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2015 Greatest Rock & Pop Hits for Piano

2015 Greatest Rock & Pop Hits for Piano

2015 Greatest Rock & Pop Hits for PianoContaining 21 of 2015’s most memorable songs with piano accompaniment, 2015 Greatest Rock & Pop Hits for Piano has vocal melodies, lyrics, and guitar chord diagrams. Included are: “All About that Bass”; “Compass”; “Cool Kids”; “Doin’ What She Likes”; “I See Fire”; “Let It Go”: and 15 more. Also available, 2015 Rock Charts Rock & Pop Hits for Guitar with guitar TAB arrangements for 19 hits that include the above songs, plus 11 others.

2015 Greatest Rock & Pop Hits for Piano and 2015 Rock Charts Rock and Pop Hits for Guitar, Alfred Music, www.alfred.com.

Modal Jazz: 10 Classic Tunes

The Jazz Play-Along series is an ultimate learning tool for Bb, Eb, C, and bass clef instruments, providing musician-friendly lead sheets, melody cues, and split track choices on an included play-along CD for improvisation study. There’s even a full stereo accompaniment track for performance. Included on 10 Classic Tunes are: “Black Narcissus,” “Bolivia,” “Cantelope Island,” “Caravan,” “Contemplation,” br-modal-jazz-10-classic-tunes“Freedom Jazz Dance,” “Impressions,” “Shutterbug,” “So What,” and “Yes or No.” There are 187 other Jazz Play-Along sets available, covering blues, swing, classic jazz, tango, and much more.

Modal Jazz: 10 Classic Tunes, Hal Leonard Corporation, www.halleonard.com.

the real vocal book

The Real Vocal Book: Volume IV LOW Voice

Hal Leonard’s answer to the fake book, The Real Vocal Book is legally and professionally copied and meticulously checked for accuracy in melody, harmony, and rhythms. A variety of recordings and alternate editions were consulted to create the most user-friendly presentations of 300 songs. Form within each song is clearly the real vocal bookdelineated and placed in obvious visual arrangement. Volume IV Low Voice (or High Voice) includes a variety of genres, from standards and jazz to pop and Broadway tunes.

The Real Vocal Book: Volume IV Low Voice, Hal Leonard Corporation, www.halleonard.com.

How to Play Blues Fusion Guitar

How to Play Blues Fusion Guitar

Blues fusion merges the soulfulness of the blues with the sophistication of jazz. This book with online audio access will show you the key elements of blues fusion—scales, chords, and arpeggios—and how to use them. You will look at the gear used by masters of the style like Robben Ford of Local 47 (Los Angeles, CA), Larry Carlton of Local 257 (Nashville, TN), Mike Stern and John Scofield of Local 802 (New York City), and Eric Johnson of Local 433 (Austin, TX), and explore their music.

How to Play Blues Fusion Guitar, by Joe Charupakorn, Hal Leonard Corporation, www.halleonard.com.

The Complete Guide to Connecting Audio, Video, and MIDI Equipment

BR-The-Complete-Guide-to-Connecting-AudioCorrect audio, video, and MIDI connections are crucial, especially with the wide range of hardware and software options available today. This step-by-step guide reveals the best ways to correctly connect studio equipment with more than 30 diagrams applicable for home, professional, post-production, and more. It makes it simple to understand connection considerations and technical requirements for all types of studio set-ups

The Complete Guide to Connecting Audio, Video, and MIDI Equipment: Get the Most out of Your Digital, Analog, and Electronic Music Setups, by José “Chilitos” Valenzuela, Hal Leonard Corporation,
www.halleonardbooks.com.

Howard Shore Collection Volumes 1 and 2

Howard Shore Collection Volumes 1 and 2

Howard Shore Collection Volumes 1 and 2Academy Award winner Howard Shore is best known for his elegant and eclectic television and film scores. Volume 1 is a compendium of 22 of the multi award-winning composer’s most well-known titles for piano and vocals, including: “Billy’s Theme” (The Departed); “Gollum’s Song” (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers); and “Saturday Night Live” (opening theme). Volume 2 features faithful arrangements of 24 of his best known titles: “Birthday March” (Big), “Brooklyn Heights 3” (Gangs of New York), “Dreaming of Bag End” (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey), “Jacob’s Theme” (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse), and “Portrait of John Doe” (Seven).

The Howard Shore Collection, Volumes 1 and 2, Alfred Music, www.alfred.com.

Daniels’ Orchestral Music

Daniels’ Orchestral Music

Daniels’ Orchestral MusicDaniels’ Orchestral Music is an in-depth guide for conductors, music programmers, orchestra librarians, and students researching orchestral programs. This updated fifth edition contains more than 8,500 entries, organized alphabetically by composer and title. Each entry includes the piece’s date of composition, duration, and instrumentation. Appendices include lists of chorus and solo works, plus lists of instrumental works by instrumentation, duration, those intended for youth concerts, anniversaries of composers, and composer groups. The “Orchestralogy” appendix provides a bibliography and gives Internet resources, institutions, and organizations of interest to orchestra professionals.

Daniels’ Orchestral Music, Fifth Edition, by David Daniels, Rowman & Littlefield, www.rowman.com.

Confessions of a Vintage Guitar Dealer: The Memoirs of Norman Harris

BR-Confessions-of-a-Vintage-Guitar-DealerNorman Harris, owner of Norman’s Rare Guitars, has bought and sold treasured guitars for more than 50 years. He’s supplied some of the world’s top stars and instruments for more than 100 television shows, music videos, and films like Bound for Glory, Back to the Future, and This Is Spinal Tap. This memoir is full of fascinating stories and insights into the entertainment business, as well as photos of some of the world’s most beautiful and rare guitars.

Confessions of a Vintage Guitar Dealer: The Memoirs of Norman Harris, by Norman Harris
with David Yorkin, Hal Leonard Corporation, www.halleonard.com.

Music Direction for the Stage: A View from the Podium

BR-Music-Direction-for-the-StageMusic directors for the stage draw on many skills—conducting, arranging, orchestration, choral directing, vocal coaching, and accompanying—yet the job remains relatively undocumented. Local 802 (New York City) member and veteran music director Joseph Church offers a behind-the-scenes account of music direction through actual and hypothetical case studies. It features sections on specific tasks, from vocal arranging to rehearsal methods to song analysis.

Music Direction for the Stage: A View from the Podium, by Joseph Church, Oxford University Press, www.oup.com.

let me out

Let Me Out: Unlock Your Creative Mind and Bring Your Ideas to Life

let me outLocal 47 (Los Angeles, CA) member Peter Himmelman has made a living in the creative world for more than 35 years, first as a musician, then as a top speaker and consultant on creativity and leadership for businesses around the world through his company Big Muse. In this book, he combines proven cognitive methods with his own unique artistic techniques to unite and convert left and right-brain thinking into action. He will show you how to: reduce fear to become more creative; create with purpose; communicate effectively and deeper; and complete worthwhile projects that have stayed in the “bits and pieces” phase forever.

Let Me Out: Unlock Your Creative Mind and Bring Your Ideas to Life, by Peter Himmelmann, Penguin Random House, penguinrandomhouse.com.