Ever wanted to play the blues, but weren’t sure where to start? Blues Piano The complete guide with audio by Mark Harrison will teach you the basic skills you need. From comping to soloing, you’ll learn the theory, the tools, and even the tricks that the pros use. And, you get seven complete tunes to […]
Techniques on how to gain greater fluidity of movement while playing to improve the quality of the experience are offered in this manual for serious piano players. What Every Pianist Needs to Know About the Body by Thomas Carson Mark encourages musicians to develop a broader understanding of the involvement of the entire body in […]
Berklee Jazz Standards for Solo Piano includes 12 arrangements by various arrangers for solo jazz piano of standard jazz tunes. These arrangements are fun to play, musically suitable for performance, and support the Berklee piano curriculum and other activities (e.g., auditions). They are organized by performance level, with examples from Levels 1 through 4, so […]
Learn and Apply Music Theory for Piano & Keyboard The Circle of Fifths is the ancient “Rosetta Stone” of music theory, that not only tells you which notes are in any key, but also contains the secret of how every scale is built and how scales relates to each other. The Circle of Fifths for […]
This 32-page book by pianist, composer, and educator Lee Evans consists of beautiful art songs (lieder) by famous classical composers, music set to poetry for piano and voice, but here presented in piano solo arrangements to be played purely instrumentally. Composers whose songs are featured in this first of three volumes in this projected three-book […]
What movements, then, produce the most desirable sounds at the piano? Drawing from experience in the fields of piano instruction, medicine, and Body Mapping, author Lisa Marsh presents a detailed discussion — complete with anatomical drawings and music examples — about the types of movement that contribute to a healthy, fluid, and versatile piano technique. […]
Play eight of your favorite Queen songs with sound-alike backing tracks in the Queen Songbook Piano Play Along. Each volume in this series comes with orchestrated arrangements. The music in this book matches these recorded orchestrations. There are two tracks for each — a full performance for listening, plus a separate backing track which lets […]
Includes All the Major, Minor (Natural, Harmonic, Melodic) & Chromatic Scales — Plus Additional Instructions on Music Fundamentals Complete Book of Scales Chords Arpeggios and Cadences by Willard A. Palmer, Morton Manus, and Amanda Vick Lethco offers scale, chord, arpeggio, and cadence studies in all major and minor keys presented in a convenient two-page format. […]
Josefa Heifetz, daughter of renowned violinist Jascha Heifetz, is a pianist, teacher, and lexicographer well-versed in the idiomatic languages of both the keyboard and the English language. Her 24 Exercises at the Piano by Josefa Heifetz contains a series of trills, scales, chromatics, and arpeggios in single-note strings designed to help the player develop finger […]
Musician’s Yoga: A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Inspiration by Mia Olson will help you become a better musician through yoga. By integrating yoga into your practice routines, you will develop a more focused and concentrated mind for performance. You will be able to increase awareness of how you use your body to allow for […]