Pop Standards: Piano: Instrumental Album

In the 5th volume of the series SCHOTT PIANO LOUNGE the arranger Carsten Gerlitz presents 18 standards from the great era of swing from Glenn Miller to Duke Ellington.

Easy Jazzin' About Standards presents favourite jazz songs especially arranged by Pam Wedgwood for elementary level pianists. The selection also includes fun original pieces written by Pam and a complete CD of performances - altogether an unmissable collection of jazz!

Music Minus One Piano-Perform timeless Piano works with Wilber Ware bass George Duvivier bass Bobby Donaldson drums Ed Shaughnessy drums! Perfect for practice rehearsal auditions contest solos performances and more! Two different Rhythm sections (bass

Piano-Along with lyricist Hal David Burt Bacharach penned some of the best pop songs and standards of all time. These superb collections let solo instrumentalists play along with: Alfie · Blue on Blue · Do You Know the Way to San Jose · I Say a Little Prayer · Magic Moments · This Guy's in Love with You · Walk on By · What the World Needs Now · The Windows of the World · and Wives and Lovers. Each pack includes two CDs with complete performances plus minus-one tracks and newly engraved music for the solos printed on high-quality ivory paper.

This Musical Showstoppers edition of the brilliant Piano Playbook series offers excellent new arrangements of 35 of the greatest most enduring showstoppers from the biggest musicals of all time.All tunes are arranged for solo Piano including vocal melody and chord symbols so you can stop your very own shows with these powerfully perennial numbers. Certain songs from certain musicals have that winningcombination of emotion melody and a cracking singer that elevates the tune into the upper echelons of the show itself. These songs are the ones that everyone remembers the ones that effectively stop the show and thisPiano Playbook?collects the best of these Musical Showstoppers?so that you too can relive those moments that send shivers up your spine. Songs like I Dreamed A Dream from 'LesMisérables '?Can You Feel The Love Tonight?from 'The Lion King' and Defying Gravity from 'Wicked.' Each of the tunes in this?Musical Showstoppers songbookperfectly encapsulates what the show itself is about this is why they are so well-loved. You'll be able to play Dancing Queen Cabaret A Whole New World and Singin' In The Rain on the Piano among many others.You can take as your inspiration for learning from this show tunes sheet music the many incredible singers who originally performed such songs and the composers who wrote them. Each song has been beautifully arranged allowing youto recapture the quintessence of the musicals that you love and the songs to which you keep coming back. This selection has been chosen to reflect a number of moods and has been produced to thehighest standards in a handy format that combines convenience with durability. The spiral binding ensures that the Playbook sits flat on a piano or other music stand while the crisp engraving is a pleasure to

Note-for-note Piano transcription book from Vol. 41 'Body And Soul' - featuring Dan Haerle. A rich sampling of Dan’s marvelous comping over selected choruses of 10 timeless standards. Includes: Misty What’s New Teach Me Tonight Body And Soul Alone Together That’s All Time After Time and more!Why you should consider this and other Aebersold Piano voicing transcription books: Ever listen to a great jazz pianist and wonder 'what's he doing there?' Now you'll know! Here as never before is an opportunity to see real jazz Piano voicings and comping over real songs in real live musical settings. These historic books contain note-for-note transcriptions exactly as recorded of the exciting piano accompaniment from the World Famous Aebersold Play-A-Long series. Not just for pianists there are many ways for all musicians to use these wonderful musical tools: Pianists: First listen closely to the pianist on the respective Play-A-Long recording (sold separately). Next reading from the book play along with him imitating his style. Finally turn him off (using the special stereo separation on all of our CDs) and play along by yourself with the bass and drums. With the techniques learned you'll soon be improvising your own accompaniment!Non-Pianists: Horn players arrangers and vocalists can use these books like dictionaries to look up favorite voicings they've heard on a particular Play-A-Long track. Written clearly for two hands even the most novice pianist can play many sections of these books.Teachers/Educators: Give your combo piano students instant jazz voicings and harmonies over a variety of Standards and styles. As personal tools they will enhance your own understanding of voicings and voice movement and provide you with better skills for accompanying your students.

Selected Piano Repertory and Studies-Teachers’ Choice Selected Piano Repertory & Studies for Grades 4 & 5 is compiled to provide teachers and students with good options for the 2013-2014 ABRSM piano examinations. A variety of interesting and appealing piano pieces with up-to-date editorial suggestions are presented to assist students achieve high standards of musical performance. Effective teaching points are suggested with recommended technical studies. Teachers will find this approach very helpful and effective thus enriching their teaching process leading to a greatly successful experience. Examination requirements aside finer detailsin interpretation and stylistic performance are strongly encouraged. Beyond the printed page the editorial suggestions are directed to provide the impetus to strive towards greater musical creativity and perfection. Most important of all enjoy the high standards of music typography; with clear professionally laid scores that combine musical semiotics with modern publishing technology. Digital print on quality cream-coloured paper ensures comfort in reading and learning for the students.

The Associated Board's Jazz Piano series is a comprehensive introduction to the world of jazz. A pioneering set of publications and a rigorously planned syllabus provide the building blocks you need to play jazz with imagination understanding and style and to improvise effectively right from the start. Five books of graded pieces provide a wealth of jazz repertoire for you to play from the great African-American tradition to the vibrant dynamic and multicultural nature of jazz today. Throughout there is a huge range of styles: funky rock grooves up tempo swing tunes calypsos latin pieces jazz waltzes modal pieces bebop gospel etc. There are classic tunes by such jazzgreats as Miles Davis and Thelonius Monk in addition to the brand new pieces which have been specially commissioned from professional British jazz pianists and educators. Within each album there are 15 pieces presented in three categories - blues standards and contemporary jazz. Each piece provides a head which contains all the characteristic voicings phrasing and rhythmic patterns needed for a stylish performance. An improvised section follows where guideline pitches and left-hand voicings are given as a practical starting point for your own solos. These pieces will get you playing confidently and creatively.