Jagged Little Pill (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook) [Paperback] Review

The person who says this is sheet music is wrong.If you look in the upper left corner you will see the Guitar Recorded Verison this is what this is.If that person bought this item he should have retured it.I think he just messed up because their is a sheet music version.As always Hal's books are the best most correct of all tab books!

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Matching folio to her runaway hit, including: You Oughta Know
* All I Really Want
* Hand in My Pocket
* Ironic and more.

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The Contemporary Keyboardist and Expanded (Instructional) [Plastic Comb] Review

John Novello is an amazing musician.Having a book that gives insite into his approach would be quite valuable all by itself, but he has put together a very comprehensive work that is a must have for any musician looking to expand his/her knowledge and abilities.In this modern age where the electronic keyboard provides the easiest access to the world of instrumentation, as a songwriter/arranger I find John's Contemporary Keyboardist to be an essential reference, especially as my main instrument is the guitar.

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This comprehensive, 562-page method, called "Solid, readable and relevant" by Keyboard magazine and "The major work for today's pianists" by International Musician, is divided into four sections. The first, "A Philosophy of Music," deals with communication, cause-effect principles and practice disciplines. The second section, "Mechanics," covers all the basics of keyboard music and playing (notation, harmony, improv, sight reading, etc.), as well as their applications. The third section, "The Business Scene," contains guidelines and industry advice for contemporary keyboardists. Section four, "Interviews," provides insights into the artistry and technique of famous players such as Herbie Hancock, Henry Mancini, Edgar Winter, Keith Emerson, Paul Shaffer and many more. Includes an index.

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FASTFORWARD: 12-BAR BLUES PIANO (Fast Forward (Music Sales)) [Audiobook] [Paperback] Review

This book provides a painless introduction to playing blues piano in six styles: Basic Shuffle, Boogie Woogie, Walking Bass, Stride, Jazz,and Rock. It presents the left and right hand parts separately, then throws them together. Each example has two tracks on the CD, with and without the piano part. The left hand parts are quite complete, but the right hand parts are a little thin, leaving out slides, crushed notes and tremelos. However, the backing tracks on the CD are outstanding. Once you master the material in the book, you can reuse the CD backing tracks with licks from other books like David Bennet Cohen's Blues Piano or Mark Harrison's Blues Piano. Had the author included more material, this could be a 5 satr book.

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Learn to play the 12-bar blues using authentic techniques to get the real blues sound.

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The Fifty Greatest Jazz Piano Players of All Time: Ranking, Analysis & Photos (Book) [Hardcover] Review

Ranking musicians/artists is wrongheaded but some of these picks are just beyond the pale.He ranks the number 1-4 top jazz pianists of all time as Oscar Peterson, Bill Evans, Bud Powell and Art Tatum.Reasonable picks.So who's number 5?Gotta be along the lines of Chick, Herbie, Keith, McCoy, Cecil, Fatha Hines, Teddy Wilson, Fats, or Jelly Roll, right?Get this- Monty Alexander!and who's number 6?Benny Green!I was in disbelief.As you wade through the rest of the picks you realize that the closer a pianist comes to duplicating Oscar's style the higher he is rated (Gene Harris rates 12 if I recall).Now I have plenty of Monty Alexander and Benny Green recordings and enjoy their playing, but they are hardly the sort of original pianists that would merit their rubbing shoulders with these giants.This book may familarize the jazz piano enthusiast with some players they didn't previously know but a better book in that regard would be Robert Doershuk's "88: The Giants of Jazz Piano."Doerschuk's book features more pianists, is more informative and comes with a CD.I will say that Rizzo's book has some nice photos.

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Handy resource for jazz listeners and hardcore fans.Spanning players from eighty years of history, this bold book steps forward and claims who are the greatest. Compiled from an extensive survey conducted with the best jazz minds in the ed



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Keyboard Chords Deluxe: Full-Color Photos and Diagrams for Over 900 Chords (keyboard instruction) [Paperback] Review

This is the best keyboard chord chart book that I have found in a long time!It goes through an explination of chord types and their symbols before showing the chords themselves. It includes pictures of how the chords look on the staff, a drawing of a keyboard with the notes shaded in that are included in the chord, and even an actual picture of how a right have would look playing the chord!They are arranged in an easy-to-find way and includes both the notation for treble and bass clef.This is a wonderful book for ANY keyboard player looking to expand their knowledge on chords, or to just confirm any questionable chords.I highly recommend this book.

