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

2-DVD Set-This 2-DVD set introduces the unique and innovative system used by Thomas Lang to develop his awesome speed control finesse and coordination. A step-by-step system that will allow you to hone your drumming chops so you can play more effectively in any style of music.

Musician Institute-This books explores essential grooves fills and styles. This includes: Feeling The Downbeats Syncopated Backbeats In Between Straight And Swing Feeling The Upbeats Three Ways To Explore And Play Time Straight Time Moving The Sixteenths The accompanying CD contains tracks for demonstration and play-along.

The Way to Learn Through Songs and Tunes-The perfect book for pupil and teacher. Tunes you know and want to play. Technique carefully graded. Clear fingering diagrams. Concise theory explanations. Revised CD edition with new extra CD. Orchestral as well as Piano backings. New duets. Fresh new look.

With Pianolude learning to play the Piano becomes learning to play 'with' the Piano. This tuition book covers many essential aspects of learning the Piano that are rarely mentioned together in other collections. Together with traditional education Pianolude integrates popular and contemporary music creating an enjoyable and practical method that is always exciting.  Alongside traditional and progressive Piano learning Pianolude invites children to play with all tonal resources available on the instrument. The accompanying CD provides professionally-recorded demonstrations of all the pieces in thebook as well as examples of the creative activities.

Easy popular mixed duets for flute and clarinet selected by Linda Frith. Seventeen carefully graded pieces including 'Nights In White Satin' 'Love Hurts' 'Penny Lane' and 'Tears In Heaven'.

Red Hot Chili Peppers-Flea is one of the most distinctive and eclectic funk-rock bass players on the planet and his sound is at the core of the Chili Peppers' fusion of funk punk rap and rock. This book and CD package provides a detailed step-by-step breakdown of his bass style and technique.

Indispensables à la Prâtique Instrumentale-Eléments De Théorie by Sophie Jouve-Ganvert is a theory book that contains all of the essential and fundamental concepts related to instrumental practice. This book allows adults to learn and memorise the basics of musical grammar along with all its symbols and signs. A helpful glossary of the main musical terms is included at the back of the book for quick reference.

The Flute Way 1 is a set of 18 pieces for Flute by Sophie Dufeutrelle and Brigitte Le Borgne. This work includes a CD with the Piano accompaniment and some scores at the end for it at the end of the book. Written in French and in English with explanations and comments it offers Flute beginners the possibility of playing beautiful melodies from the start. The CD features the pieces in the same order as the scores: 1. Barrel-organ 2. Rain 3. “Bass Danse” 4. Village Fete 5. Troublemaker 6. Sorrow 7. Peasant Dance 8. From the top of the Tower 9. Cuddle 10. Indian Dance 11. Strange Waltz 12. Hide and Seek 13. The little Brazilian train 14. Melancholy 15. Bell 16. Lullaby 17. A walk in the King’s wood 18. Trumpet 19. Tuning Track 20. Piano only track (same order as the score) Sophie Dufeutrelle and Brigitte Le Borgne are both great pedagogues who have won Prizes. While the former published 11 books under the Alphonse Leduc name the second one created her own production Antidote.

Revised Edition-The John Thompson's Easiest Piano Course is designed to present the easiest possible approach to piano playing complete with an amusing family of characters and illustrations to help emphasise the information being taught. Part one is devoted to developing fluency in reading by note the biggest hurdle for most young children. The range is purposely limited. Only five notes up and five notes down from middle C are presented and time values do not go beyond crotchets. Each book of the course contains its own writing exercises sight-reading drills review work and later technical studies. Accompaniments for teacher or parent are suppliedwith most of the examples.  

Pre-Practice Technical Exercises-Pre-practice technical exercises for the piano.The purpose of this book is to help develop strong hands and flexible fingers. The idea is to learn two or three exercises at a time which should be played each day before practising. Only when these are mastered should you add another. When all in the first group are mastered the next group may be introduced. Many of these exercises may be transposed to different keys.