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Banjo and Uke-With the Three-Chord Christmas Songbook you will need only minimal playing skills and three chords?G C and D7?to accompany each song in this great book. The jam-packed book is invaluable for all beginningmusicians casual musicians teachers family bands and performers. Melody lyrics and chords are included for all songs. Guitar uke and five-string banjo diagrams are included for the three chords along with basicaccompaniment tips. Transposing and how-to-use-the-capo tips are included for singers. An invaluable sourcebook for teachers?and a handy compact fakebook for performers. A unique collection of timeless songs for the entirefamily. Accompany 50 vibrant Christmas songs with only minimal playing skills. Each song includes melody lyrics and chords. Perhaps the most interesting collection of Christmas songs to be found inprint today. Interesting historical images are found throughout the text. A superb book for getting beginners involved and keeping them involved. Only a few minutes of technical training equips anyperson to accompany all 50 songs in this book. Teachers can use this collection as a foundation to teach more advanced patterns and arranging techniques. Excellent 'mini fake book' resource for all musicians andperformers.

A Step-by-Step Breakdown of the Band's Guitar Styles and Techniques-Experience the freaked-up funk-osity of the Peppers through the creative guitar stylings of veteran John Frusciante with this great book/CD pack. A step-by-step breakdown of the band's guitar styles and techniques.

You'll be amazed at how creative you can be with this great book. Here are eighteen all-time classic songs specially chosen to help you build up your chord skills. Includes songs from The Beatles, James Brown, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton.

This great book presents every scale you will ever need and is suitable for the beginner to the professional. It covers all of the requirements for Grade Examinations and even includes advanced patterns for further practice.

Over 250 Great Songs of the Rock Era. An invaluable collection of over 250 of the best rock songs of all time with nearly 70 new songs added for this spectacular 2nd Edition! For piano voice guitar and all C instruments.  Features two tables of contents: one by artist and one alphabetical by song title.

Recollections by the singers, a discography, chord diagrams for five instruments, plus 42 American folk favorites -- all in one great songbook! Here are just a few: Puff (The Magic Dragon) * If I Had My Way * A'Soalin' * Oh, Rock My Soul * It's Raining * One Kind Favor.

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

Banjo and Uke-With the Three-Chord Children’s Songbook you will need only minimal playing skills and three chords G C and D7 to accompany each song in this great book. The jam-packed book is invaluable for all beginning musicians casualmusicians teachers family bands and performers. Melody lyrics and chords are included for all songs. Guitar uke and five-string banjo diagrams are included for the three chords along with basic accompaniment tips.Transposing and how-to-use-the-capo tips are included for singers. An invaluable sourcebook for teachers and a handy compact fakebook for performers.

The fourth book in the Piano Gefällt Mir! series brings you 50 more chart and film hits, all arranged for Easy Piano by renowned composer Hans-Günter Heumann. Featuring an accompanying MP3 CD with both full and play-along backing tracks.This series has long been a favourite for Pianists looking to learn popular tracks from an authoritative source, and Hans-Günter Heumann has proven himself as a name you can rely on for Easy Piano arrangements of great modern pop classics. Everything from Coldplay to Harry Potter is included here, so you'll never be short of contemporary songs to learn and perform.From George Ezra's massive hit Budapest to Sam Smith's Money On My Mind, this book collects the finest hits from the past few years and arranges them for you to start playing straight away. A great selection of film songs and themes are also represented, such as Ed Sheeran's atmospheric I See Fire from 'The Hobbit' film, and Pharrell Williams's unbelievably catchy Happy from 'Despicable Me 2'.With this perfect-bound edition of book four of Piano Gefällt Mir!, you'll receive an accompanying MP3 CD, enabling you to listen to full backing tracks of all the tunes, then versions without the Piano part, ensuring you can get the most out of this songbook.Not only this, but a few of Heumann's own compositions are sprinkled throughout, allowing you to take inspiration from this indisputable giant of composition's own creations. / Piano/Vocal/Guitare (PVG)

The Complete Guide to Creating Great Rhythm Tracks-This book is a complete course in the art of Drum programming and the concepts and technologies behind it. It takes the reader from the earliest steps in using a digital audio workstation through the development of an individual sound signature and on to the achievement of professional results. Designed to accommodate users of any major Drum programming application it explores: the history of rhythm programming digital audio workstations and how to use them one-shot MIDI programming samplers romplers advanced timing for swing and beat-mapping loops and audio creating Drum sounds by subtractive synthesis and production and FX. It culminates withdetailed guidance on the creation of drum tracks for specific musical styles ranging from pop and rock to jazz reggae drum 'n' bass and glitch. The course unfolds through extensive use of workstation screenshots and audio examples. Along the way helpful tips and practical exercises keep students motivated and engaged.

The Autobiography of Jerry Scheff-In this candid and perceptive memoir of his 45-year career bassist Jerry Scheff takes us onto Elvis's private jet on tour with Bob Dylan and into the studio with The Doors. A stalwart presence behind some of the greatest namesof popular music Scheff has also played with Roy Orbison Elvis Costello the Association Neil Diamond Johnny Mathis the Everly Brothers John Denver and Nancy Sinatra to name just a few. Eschewing hype Scheff provides abehind-the-scenes perspective from having worked sleeves rolled up side by side with the great artists in their factories.The book opens with the TCB band's learning of the King's death while en route to a tour date apivotal moment for him the rest of the band and the world at large. He then proceeds on a nonlinear journey that mirrors the process of true life-reflection from his roots in San Francisco to his touring all over theworld.This is a tale of a man who has truly grown a career from a genuine love of music and of his instrument proving how following that gift can bring a person to places beyond his wildest dreams. It is an excitinginside view of the evolution and craft and work of making rock and roll – a must-have for true music craftsmen and music junkies in general.