The Real Books are the best-selling jazz books of all time. Since the 1970s, musicians have trusted these volumes to get them through every gig, night after night. The problem is that the books were illegally produced and distributed without any copyrights or royalties paid to the master composers who created these musical canons. Hal Leonard is very proud to present the first legitimate and legal editions of these books ever produced. You and your customers won't even notice the difference...the covers look the same, the engravings look the same, the songlist is nearly identical, and the price remains fair even on a musician's salary! But every conscientious musician and music store owner will appreciate that these books are now produced legally and ethically, benefitting the songwriters that we owe for some of the greatest music ever written! 400 songs, including: All Blues * Au Privave * Autumn Leaves (Les Feuilles Mortes) * Black Orpheus * Bluesette * Body and Soul * Bright Size Life * Con Alma * Dolphin Dance * Don't Get Around Much Anymore * Easy Living * Epistrophy * Falling in Love with Love * Footprints * Four * Four on Six * Giant Steps * Have You Met Miss Jones? * How High the Moon * I'll Remember April * Impressions * Lullaby of Birdland * Misty * My Funny Valentine * Oleo * Red Clay * Satin Doll * Sidewinder * Stella by Starlight * Take Five * There Is No Greater Love * Wave * and more!...

This book and CD pack will teach you how to play jazz chords all over the fretboard in a variety of styles and progressions. It covers voicings, progressions, jazz chord theory, comping, chord melody, chord soloing, voice leading, and more. The CD includes 99 full-band demo tracks....

Are you tired of playing the same riffs over and over again? Or maybe you just don't know what to play during your solo? Rhythm Riffs gives you the tools to increase your improvising vocabulary. This book/CD pack covers rock, blues, jazz, country, and "outside" styles. It gives you major, minor and dominant 7th riffs (12 of each!) plus a special "exotic" section. You'll have a riff for nearly any musical situation. The CD includes each riff played at full speed and at a slower practice tempo....

78 all-time hits arranged for easy guitar, including: All I Ask of You * Beauty and the Beast * Body and Soul * Crazy * Georgia on My Mind * Endless Love * Imagine * In the Mood * Just the Way You Are * Let It Be * Longer * Memory * Moon River * My Favorite Things * Piano Man * The Rainbow Connection * Satin Doll * Spanish Eyes * Stormy Weather * Tears in Heaven * Time in a Bottle * Top of the World * Unchained Melody * We've Only Just Begun * Yesterday * and more. (Does not include tablature.)...

This keyboard instruction book is designed for the person who was trained classically but wants to expand into the very exciting - yet very different - world of jazz improvisation. Author Dominic Alldis provides clear explanations and musical examples of: pentatonic improvisation; the blues; rock piano; rhythmic placement; scale theory; major, minor and pentatonic scale theory applications; melodic syntax; the language of bebop; left-hand accompaniment; walking bass lines; thematic development; performance tips; and more.Also available by Dominic Alldis:A Classical Approach to Jazz Piano - Exploring Harmony00220017/$19.95...

Add to your repertoire and reinforce your technique with this collection of traditional, easy-to-play kids' songs. Bring these beautiful melodies to life by listening to the recordings on the companion CD, then using the transcriptions to practice single-note melodies, basic strums and basslines, and simple chords. A supplement to the Acoustic Guitar Method, this terrific book/CD pack teaches 15 beloved children's tunes: The Green Grass Grew All Around * Frog Went A-Courtin' * Grandpa's Farm * Hole in the Bucket * Hopalong Peter * I've Been Working on the Railroad * Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho * Midnight Special * Mole in the Ground * My Darling Clementine * Oh! Susanna * The Riddle Song * She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain * Skip to My Lou * There Ain't No Bugs on Me. Includes: complete lyrics; full guitar parts in standard notation, tablature and chord diagrams; and detailed notes on song origins and arrangements....

18 transcriptions from one of the greatest and most revered jazz pianists, including: A Child Is Born • The Continental • The Girl from Ipanema • Gravy Waltz • I'm Old Fashioned • It Ain't Necessarily So • Little Girl Blue &b

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Learn 'every trick in the book' including virtually every whammy bar and two-handed fretting technique conceivable as well as all types of harmonics, sound effects, and other techniques. All of the techniques are applied to a variety of licks. Also includes five fully transcribed solos. Loaded with instructional photos demonstrating the techniques. Music and examples demonstrated on cassette or CD....

Piano reduction of the score with vocal parts....