The Ukulele Play-Along series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily, with incredible backing tracks to help you sound like a bona fide pro! Just follow the written music, listen to the CD to hear how the ukulele should sound, and then play along with the separate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along. The CD is playable on any CD player, and also enhanced so Mac & PC users can adjust the recording to any tempo without changing the pitch! Each Ukulele Play-Along pack features eight cream-of-the-crop, quintessential songs. Includes these Motown masterpieces: Baby Love

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Entertainment Weekly praised Ceremonials as a confident, unflinching tour de force ... (that) genuinely rocks, and the All Music Guide bestowed upon it 4.5 out of 5 stars. We proudly present all dozen songs from Florence + the Machine's sophomore CD: All This and Heaven Too

The Strum & Sing series provides an unplugged and pared-down approach - just the chords & lyrics with nothing fancy - so you can strum along. Here are easy-to-play ukulele/vocal arrangements of two dozen top tunes from John Mayer: Back to You

Want to learn to play a wide variety of songs on the ukulele? Then this is the right book for you! An easy-to-use resource for the casual hobbyist or working musician, this collection features 50 full songs with standard notation, ukulele tablature, lyrics, and helpful performance notes.

Combining picking patterns, chord strumming & melody lines for interesting and fun arrangements, fingerstyle ukulele has become popular with indie artists and emerging solo uke players around the world. This new book will help anyone move beyond three chords and a strum! Kev covers techniques and patterns, tablature, music reading and much more, with arrangements written specifically for fingerstyle uke in styles ranging from Celtic to classical! Perfect for uke newbies, guitarists ready to take on a new instrument, and singer-songwriters looking to expand their horizons. For Soprano, Concert or Tenor Ukuleles in Standard C Tuning (High G)

Piano: 2nd Time Around is a basic review course for adults who went beyond the beginning stages of piano study earlier in their lives. It's a complete refresher course for students who are returning to piano after a break. Useful in private or group situations, it is the ideal re-introduction to the fun and musical satisfaction of playing the piano. Use PIANO: 2nd TIME AROUND for: the adult who says, I wish I had kept taking lessons or, I wish my folks had not let me quit. performers who may recall some of the basics from early studies but want to improve their performance through a better knowledge of key signatures, basic pianistic technic, and sight reading at the keyboard. University students who are beyond the beginning level.

This comprehensive collection contains easy piano arrangements of popular sacred selections. Includes a wide array of gospel, spiritual, and folk selections, including traditional hymns for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Easter.

Cincinnati Wind Symphony - Eugene Corporon, Conductor From the Klavier Wind Project recordings. Impressive wind band compositions exquisitely performed by this superb wind Symphony. A must for your listening library. CONTENTS:Masquerade, Persichetti*Five Folk*. Return Policy Exception: This product can not be returned. But it can be exchanged if defective, for the exact same title.

Florida Philharmonic Horn Quartet A wonderful model for aspiring horn players, New Classics for 4 Horns is a unique and completely enjoyable CD. Hornists Andrew Lewinter, Dwayne Dixon, Thomas Hadley and Julie McAlister do themselves proud in these excep. Return Policy Exception: This product can not be returned. But it can be exchanged if defective, for the exact same title.

CONTENTS: Abandoned Treasure Hunt (Grice), American Folk Dance (Huckeby), At Daybreak (R. W. Smith), The Blues! (Swearingen), A Christmas Proclamation (R. W. Smith), Crown of Glory (R. W. Smith), Defeating the Giant (Grice), The Distant Castle (SwearingenAndy Clark is a composer/arranger with a diverse background of musical and publishing experiences. He spent 4 years as chief arranger and featured trombonist and drummer with the U.S. Air Force CONAC BAND. After his discharge, Andy was a very successful high school band director and music supervisor for the Rose Hill, Kansas, Public Schools. In 1976 he resigned his teaching position to devote full time to a growing music publishing business, Norman Lee Publishing. Andy has over 250 band numbers published with five publishers, and has served as a clinician at events in 28 states. Return Policy Exception: This product can not be returned. But it can be exchanged if defective, for the exact same title.