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This beautiful and informative resource is a must for all piano students and players! It contains easy-to-read chord diagrams, easy-to-see full-color photos, basic chord theory, treble and bass clef notation, a chord symbol chart, and much more.

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Piano Chord Dictionary (Handy Guide) [Paperback] Review

This is a handy little book, the only problem is it gives you, I guess, 'their' version of the best hand positions to play certain chords, but it clashes with some of my other chord charts. 'The chord encyclopedia' would probably be a better choice because it gives you several position to play when possible.

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This Handy Guide shows the notation, fingering and keyboard diagrams for all the important chords used in modern popular music. Only the most practical position of each chord is shown. Two bass notes are given for each chord. Major, minor, diminished, augmented, sixth chords, seventh chords, ninth chords, eleventh chords and thirteenth chords are clearly shown. Includes a chord chart and major scale chart.

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The Ultimate Christmas Fake Book: for Piano, Vocal, Guitar, Electronic Keyboard and All C Instruments (Fake Books) [Plastic Comb] Review

First, there seems to be a discrepancy with the picture of the songbook's cover shown above.

I have posted a customer image of the songbook's actual cover (which is beautiful in and of itself).

Obviously, the incorrect image above is from an earlier 3rd edition. Notice the old cover says over 200 songs... well, this updated edition now has 275 songs.

Also, this book now has 231 pages as opposed to the 160 pages mentioned above under "Product Details".

Edit 12/07/08: Ok... I hadn't checked in a very long time, but obviously Amazon has removed the incorrect image that I just made mention of... so you can ignore that part of this review.

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I love this book!

I am an amateur pianist and enjoy playing from this fakebook very much.

This is a great selection of Yuletide favorites represented in melody lines, lyrics and chords.

Seemingly, most of the titles you'd look for are in this collection as well as a lot of lesser-known ones.

I have listed the complete contents below.

Please take care to make sure enough of 'your' favorite Christmas tunes are listed there so that you don't regret buying the book.

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I heartily and heartfully recommend this Christmas songbook to you!

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Contents:

