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Contemporary Keyboard Styles for the Absolute Beginner is a fun contemporary alternative or supplement to the traditional teaching piano/keyboard methods and is one of the most comprehensive books on the market today for the absolute beginner. In this 72 page book there are 20 compositions featuring a wide variety of different styles including Rock, Classical, Blues, New Age, Latin & Country. The book contains all the rudimentary theory including: How to read treble & bass clef music notation: How to count & read rhythms: Major, minor and seventh formations as well as the major & minor scales in all 12 keys. Tape or CD recorded at normal or slow tempos for practicing purposes.Available as Book/CD $29.55 HOW TO ORDER Outstanding Blues & Jazz Compositions Beginner/Intermediate level package presents an introduction to playing blues and jazz including Gospel, Latin, New Age and Rock influences within the 14 compositions. This book introduces you to various musical concepts such as: 12 bar blues progression, walking and boogie woogie bass lines, triplet rhythms, arpeggios, blue notes etc. Although this product is for the beginner musician, it is suggested that some piano/keyboard technique is required. Blues is the basis of most contemporary styles of music an hence this would be a great starting point to develop these styles. Recorded at normal & slow tempos.Available as Book/CD $38.50 HOW TO ORDER Outstanding Blues & Jazz Compositions Intermediate/Advanced level package progresses on further from the Beginner/Intermediate package. It contains 10 challenging compositions in the Blues, Boogie Woogie, Jazz, Gospel & Rhythm & Blues idioms. It introduces the musician to more complex chords including 9th, 11th & 13th cords, syncopated rhythms, passing chords, tremolos, octave runs, chromatic walking bass lines, jazz licks, major & minor blues progressions, turnarounds etc. All these techniques are used by professional pianists giving you a practical approach to learning these styles. Recorded at normal & slow tempos.Available as Book/CD $38.50 HOW TO ORDER is a unique 78 book packed full of examples of how to play in the following music styles: Rock, Latin, R&B, Country, Calypso, Reggae, Jazz, Blues, Gospel, New Age, Hip-Hop. Each example is between 32 to 42 measures in length featuring melody line, rhythm keyboards, bass line & drums, perfectly notated, for studying how each musical part is put together in a “band like situation”. Common chord progressions associated with each style are used. An explanation of each style is presented along with advanced chord theory & voicing. Play in the styles of todays most popular keyboardists including Herbie Hancock, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Teddy Riley, Michael McDonald, Eddie Palmieri, Nicky Hopkins, Keith Emerson, Dr John, Jimmy Smith etc.Available as Book/CD $44.50 HOW TO ORDER Classic Keyboard Riffs & Rhythms consists of 40 short riffs, 4 to 16 measures in length, covering Blues, Country, Funk, Gospel, Jazz, Latin, New Age, Reggae, R&B & Rock styles. This book will help “spice up” arrangements of songs by incorporating the techniques used for each of the different styles. These is also an analysis giving hints on the best way to use these riffs in your playing. It is also a great tool as a source of improvisational ideas. Recorded at normal & slow tempos.Available as Book/CD $44.50 HOW TO ORDER The Art of Successful Rhythm Piano/Keyboard Playing is for keyboardists & pianists that need a practical approach to play in various styles such as: Blues, Rock, Jazz, Latin, Gospel, Rhythm & Blues, where accompanying a singer, solo instrumentalist, or playing in a band. There are 19 different 36 measure examples showing many great ways of voicing chords and playing various rhythmic patterns. The one hour cassette consists of melody, rhythm keyboard part, bass and drums so that you can hear how the rhythm keyboard part is played in conjunction with the other instruments.Available as Book/CD $38.50 HOW TO ORDER has been specially created for the many instrumentalists that need a practical hands-on approach to improvising or playing a solo over chord changes. It is like having a “backing band in your home” to practices with & has 19 solos in the styles of Blues, Jazz, Rock, Gospel & Rhythm & Blues. The two cassettes that come with the book have separate functions. Tape 1 consists of the rhythm backing tracks of piano, organ bass and drums (the soloists can solo over the rhythm track) while tape 2 has the solo recorded along with the rhythm tracks for reference. Each of the 19 grooves are approximately 3 minutes in length, giving the musician ample time to try out improvisational ideas. The book contains all the solos noted out with the chord progressions. The product is available in 3 keys “C” for concert instruments, “Bb” for tenor sax , trumpet etc & “Eb” for alto sax etc.Available as Book/CD $38.50 HOW TO ORDER "100 Ultimate Blues Riffs” is an exhaustive guide to some of the best musical phrases that make up blues piano playing. There are five sections broken down into, basic Blues riffs, R&B influenced Blues riffs, Boogie Woogie, Rock influenced Blues riffs & Gospel Blues riffs. There are two completed songs at the back of the book that shows how to combine many of the riffs to form a song. Many people have commented