The New Columbian Brass Band, George Foreman, Conductor An enjoyable "concert in the park" from the musical period of 1890 to 1920. Featured musicians include: Vincent DiMartino, cornet, Earle Louder, euphonium, Marty Erickson, tuba and Lydia DiMartino,. Return Policy Exception: This product can not be returned. But it can be exchanged if defective, for the exact same title.

This book presents Scottish, Irish and Cape Breton Music as interpreted by one of the greatest fiddlers of the 20th century. Winston's performances were always sparkling with brilliance, yet his impeccable melodic sense makes the music both attractive and learnable for musicians of all levels. This book, the fourth in The Cape Breton Musical Heritage, presents unique Cape Breton settings of tunes without duplicating readily available sources.

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Recollections by the singers, a discography, chord diagrams for five instruments, plus 42 American folk favorites -- all in one great songbook! Here are just a few: Puff (The Magic Dragon) * If I Had My Way * A'Soalin' * Oh, Rock My Soul * It's Raining * One Kind Favor.

Intermediate. 12 tracks of the best music ever written. Songs represented here appeal to a variety of musical tastes. Jazz players have kept these tunes alive. From the lush, expressive ballads to the grooving, swinging standards, the appeal of these songs is world-wide. Book includes lyrics. Rhythm Section: Dan Haerle (p); Todd Coolman (b); Ed Soph (d) Includes: The Boy Next Door East Of The Sun Falling In Love With Love Honeysuckle Rose I Wish I Knew Just Squeeze Me Melancholy Baby My Heart Stood Still Old Folks One O'Clock Jump The Second Time Around.

All Levels. Here we have a typical minor blues in all 12 keys. Few chord progressions offer the freedom and variety of expression found in the minor blues progression. Great players have all approached this chord progression in a variety of ways. Often, they attack each chord vertically in its pure form or play horizontally across the progression, usually with a blues or minor pentatonic scale. Some take all or part of the changes harmonically ""out."" Rhythm Section: Rob Schneiderman (p); Rufus Reid (b); Akira Tana (d).

Another super-groove play-a-long featuring Joey with his trio accompanying you on Blues and some of the greatest standards ever written. Rhythm Section: Joey DeFrancesco (Organ); Paul Bollenback (Guitar); Byron Landham (Drums) Includes: Now's The Time Four On Six The More I See You Mercy, Mercy, Mercy Luch Portion I Fall In Love Too Easily Bye, Bye, Blackbird Gee, Baby Ain't I Good To You Indiana February 14th Anthropology Summertime I'm Getting Sentimental Over You Slow Blues in Bb Obama Nation Notes to the musician: There was a time when I didn't particularly enjoy jazz organ trios. In my teenage years the organ was what I heard in my Methodist church so I associated the instrument with hymns, people singing and church. As jazz evolved and Jimmy Smith and Larry Young entered my jazz record library I learned to love the sound of the Hammond B3 in a jazz setting. I grew up near Louisville, Kentucky and after receiving my driver's license, I would frequent night clubs where often there was an organ trio or quartet playing. On nights when I really felt brave, I would ask to sit in and play a song or two with them. This was part of my early musical bandstand training and it was very important to me. This Volume 123 play-a-long has an outstanding organ trio led by Joey DeFrancesco. Joey, Paul and Byron are Joey's original trio and have played on and off together for many years. I was fortunate to record them on February 14, 2008 at The Jazz Factory in Louisville, Ky., just six weeks before the Jazz Factory closed its doors for good. The trio had played there the night before to a packed house. Some of the songs on this set are on other sets but not in the organ trio format. Usually, when we duplicate a song on a play-a-long we change the tempo or key, or instrumentation and this always gives the rendition a completely different feel. The set opens with "Now's the Time," written by Charlie Parker and has become a standard blues that is probably the most called jam blues of all time. "Four on Six" by Wes Montgomery, is a contrafact written on the chords to Summertime. A contrafact is a new melody written over existing chords. The chords that Wes uses have a lot of ii/V7 substitutes and present a melodic challenge to say the least. "The More I See You" is an old standard with a nice harmonic flow and simple melody. "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" by Joe Zawinul is his most famous song and has been played and arranged many different ways over the years. The solo section is on two chords which makes it approachable by beginning level jazzers. "Lunch Portion" is an original I wrote for Joey's trio. It's a shuffle and at first, makes you think it's going to be a 12 bar blues but it's not. The last two bars of each chorus take you up to the clouds. One of the prettiest ballads ever written is "I Fall In Love Too Easily." It's a master piece in 16 measures and is taken at a very slow tempo. The old jazz standard "Bye, Bye, Blackbird" shows off the trio's ability to set a groove and keep it. After the first chorus,we substitute some descending ii/V7's over the bridge section to add variety. "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You" is a sixteen bar tune with several unusual harmonic twists here and there. It's done very slowly and reminds me of the days when I would go hear organ trios grinding out late night jazz in Louisville or Indianapolis. We decided to do "Indiana" even though it's on other play-a-long sets. Someone on our jazz Forum suggested doing it at a slower tempo so that's what we did. The coda section goes to a Bossa nova feel. The 'February 14th' title comes from the day we recorded this set. It has a great little shuffle feel with a bridge that seems to float up to the sky. "Anthropology" is another tune written by Charlie Parker and is based on rhythm changes. The melody is very notey and is a demonstration of the technical facility "Bird" had on his alto saxophone. "Summertime" is by George Gershwin and may be the most popular American standard ever. For variety we moved this version to the key of C minor and did it at a slow tempo. "I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" has always been a tune jazz musicians loved to play on. The chords move around just enough to keep you on your toes. "Slow Blues" is just that…a very slow blues in G. Need more be said? This CD was recorded while the famous Democratic Presidential primary was taking place in America between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. "Obama-Nation" is a take off on something I saw in the local newspaper’s "letters to the editor" section during that time. The writer said, "If Obama gets elected President it will be an Obamanation." I think they said it in jest. If you like playing jazz, this play-a-long will give you hours of enjoyable opportunities and enhance your musical skills along the way. Jamey Aebersold.

