Par HANNICKEL MIKE. Your Beginning Band will enjoy this musical joke on their Christmas concert audience. While bits of The Twelve Days of Christmas, O Christmas Tree and Up on the Housetop make up the body of the music, the real intent of the piece is to be a humorous snapshot of a typical family at the Christmas morning gift exchange. This is a chance for your Beginners to play well known season…

This is the second volume of thirteen standards arranged for solo Guitar by Barry Galbraith. Facilitating the learning experience, all chord symbols, left-hand fingering and tablature are included. There is also a companion audio download available online recorded by John Purse. Jim Hall, in his review of the first volume (Just Jazz Guitar magazine, August 2002), said, "The book starts simply a…

Par KROEPEL BOB. The Deluxe Encyclopedia of Piano Chords is a thorough analysis of chords and how to use them as applied to the piano keyboard. Virtually every conceivable chord in all inversions is shown in bass and treble clef notation as well as in keyboard graphics. This study does not only list chord types - it also explains how each type of chord is constructed. In addition, the text provide…

Par HANSEN JONATHAN. Included are hundreds of photos depicting all the chords today's pianist/keyboardist will ever need to know - each shown in the left hand, except where two hands are necessary. Also supplied are a useful graphic which illustrates the location of the notes, a list of note names and the most commonly used chord symbol. Chords are listed by the circle of fifths. A listing of alte…

Lyrics included. He who Commands the ballad will command the audience! Here are 8 soulful ballads enjoyed by both musicians and listeners for years. Ballads have always been a challenge to play but when you hear the right changes played with great feeling by this outstanding rhythm section you?ll agree that learning these songs is made much easier. Melodies, chords, and lyrics are included... tran…

This popular method starts young children on their musical journey by teaching basic principles of guitar playing. It begins with the parts of the guitar, how to comfortably hold the instrument, right and left hand positioning and tuning. Easy step-by-step playing examples are used to teach chords, picking, strumming patterns and single note melodies. This course book uses plain language that make…

Gesamtausgabe, Bd 48. Par BACH JOHANN SEBASTIAN / MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Pianists and lovers of piano music will be pleased with volume 48, which contains Rheinberger’s arrangement for two pianos [WoO 3] of Bach’s Goldberg Variations BWV 988. Through the doubling of voices, the contrapuntal thickening of the thematic material and by distributing the writing of the original over two pianos, Rhein…

Par GEROU TOM. The Best of Tom Gerou, Book 3, is a collection of 12 intermediate to late intermediate solos for students. The piano works in this series were selected from a variety of collections and sheets and were compiled into graded collections. The pieces include Tom's favorites, contest selections, and established student-pleasers throughout the years. Performers will find a well-balanced a…

A variety of different bowings are introduced so that the pupil learns how to use and become familiar with every part of the bow. Every exercise and piece introduced in this book is designed to improve some aspect of technique. Violinists will also enjoy playing these melodies, which with their attractive piano accompaniments and violin duet parts, have been carefully selected to give pleasure at …

The third volume of the Heifetz Collection is a treasure trove of material for violinists, including many items that have never been published before. Jascha Heifetz (1901-1987) remains a landmark among violinists of the twentieth century, a performer who virtually redefined the limits of the possible for his chosen instrument. These transcriptions and arrangements, made to enrich his own repertoi…