The Easy Chord Idea Book

Written by established educator David Harrison The Complete Ukulele Player is the most in-depth and comprehensive introduction to playing this fantastic instrument. Taking you from being an absolute beginner toplaying scales harmony and your first tunes this is the essential volume for anyone interested in learning the Ukulele. If you have no prior experience with musical instruments or you do but not on theUkulele then The Complete Ukulele Player is the ideal book for you. With comprehensive advice clear diagrams numerous photographs and invaluable tips this book will take you from not even knowing how tohold the Ukulele to feeling right at home.  The Complete Ukulele Player begins your journey with an introduction a short history of the instrument and how to choose one. When you'vegot your first Ukulele you'll find out the anatomy of the instrument which accessories you might need how to hold it and how to tune it. After you've mastered the practicalities it'll be time to make music! This tuition bookbegins by using easy 3-chord songs like Dylan's Blowin' In The Wind Love Me Do by The Beatles before moving on to songs with diminished chords like Patsy Cline's Crazy transposition withJambalaya and more advanced strumming techniques with Norwegian Wood.  The benefit of using popular songs in this way is to enhance musicality at the same time as teachingtheoretical concepts. It's easy to pick up a Ukulele and strum a few chords but with The Complete Ukulele Player chords and harmony are explored in much more depth and detail than in other books. Different chordvoicings and techniques are explained and made clear in relation to songs making learning easier and more enjoyable. Van Morrison's Brown-Eyed Girl is used as an introduction to tablature and by the end of the book

Playing chords is the emphasis of this Mel Bay Guitar University (MBGU) book. Over 100 songs arranged for chord strumming accompaniment to singing. Presented are easy chord forms strumming in different time signatures masterchord reference chart use of the capo musical terms types of guitars and frequently asked questions. This is an ideal supplement to any guitar method. Online audio files available.

The New Real Book 1 - C Version. For hardcore Jazzers and part-time jazz musicians, The New Real Book is a magnificent and meticulous fake-book collection of Jazz standards, Choice Standards and Pop-Fusion hits! This is an all-purpose book for jazz gigs, weddings, concerts and jam sessions and with over 200 songs inside there?s sure to be the very thing for the situation! Every one of these tunes is a true gem and include terrific compositions by Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Bill Evans, Jaco Pastorius, Jimmy Van Heusen and Thelonius Monk, to name but a few! This is the C and Vocal version that includes the music and lyrics and, like all Sher Music fake books, it features composer-approved transcriptions, easy-to-read calligraphy, and many extras (such as sample bass lines, chord voicings and drum appendix) not found in conventional fake books. Created by musicians, for musicians! Easy to work with and extremely worthwhile to have, this volume is the new standard in fake books!

Ukulele Chord Songbook-This series features convenient 6 x 9 books with complete lyrics and chord symbols above the lyrics for dozens of great songs. Each song also includes chord grids at the top of every page and the first notes of the melody for easy reference. These books are perfect for people who don't read music but want to strum chords and sing and are equally ideal for more advanced music-reading ukulele players who don't feel like wading through note-for-note notation.This easy collection features 60 songs you can play with just three chords.

This book allows you to find any chord quickly and easily. Each chord is displayed on every possible string from the lowest to the highest with numerous voicing options. The unique Chord-Finder System(TM) is included on every page to help you locate the specific root you need which allows for instant transposition and visualization. This is the ideal book for beginners seeking a well-organized easy-to-follow guide to last a lifetime and for professionals who need a reference of chords for every possible musical situation.

Third edition of the world's biggest songbook. This is a vast bumper collection, perfect for buskers, of 1001 all-time hit songs.Whatever your taste, there's guaranteed to be tonnes of songs you'll want to play, this book will last you years!Inside the spiral bound cover you will find a generous selection of hit songs, golden standards, jazz and blues numbers, classical pieces, hymns, gospel songs, stage, film and musical music! Arranged here in Melody line arrangements for Piano, Organ, Electronic Keyboards, Guitar and all C instruments, complete with lyrics and chord symbols. / Ligne Mélodique, Paroles Et Accords (Avec Grilles D'Accords)

This Bob Dylan Little Black Songbook is a surprisingly compact pocket-sized book that has been fully revised and updated to include a massive selection of 100 songs by possibly the greatest singer-songwriterof all time.   Bob Dylan has spent his life creating an enormous oeuvre of songs created around chords. He has used these as a powerful backing for his poetic lyricism. With thisLittle Black Songbook 100 Dylan classics are available for you to play and sing accurately transcribed exactly how the man himself wrote them. Some of his greatest songs are featured here from all years of the Dylan canon such as Blowin' In The Wind Don't Think Twice It's Alright Mr. Tambourine Man and the incomparable Like A Rolling Stone right up to the present day withDuquesne Whistle.   Many of his songs frequently appear in lists of the best songs ever written and it's easy to see why. Taking these relatively simple chords Dylan put them ininnovative progressions wrote interesting lyrics and rousing harmonies to go with them and quickly became a giant in the folk and rock music scene. This songbook would be ideal for a singer-songwriter aDylan fanatic or just someone who loves great Guitar music as each and every one of these fantastic songs is just begging to be strummed and sung. Every song comes complete with chord names and full lyrics.   So pick up this huge collection of Bob Dylan chords in the not-so-huge Little Black Songbook and bring the spirit of the '60s into your living room with 100 ofthese wonderful songs.  