Book and 4 CDs!!! For all instrumentalists wishing to improve their "time", sharpen their harmonic awareness, or just experiment with different rhythm section configurations. The best way to develop ""good time"" is to play with musicians who have good time; musicians like Adam Nussbaum and Jay Anderson. This 4-CD SET includes 15 play-a-long tracks of various tempos and styles based on the changes to well-known standards. Each CD has a different mix, allowing maximum versatility as follows: CD #1 is a split track with bass on one channel and drums on the other. CD #2 is Bass Only on both channels. CD #3 is Drums Only on both channels. CD #4 is Piano on both channels, bass on the left, and drums on the right. Bassists will love playing with drums-only CD. Drummers will love playing with the Bass-only CD. Pianists and Guitarists will enjoy soloing or comping with any of the first three mixes. Horn Players will enjoy playing with any of the CDs. Many jazz groups over the years have had success with pianoless or bassless or drumless groups, such as Gerry Mulligan and Sonny Rollins. Bass and drum accompaniment (without guitar or piano)leads to better hearing, enhanced harmonic awareness, and an overall freer sound. The lack of a comping instrument also allows the mind to concentrate more on playing with a good time feel. This versatile, first-of-its-kind play along is sure to become a favorite. Tune List {Song titles in ( ) have similar harmonic formulae}: 1. Relaxin' (F Blues) 2. Runnin' & Gunnin' (I Got Rhythm) 3. Soulful Times (Old Folks) 4. Mr. Alex (Cantaloupe Island Type Tune) 5. Peaceful Ideas (Soul Eyes) 6. A Little Stop-time (Blues w/bridge) 7. A Blessing In Disguise (Body & Soul) 8. I Remember Grant (Grant Green Bossa) 9. An April Recall (Medium tempo) (I Remember April) 10. What's Your Hurry (Elvinish Pedal) 11. No Smokin' In Here (Bb Blues w/new changes) 12. Catchy Waltz (Stella by Starlight in 3/4) 13. An April Recall (Fast tempo) (I Remember April) 14. Clear As A Bell (Impressions) The acoustic, Straight-Ahead Jazz of GOOD TIME! Volume 114 (Jamey Aebersold Jazz, 81 pages, $19.95) by JAMEY AEBERSOLD comes with sheet music, an introduction by Jazz trumpeter PAT HARBISON, and four CDs to play along with in order to learn the concept or to reinforce. The CDs repeat each of the book