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The Best Acoustic Guitar Chord Songbook serves over 100 acoustic classics from the Sixties to the present day, arranged with Guitar chord boxes and full lyrics. Perfect for any aspiring guitarist, ideal for group singalongs, a spot of busking or simply to bolster your repertoire with some fantastic...

As the "social anchor" in middle-class homes of the nineteenth century, the piano was simultaneously an elegant piece of drawing-room furniture, a sign of bourgeois prosperity, and a means of introducing the young to music. In this admirably balanced and leisurely account of the popular instrument,...

Easiest Keyboard Collection: 40 Chart Toppers is a collection of 40 of the biggest pop hits, in easy melody line arrangements for all electronic keyboards. These arrangements are ideal for the beginner player, and each song includes chord symbols, lyrics, suggested registration, rhythm and tempo. Songlist: -...

Rosa's Fake Book 2 Songs is a unique Fake Book for all piano players. In a normal 'Fake Book', you get only the music score with the RH melody and the chords above it. This Special Fake Book No. 2 has an additional element that adds interest and fun to a piano player. Chord Movement...

In a similar format to his other Mel Bay Publications, in Symmetric Solutions: The Whole Tone Workbook author Bruce Saunders uses exercises, etudes and chord progressions from jazz standards to explore the sound of the whole-tone scale, the augmented scale and drop-2, drop-3 and drop-2/4 chord voicings...

These beginning to advanced jazz guitar ensembles are written for four and five guitars by some of the best guitar ensemble arrangers in the business. Arrangers include, Barry Greene, Dave Frackenpohl, Steve Schenkel, Andrian Ingram, and Chris Buzzelli. Not only are these fine performance pieces for...

A modern arpeggio handbook and comprehensive training manual for developing fast, flowing arpeggio runs that connect the entire fretboard. Emphasis is on developing fluid, non-shifting arpeggio patterns (across the neck) using hammer-ons and pull-offs for speed and fluidity; and also on developing...

Jacqueline du Pré (1945-1987) was one of the world’s great cellists. At age 11, she won the most prestigious cello award in Britain and was an established artist at twenty. At twenty-one, she married young conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim. Six years later, her career was over. She had developed...

Really Easy Piano: Coldplay features 25 great songs from one of the biggest rock bands in the world, arranged for really easy Piano. These simplified arrangements are accompanied by background notes on the songs as well as handy playing hints and tips. Suitable for beginners of all ages, including...

The **Leonard Cohen: Chord Songbook is here, and now with just a handful of easy-to-learn chords you can begin playing 19 songs from the master poet and guitarist. Each song has been specially arranged by Rikky Rooksby in the original keys from the actual hit recordings, with guitar chord diagrams...

This songbook presents a great collection of Stan Getz solos, authentically transcribed by Steve Tayton for tenor saxophone with accompanying chord symbols. Performance notes for each song are provided along with a discography spanning over forty years. Song List: - Amorous Cat - Blood...

In Piano Lesson #8, you learn to put in chord tones 5 + 7 into your accompaniment. Power 5 is a technique that drives your song forward. Together with the 7th tone, they make mesmerizing sound. For the right hand, you learn the embellish the melody with octave chord tones plus...

The Cambridge Companion to the Clarinet is a practical guide to the world of the clarinet. It offers students and performers a composite survey of the history and repertoire of the instrument from its origins to the present day, as well as practical guidance on teaching and performing. Special focus...

Lots of piano books offer either in-depth analysis or quick gimmicks that don’t really teach music theory. But The Only Basic Piano Instruction Book You’ll Ever Need is different. For students who want to learn the basics and dive right into playing, this book skips all the unnecessary trivia...