A Caroling We Go C Major
Grandma's Killer Fruitcake G Major
All My Heart This Night Rejoices Bb Major
All Through The Night F Major
Away In A Manger F Major
Almost Day G Major
An Old Fashioned Christmas F Major
Angels From The Realms Of Glory C Major
Angels We Have Heard On High F Major
As Each Happy Christmas G Major
As Lately We Watched G Major
As With Gladness Men Of Old G Major
Baby, It's Cold Outside F Major
Auld Lang Syne F Major
A Baby In The Cradle Ab Major
Because It's Christmas (For All The Children) C Major
The Birthday of a King (Neidlinger) Ab Major
The Boar's Head Carol C Major
A Boy Is Born In Bethlehem A Minor
Bring A Torch, Jeannette, Isabella G Major
Burgundian Carol C Minor
Carol Of The Bells G Minor
Carol Of The Birds E Minor
Caroling, Caroling G Major
The Chipmunk Song C Major
Celebrate The Child Ab Major
Christ Was Born On Christmas Day F Major
Christians, Awake! Salute The Happy Morn C Major
C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S C Major
A Christmas Carol Bb Major
Christmas Is All In The Heart G Major
Christmas Time Is Here F Major
Christmas Is A-Comin' (May God Bless You) Eb Major
Christmas Is Just About Here F Major
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) Eb Major
The Christmas Waltz F Major
Come, All Ye Shepherds F Major
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus F Mjor
Coventry Carol A Minor
Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy E Minor
A La Nanita Nana (Hear Lullabies and Sleep Now) E Minor
Deck The Hall F Major
Ding Dong! Merrily On High! Bb Major
Do They Know It's Christmas? C Major
Douglas Mountain F Major
Everyone's A Child At Christmas C Major
Everywhere, Everywhere, Christmas Tonight G Major
Feliz Navidad D Major
The First Noel D Major
The Friendly Beasts Eb Major
From Heaven Above To Earth I Come D Major
From The Eastern Mountains F Major
Frosty The Snow Man C Major
Fum, Fum, Fum A Minor
Gather Around The Christmas Tree F Major
Glad Christmas Bells G Major
Glad Tidings (Shalom Chaverim) D Minor
Go, Tell It On The Mountain F Major
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen E Minor
Goin' On A Sleighride F Major
Good Christian Men, Rejoice F Major
Good King Wenceslas G Major
Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer E Major
The Greatest Gift Of All G Major
Greenwillow Christmas G Major
Hallelujah Chorus D Major
The Happy Christmas Comes Once More F Major
Happy Christmas, Little Friend G Major
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) A Major
Happy Hanukkah, My Friend (The Hanukkah Song) G Major
Happy Holiday Eb Major
Happy New Year Darling F Major
He Is Born G Major
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing G Major
He Bb Major
Hear Them Bells G Major
Here We Come A-Wassailing D Major
The Holly And The Ivy G Major
A Holly Jolly Christmas C Major
(There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays C Major
How Brightly Beams The Morning Star D Major
How Lovely Is Christmas C Major
Hymne Eb Major
I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day F Major
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus C Major
I Saw Three Ships G Major
I Still Believe In Santa Claus D Major
I'll Be Home On Christmas Day E Major
I Wonder As I Wander G Minor
I'll Be Home For Christmas C Major
I'm Spending Christmas With You C Major
In The Field With Flocks Abiding G Major
It Came Upon The Midnight Clear Bb Major
It Must Have Been The Mistletoe (Our First Christmas) F Major
It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas Ab Major
It's Christmas Time All Over The World Eb Major
It's Just Another New Year's Eve F Major
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring G Major
Jesus Born On This Day D Major
Jingle-Bell Rock C Major
Jingle Bells G Major
Jingle, Jingle, Jingle C Major
Jolly Old St. Nicholas Bb Major
Joy To The World D Major
Joyous Christmas C Major
Last Christmas C Major
The Last Month Of The Year (What Month Was Jesus Born In?) D Major
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! F Major
Let's Have An Old Fashioned Christmas Eb Major
Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming F Major
March Of The Three Kings G Minor
March Of The Toys G Minor
A Marshmallow World C Major
Mary Had A Baby F Major
Mary's Little Boy F Major
Mary's Little Boy Child Bb Major
Masters In This Hall D Minor
The Merry Christmas Polka Eb Major
A Merry, Merry Christmas To You Bb Major
Mister Santa Bb Major
The Most Wonderful Day Of The Year C Major
My Favorite Things E Minor, composed by Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers, From "The Sound Of Music".
No Eye Had Seen Ab Major
The Night Before Christmas Song C Major
Noel! Noel! Bb Major
Nuttin' For Christmas F Major
O Come Rejoicing G Major
O Bethlehem G Major
O Christmas Tree F Major
O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) G Major
O Come, Little Children Eb Major
O Come, O Come Immanuel E Minor
O Hearken Ye G Major
O Holy Night C Major
O Little Town Of Bethlehem F Major
O Sanctissima C Major
Old Toy Trains F Major
On Christmas Night G Major
Once In Royal David's City F Major
One Bright Star G Major
One For The Little Bitty Baby (Go Where I Send Thee) C Major
Out Of The East Eb Major
Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers C Major
Pat-A-Pan (Willie, Take Your Little Drum) G Minor
Poor Little Jesus D Minor
Pretty Paper G Major
Rejoice And Be Merry G Major
Ring Out, Ye Wild And Merry Bells C Major
Rise Up, Shepherd, And Follow Eb Major
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree C Major
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer C Major
Santa Baby G Major
Santa, Bring My Baby Back (To Me) C Major
The Santa Claus Parade C Major
Share Love E Major
Shout The Glad Tidings Eb Major
Silent Night C Major
Silver And Gold C Major
Silver Bells Bb Major
The Simple Birth G Major
Sing We Now Of Christmas G Minor
Sleep, Holy Babe D Major
The Snow Lay On The Ground G Major
Snowfall Db Major
Some Children See Him F Major
Some Things For Christmas (A Snake, Some Mice, Some Glue And A Hole Too) G Major
The Star Carol Eb Major
The Star Carol (Canzone D'i Zampognari) G Major
The Star Of Christmas Morning C Minor
Still, Still, Still D Major
Suzy Snowflake C Major
Tennessee Christmas C Major
That Christmas Feeling Bb Major
There's A Song In The Air G Major
This Is Christmas (Bright, Bright The Holly Berries) D Major
This One's For The Children F Major
Toyland F Major
'Twas The Night Before Christmas C Major
The Twelve Days Of Christmas F Major
Up On The Housetop Eb Major
A Virgin Unspotted D Major
Wassail, Wassail F Major
We Are Santa's Elves F Major
We Need A Little Christmas G Major
We Three Kings Of Orient Are G Major
We Wish You A Merry Christmas C Major
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? F Major
What Child Is This? E Minor
When Christ Was Born Of Mary Free G Major
Whence Comes This Rush Of Wings G Minor
When Santa Claus Gets Your Letter C Major
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks C Major
The White World Of Winter G Major
Winds Through The Olive Trees Bb Major
Wonderful Christmastime Bb Major
The Wonderful World Of Christmas G Major
You Make It Feel Like Christmas D Major
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly G Major
A Cradle Prayer Bb Major
After December Slips Away G Major
All I Want For Christmas Is You G Major
All My Heart Rejoices G Major
As Long As There's Christmas Bb Major
Beside Thy Cradle Here I Stand G Major
Break Forth, O Beauteous, Heavenly Light Eb Major
Call His Name Jesus C Major
Carol Of The Bagpipers F Major
Cold December Nights A Minor
Do You Hear What I Hear C Major
Emmanuel F Major
Feels Like Christmas E Major
Gesu Bambino (The Infant Jesus) E Major
Gloria F Major
Grandpa's Gonna Sue The Pants Offa Santa C Major...Read more›