that this is the best Blues keyboard product that they have ever used. A must for all levels of keyboardists that want to study the blues. Available as Book/CD $44.50 HOW TO ORDER 60 Of The Funkiest Keyboard Riffs Known To Mankind consists of 60 riffs in a “funky style’. The first 30 riffs are designed to obe played using a “clavinet” sound while the second 30 riffs are designed to be played by an “organ” sound. These 60 riffs cover a multitude of music styles including Rhythm & Blues, Soul, Disco, Jazz, Latin, Blues, Rock, Gospel, & Hip-Hop. Musicians and bands that have influenced these 60 examples include: Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock, Billy Preston, Ramsey Lewis, Jimmy Smith, Jimmy McGriff, Charles Earland, Stevie Winwood, Richard Tee, James Brown, Tower of Power & Earth, Wind and Fire. This product is for the intermediate to advanced musician who needs a comprehensive practical guide to these styles.Available as Book/CD $44.50 HOW TO ORDER Gospel Riffs God Would Love To Hear is a compendium of Gospel riffs for piano and keyboard players to learn the art of Gospel stylings. The book has the piano right and left hands notated as well as a separate organ part. There are also examples of some traditional gospel songs showing how to incorporate the riffs in the book into these well known Gospel songs. Play in the styles of Ray Charles & Andre Crouch and see how Blues, Jazz and other contemporary styles are associated with the Gospel sound.Available as Book/CD $44.50 HOW TO ORDER Outstanding Jazz Keyboard/Organ Solos by Andrew D. Gordon is designed to show how to play solos or improvise over common chord progressions used in “jazz idiom”. There are 12 examples, each one being at least 32 measures in length and consists of different jazz styles including Jazz-Blues, Uptempo, Mid Tempo & Slow Tempo-Jazz, Jazz-Ballad, Jazz-Funk, Modal-Jazz, Acid-Jazz, Modal-Jazz, Latin-Jazz etc. Not only are the solos notated, but also the chord voicings and bass lines notated giving you the ability to study how each of the various parts work in a Jazz setting. Learn how the great keyboardists/organists such as: Jimmy Smith , Joey DeFrancesco, Herbie Hancock, Chester Thompson play, by utilizing chord progressions from popular jazz songs including: Misty, Girl fro Ipanema, This Masquerade, Europa etc as well as 12 bar blues progressions. This is a great source material to learning new improvisational ideas as well as learning chord voicings and rhythmic patters that would take you many hours of study, listening and transcribing parts from albums.Available as Book/CD $44.50 HOW TO ORDER —most Blues tunes are made up of a 12 bar progressions and the book shows the various types and styles of 12 bar blues progressions that would be useful to musicians and students. The book includes over 50 examples that cover a range of styles (blues, jazz-blues, minor-blues, funky-blues, country-blues, rock-blues, latin-blues, gospel-blues), tempos, rhythms and key signatures. There is a brief description, followed by each of the examples perfectly notated, along with the chord symbols. The latter part of the book contains a chapter on the “Basics of Blues Improvisation” for anyone who is just starting out in the work of improvising using the Blues as a starting point. At the end of the CD there are some jam-a-long tracks each about three minutes in length so that you can try out examples in the book or your own improvisational ideas along with a rhythm section of organ, bass & drums.Available as Book/CD $44.50 HOW TO ORDER "100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs” consists of 100 Jazz riffs based on common chord progressions used in jazz such as the II-V-I, III-VI-II-V etc. There are five separate sections: Jazz Swing, Jazz Ballad, Jazz Funk, Jazz Waltz and Latin Jazz. Each musical example has a single note improvised melody line with the right hand and chord accompaniment with the left hand. At the end of the book there is the chord progression for the popular jazz standard “blue Moon” showing you how to use various examples from the 100 riffs to create an improvised solo over the chord progression. By demonstrating this technique you can pick most jazz standards and create your own improvisational ideas using the book. The CD is recorded with the right hand piano part on the right channel and the left had piano part on the left channel (bass and rums on both channels) with most of the examples recorded at normal and slowed down tempos. An absolute must for musicians learning and playing various jazz styles. Available as Book/CD $44.50 HOW TO ORDER Salsa & Afro Cuban Montunos For Piano by Carlos Campos is an extremely informative 100 page book containing over 400 musical examples showing you how to play in these aforementioned Latin styles. Mr Campos who taught at the Berklee School of Music originates from Lima, Peru and has studies Latin music for over 20 years. This book contains great study material for learning the various techniques and rhythms used in playing Latin piano styles. It can be used as a source to practice reading syncopated rhythms. A CD with piano & percussion rhythm tracks of many of the examples in the book is available.Available as Book/CD $44.50 HOW TO ORDER Salsa, Further Adventures In Afro Cuban Music For Piano is a follow up 150 page book to Carlos Campos’s previous work, the highly