The First Jam series was created to give children and beginners of all ages a book of simple common tunes to learn. These are standard ???Jam??? tunes in the Bluegrass/Old Time music styles. All the books in this series are writtenin the same keys; they can all be played together without any problems. So get your friends or family who play guitar mandolin banjo ukulele dulcimer or Dobro together grab these books and start jamming. Improvisation Another idea behind writing the First Jam series was to provide a number of tunes that were easy to learn but that are also a great to begin working on improvising. Each books offer the melody for that particular instrument aswell as back-up chords for another instrument to accompany you. Each song is represented in Tab notation and chord symbols. The accompanying CD has two tracks for each song. The first playing the song with the melody line thesecond track offers just the backup so you can play the melody over it or even improvise. Tunes include: Cripple Creek Old Joe Clark Will the Circle Be Unbroken and many more.

Really Easy Piano: Christmas Hits contains 18 festive favourites including Walking In The Air all arranged for easy Piano. The simplified arrangements of these Christmasclassics will get everyone humming and singing along to their favourite merry melody. For beginners who are looking to advance the techniques they've learned with some familiar festive tunes this book is ideal but it's alsobrilliant for sight-reading practice. Included here is sheet music of songs from all eras and in all genres. You'll be able to play fun standards like When Santa Got Stuck Up The Chimney and Grandma Got Run Over By AReindeer as well as more contemporary hits like Coldplay's Christmas Lights and Leona Lewis' critically acclaimed One More Sleep.  Besides these there aresome stalwarts of the season like Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas and It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas to satisfy every member of your audience. You're guaranteedto be the centre of attention when anyone hears you playing classics like Walking In The Air from 'The Snowman'. The beauty of Christmas Hits like these is that everybody can enjoy them regardless oftaste. They are pleasing to listen to and even more fun to play and what better way to get into the seasonal spirit than with the songs that remind us of the time for giving? Every song included herefeatures full lyrics and chord symbols as well as interesting information about the composition of each song and really useful performance hints and tips ensuring you never miss a note or a tempo changeagain.  If you are looking to perform these holiday harmonies or you just want to add a seasonal twist to your repertoire the Really Easy Piano: Christmas Hits is the perfect

Songpack is one of the most successful resources for classroom music-making on the market. The song-based package actively encourages participation and offers ideas on performing listening and inventing thus fulfillingrequirements of the Programmes Of Study and GCSE syllabus. Forty songs ranging from pop and folksongs to film and show tunes. Titles include ‘Sailing’ ‘When I’m Sixty Four’ Morning Has Broken’ ‘Rivers Of Babylon’ and many more.Each song is prefaced by teacher’s notes giving helpful hints on rehearsal and performance project work and listening activities. In addition to the songs and keyboard accompaniment there are easy parts for recorder and tunedpercussion plus melody parts in Bb. The pupil’s book gives the melody line optional counter-melody plus guitar chords.

Your new official bebop bible! Over 200 classics arranged for Bb instruments in Real Book style. Titles include: Anthropology · Au Privave · Be-Bop · Boneology · Boplicity (Be Bop Lives) · Byrd Like · Cherokee (Indian Love Song) · Confirmation · Donna Lee · Doxy · Epistrophy · 52nd Street Theme · Four · Goin' to Minton's · Good Bait · Groovin' High · Hi-Fly · Hot House · In Walked Bud · Jay Bird · Lady Bird · Lennie's Pennies · Moose the Mooche · Move · Oblivion · Oleo · Parisian Thoroughfare · Rosetta · Salt Peanuts · Solar · Teaneck · Tin Tin Deo · Tour De Force · Tricrotism · Wail · Woodyn' You · Yardbird Suite · and more!/ Recueil / Instruments en Si bémol Bb

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

This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 2 Piano syllabus for 2019 and 2020 three pieces chosen from each of Lists A B and C with an accompanying CD of all the pieces on the syllabus. The pieces have been carefully selected to offer and attractive and varied range of styles creating a collection that provides an excellent source of repertoire to suite every performer. The book also contains helpful footnotes and for those preparing for exams useful syllabus information. Those preparing for exams will also require the ABRSM Piano Grade 2 Scales Arpeggios and Broken Chords book and may be interested in Specimen Sight-Reading Tests and Specimen Aural Tests to help with these practical tests in the exam. Piano Teachers will find ABRSM Teaching Notes a helpful resource with advice and ideas from ABRSM Examiners and experienced teachers covering repertoire from the whole syllabus.