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The 4th edition of this bestselling fake book has been updated to now include 275 traditional and contemporary Christmas songs! Includes the melody line, lyrics and chords for: All Through the Night * Away in a Manger * The Chipmunk Song * The Christmas Shoes * The Christmas Song * Deck the Hall * Do You Hear What I Hear * Feliz Navidad * Frosty the Snow Man * Fum, Fum, Fum * Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer * Happy Holiday * A Holly Jolly Christmas * I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day * I'll Be Home for Christmas * Jingle-Bell Rock * Jingle Bells * Joy to the World * Little Saint Nick * Merry Christmas, Darling * Nuttin' for Christmas * Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer * Silent Night * Silver Bells * Toyland * Up on the Housetop * What Child Is This? * Who Would Imagine a King * Wonderful Christmastime * more.

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How to Play Popular Piano in 10 Easy Lessons: The Fastest, Easiest Way to Learn to Play from Sheet Music or by Ear [Paperback] Review

For the beginner, this book is excellent. I have looked at many piano books when I first began playing, and most of them were usually too complicated, or too simplistic. This book, however, was one that fell right in the middle and helped me understand all kinds of important ideas in music, such as harmony and melody, building chords and scales (and understanding HOW), reading music, how to understand progressions, and how to play by ear and improvise. It is certainly geared toward getting you "up and playing" in the simplest, fastest way, at a moderate pace, with a good depth of information that does not get overwhelming. Because of this, this book is probably suited much more for the person who has no music experience and wants to learn the basics of how to play out of fake books and begin improvising. It is probably not good for those who want in-depth and more advanced theory of music, but it is an excellent book to use as a stepping stone toward more adva! nced piano study. This is a must have book for any beginnger.

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"Anyone who can dial a telephone can learn to play popular piano quickly and easily."
So says Norman Monath, author of How to Play Popular Piano in 10 Easy Lessons. His no-frills, no-drills method will have you playing simple tunes within 30 minutes -- even if you don't know one note from another.
The secret? Learning the basic chords and how to adapt them. With lots of clearly illustrated chord examples, keyboard diagrams and practice pieces ranging from "Silent Night" to "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head," Monath teaches you:
* the basic structure of music
* how to alter the basic chords for creative accompaniment
* how to read tunes from sheet music
* how to improvise
* how to play by ear
* how to create your own playing style -- whether you lean toward pop, blues, jazz or rock
For everyone from rank beginner to experienced virtuoso, this step-by-step, uncomplicated guidebook makes learning to play popular piano the easy and enjoyable experience it should be.

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