Grossman Audio Number of pages : 56 LESSON ONE: KING OF MODERN BLUES: B.B.KING, ALBERT KING, FREDDIE KING and T.BONE WALKER - By analyzing sample tunes, Fred teaches how to play electric single-string blues licks. You will learn several scale positions and how to improvise with them, how to do the blues vibrato, and how to use fill-in licks, chords and turnarounds. LESSON TWO: MODERN ROCK: ENGLISH BLUES and HEAVY METAL - This lesson concentrates on the licks, scales and playing styles of Eric Clapton, Van Halen, Ted Nugent and Jimmy Page - guitarists whose playing directly derives from the blues masters. This lesson includes instruction in effects (distortion, vibrato bar, etc.), blues and sliding scales. LESSON THREE: JAZZY ELECTRIC BLUES - Our last lesson in the series illustrates how to jazz up the 12-bar blues progression, how to vary the blues scales with diminished scales á la Charlie Christian, how to apply blues scales to jazz tunes, how to substitute scales, and the special techniques used by Wes Montgomery and George Benson.

A great selection of 100 of the best film songs ever, arranged for piano, voice and guitar. Features fabulous songs from all your favourite movies including: Casablanca, Cabaret, Mary Poppins, Forest Gump, Midnight Cowboy, Footloose, Jaws, Star Trek, Ghost, Titanic, Schindler's List, Saturday Night Fever, Stand By Me, Love Story, Breakfast At Tiffany's... and many, many more!