Provides exercises for jazz guitar techniques, including jazz riffs, breaks, fill-ins, and solos.

While practicing relentlessly for an important competition, seventeen-year-old Clara wonders if she has the dedication to pursue a career as a concert pianist.

Traces the history of modern Black music through text and photographs, celebrating the idea that there is a musical thread that travels throughout the world, changing the culture and music of each place it touches.

Explores the passionate life of country music, its entire spectrum and the process of making stars.

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). This amazingly intimate collection brings together 40 of Croce's beloved songs along with Ingrid Croce's personal remembrances of the stories behind the writing of each of them. Complete with photos and copies of Jim's handwritten notes, this is a beautiful insight into one of the most popular songwriters of a generation. Songs include: Alabama Rain * Bad, Bad Leroy Brown * Ballad of Gunga Din * Got No Business Singing the Blues * I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song * It Doesn't Have to Be That Way * Mary Ann * Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels) * Photographs and Memories * Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy) * Roller Derby Queen * These Dreams * Time in a Bottle * Tomorrow's Gonna Be a Brighter Day * Top Hat Bar and Grille * Walkin' Back to Georgia * What Do People Do * Workin' at the Car Wash Blues * You Don't Mess Around with Jim * and more.

(Easy Fake Book). An amazing collection of 100+ easy songs from all genres perfect for players who've mastered four chords. These hits are presented in large melody-line notation with lyrics. Includes: Beast of Burden * Candle in the Wind * Don't Stop * Every Rose Has Its Thorn * Fields of Gold * Forever and Ever, Amen * Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) * Hey, Soul Sister * I Knew You Were Trouble * If I Were a Carpenter * Jessie's Girl * Jimmy Mack * Last Kiss * Mr. Tambourine Man * Peaceful Easy Feeling * Please Mr. Postman * Should I Stay or Should I Go * Spooky * Susie-Q * Toes * You Didn't Have to Be So Nice * and many more.

Over 500 illustrated chords are covered for Rock, Blues, Soul, Country, Jazz and Classical music. This compact dictionary is designed to fit in your bag and is completed with fingering diagrams for each chord and photographs showing how each one is played. Over 360,000 copies sold worldwide. This compact dictionary of over 500 popular chords in their most common voicings feature clare photographs and easy-to-follow diagrams and instructions. The spiral binding allows you to lay the book flat for easy reference while playing. Fingering diagrams for each chord are clearly indicated on a fretboard, and tips on technique are given together with relevant chord sequences. Whether your musical style favors rock, pop, blues, soul, jazz, funk, counry, or classical, this handy take-anywhere volume puts the techniques for making great guitar music at your fingertips, and sets you on the road to becoming a true chordmaster.

I wrote a riff - how do I create a chord progression for it? So, you've been playing the guitar for a while now. You know your basic open chords; you know what scales are and you know a few songs. And now, you want to start creating your own music. You want to write a melody and play a few progressions on it. You want to create your own chord progressions to sing or solo on top of. If you're done with the "I just got a guitar" phase and want to start creating some real music - I invite you to check out Guitar Chords Demystified! Unlock the inner mechanism of chords The first step to writing your own music and creating your own chord progressions is understanding the chemistry of the chords. Understanding what makes a chord and why the C major chord is the C major chord. That's exactly what we've designed this book to do. It'll break down the chords you know and love, teach you what's inside and how it is constructed, all in plain English. Then it'll give you the tools you need to string multiple chords together and create your own chord progressions. It'll also teach you what chords go together and how you too can create beautiful harmonies! You'll even learn how to play the same chord in different places on the fretboard using the CAGED system. And what shape to play in what context. And to top it all, the book includes practical applications of the theory in multiple chord progressions that you can pick up and jam away with! What's inside We start with the basics and help you along to the more advanced chordal concepts. And don't worry if you don't understand some of the below - it's all explained in detail inside. Foundation level introduction to chord formulas A breakdown of your favorite open chords, triads and 7th chords Rhythm strumming and creating your own chord progressions Diminished chords, suspended chords, power chords, slash chords - all explained in plain English More advanced topics like transposing and the use of a capo Bonus chapter with 10+ chord progression examples Instant access to 531 beginner chords We've also included an entire chord dictionary in this book. It covers 50 pages and will give you instant access to 531 of your favorite chords! So, if you ever have a doubt about a chord that you just created - look through the dictionary and we'll tell you if it's right. To take your first step in creating your own songs, scroll up and click the buy now button.

Teach yourself the essential piano chords plus many more! Organized as a chord per spread, for the left and right hands, this is a handy, comprehensive reference for jazz, pop, rock and soul musicians playing the piano or keyboard at any level. This no-nonsense, easy to carry, wiro book will fit on a stand and into a music bag or hand bag with the minimum of fuss. Revised and updated version, replaces ISBN-13 9781844517152

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