successful “Salsa and Afro Cuban Montunos For Piano”. This book was inspired by the questions asked from many of his students attending his salsa piano class at the Berklee School of Music and also in his private teaching practice in Los Angeles. During his classes, every problem that arose, presented Carlos with the opportunity to develop new exercises geared towards solving those problems. Rhythmic exercises at the beginning of this book help to develop the inner pulse a common problem of his students. Full arrangements of 4 salsa songs with all the parts transcribed are included, along with the accompanying CD, enabling the student or musician to hear and see the full band arrangement. There are transcriptions of different percussion patters to show who they all work together to create that ultra tight salsa ensemble sound. The many montuno patterns in the first part of the book are written in both 2/3 and 3/2 clave.Available as Book/CD $48.50 HOW TO ORDER by keyboardists extraordinaire Mike Garson is a collection of 8 songs composed and played by Mike that reflect the beauty of his music.; These songs consist of the varied styles that Mike has mastered including New Age, Rock, Jazz and Classical. Each song offers a different musical challenge and the depth of these pieces will give you hours and hours of enjoyment. Mike has played with many of the best pop and jazz artists in the world including David Bowie, Stanley Clarke, Rolling Stones, Seal, Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Michael Brecker to name a few.Available as Book/CD $44.50 HOW TO ORDER Reading Key Jazz Rhythms For Piano is a collection of 24 easy to medium level jazz etudes and 24 simplified guide tone versions of the etudes. They are ideal for learning the basic language of jazz, swing phrasing, and articulation. A perfect tool for preparing for the jazz ensemble or for any ensemble/orchestra which performs jazz related music. One the accompanying CD the soloist demonstrates the 24 melodious etudes together with a professional rhythm section. All etudes are based on the chord changes to tunes that are jazz musicians daily language: Autumn Leave, Blue Bossa, Body and Soul, Satin Doll, Day of Wine and Roses, Misty, Confirmation, Out Of Nowhere, How High The Moon, Cherokee, I’ll Remember April, There Will Never Be Another You, All Of Me, What Is This Thing Called Love, Stella By Starlight, Blues in major, minor and Rhythm Changes. You can also improvise along with the play along racks using the chord symbols. Available as Book/CD $44.50 HOW TO ORDER is a unique conceptual bridge to the masters. For jazz phrasing, interpretation and improvisation. Jazz Conception is a new and exciting way for players at all levels to learn the language of Jazz. Each book/CD set features 21 solo etunes based on chord changes to standards and blues. The same 21 etudes transposed and adapted for the main jazz instruments. See and hear how a well known soloist phrases and articulates and play along with or without the soloist on the CD. Play along with one of today’s finest, swinging New York rhythm sections; start out fairly easy, then get progressively more difficult.Available as Book/CD $38.50 HOW TO ORDER The Jazz Conception Series For Piano Comping. Exact transcriptions, as played by Mike LeDonne, plus 21 simple piano lead sheets. See and hear how a well known piano player phrases and articulates and comps for the soloists on the CD. Play along with one of today’s finest, swinging New York rhythm sections: Mike LeDonne on piano, Dennis Irwin on bass and Kenny Washington on drums. Use the book/CD sets for private lessons, for self study or in any combination up to a full jazz ensemble, including flute and clarinet. If you are more advanced you may want to use the book to develop your sight reading abilities, for transcribing the comping off the CD (then check against the book) or for just having fund playing along with a great jazz rhythm section.Available as Book/CD $42.50 HOW TO ORDER Evolution of Solo Jazz Piano Vol. 1 Part 1: Traditional Styles 50 minutes video Scott Joplin—Jelly Roll Morton—James P Johnson—Willie “The Lion” Smith—Earl “Fatha” Hines—Thomas “Fats” Waller—Teddy Wilson—Duke Ellington—Art Tatum—Meade Lux Lewis—Pete Johnson—Jimmy Yancey “The Evolution of Solo Jazz Piano” is a study of solo piano styles developed by 24 of the most influential solo pianists from 1900 to the present. In order to clearly illustrate the specific contributions of the various pianists, Bill Dobbins composed a theme based on the well know standard “All Of Me”. By applying the stylistic approaches of the different pianists to the same theme, one becomes aware of the subtle yet evocate elements of each individual style. “The Evolution of Solo Jazz Piano” is an extraordinarily informative and comprehensive work that should appeal to all jazz connoisseurs seeking further refinement in their appreciation and understanding of jazz. and jazz artists in the world including David Bowie, Stanley Clarke, Rolling.Available as video $77.60 HOW TO ORDER Evolution of Solo Jazz Piano Vol. 2 Part 2: Modern Styles 50 minutes video Thedlonious Monk—Bud Powell—Oscar Peterson—Erroll Garner—Lennie Tristano—Bill Evans—Clare Fischer—Jimmy Rowles—Cecil Taylor—Chick Chorea—Keith Jarrett—Richie Beirach.Available as video $77.60 HOW TO ORDER
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