Boogie Woogie for Beginners (Music Instruction)


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(Keyboard Instruction). A short easy method for learning to play boogie woogie, designed for the beginner and average pianist. Includes: exercises for developing left-hand bass * 25 popular boogie woogie bass patterns * arrangements of "Down the Road a Piece" and "Answer to the Prayer" by well-known pianists * a glossary of musical terms for dynamics, tempo and style.







Absolute beginners


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Provides instruction and exercises for beginner pianists. Includes audio CD.




Teach Yourself to Play Blues & Boogie Piano


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(Piano Instruction). If you are a pianist who has already developed some ability on your instrument, and have an interest in learning about blues and boogie woogie, this book is tailor-made for you. Jazz and swing are also discussed. You'll focus on many aspects of these styles, proceeding slowly at first, then progressing more quickly after the fundamentals have been introduced. Most of the songs and arrangements are at the intermediate level. The online audio features demo tracks, as well as stylistic backing tracks with bass and drums only so you can play along as the soloist. Topics covered include: 12-bar blues * left-hand bass patterns * right-hand licks * turnarounds & endings * swing & dotted rhythms * improvisation * and much more.




It's Easy to Play Boogie-Woogie


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It's Easy to Play Boogie-Woogie is a fabulous collection of simplified, easy-to-read arrangements of 20 popular songs in the Boogie-Woogie style for Piano - Perfect for the beginner pianist looking to bolster their repertoire and improve their playing. Song List: - Alright Okay You Win - Blue Suede Shoes - Brazilian Love Song - Catch A Falling Star - Cinderella Rockafella - Cuanto Le Gusta - Frankie And Johnny - Green Green Grass Of Home - He's Got The Whole World In His Hand - He's Got The Whole World In His Hands - Jailhouse Rock - King Of The Road - Never On A Sunday - Night Train - Proud Mary - Ramblin' Rose - Release Me - Spanish Harlem - The Last Round Up - When The Saints Go Marching In




Jazz, Rags & Blues


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Jazz, Rags & Blues, Book 2 contains original solos for early intermediate to intermediate-level pianists that reflect the various styles of the jazz idiom. An excellent way to introduce your students to this distinctive American contribution to 20th century music. The online audio includes dynamic recordings of each song in the book.




It's Easy to Play Carpenters


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It's Easy to Play Carpenters is a fabulous collection of simplified, easy-to-read arrangements of 20 popular Carpenters songs for Piano - Perfect for the beginner pianist looking to bolster their repertoire and improve their playing. Song List: - (They Long To Be) Close To You - An Old Fashioned Love Song - For All We Know - Goodbye To Love - Hurting Each Other - Let Me Be The One - Only Yesterday - Please Mr Postman - Rainy Days And Mondays - Sing - Solitaire - Top Of The World - We've Only Just Begun - Yesterday Once More




Clavier


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Langston Hughes and the Blues


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The shades and structures of the blues had an immense impact on the poetry of Langston Hughes. Steven C. Tracy provides a cultural context for Hughes’s work while revealing how Hughes mined Black oral and literary traditions to create his poetry. Comparing Hughes’s poems to blues texts, Tracy reveals how Hughes’s experimental forms reflect the poetics, structures, rhythms, and musical techniques of the music. Tracy also offers a discography of recordings by the artists--Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, Blind Lemon Jefferson, and others--who most influenced the poet.




New Easy Original Piano / Keyboard Music - Beginners - Intermediate (2nd Edition)


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The object of this book has been to produce a collection of original pieces (composed by the author) which are both easy and satisfying to play. I hope I've succeeded. I certainly enjoy playing all of them. The 16 original compositions in this collection range from moderately easy to intermediate, but certainly not difficult. Although I have indicated this in the overview they are not featured in any particular order of how difficult they are. In relation to the Associated Board grades, I would rate these pieces at between grades 1 to 5. All except one have been written with a 'chord line' so that they can alternatively be played easily using an electronic keyboard with auto accompaniment. Additionally, many of the pieces can be played on a four or five octave keyboard. Listen Before you Buy. All of the pieces can be heard in the link in the free preview of this book, please listen to these before purchasing - if you don't like them you'll not have to bother buying it! But I think you'll like them!