Book/6 CD pack. Beginning pianists can get into blues, barrelhouse, boogie-woogie and rock styles with this easy, step-by-step method. Starting with simple rhythm patterns David systematically builds strength and agility until you are playing complicated patterns, improvising and playing both lead and rhythm piano. Covers: 12 bar blues with shuffle rhythm, improvising over a minor blues scale, straight time patterns with solos, playng slow blues, walking bass lines, Fats Domino and New Orleans style, over a dozen great solos. Plus many tips and pointers about playing traditional blues style. 32 pp.
300-590
$59.95
FAST FORWARD - BOOGIE WOOGIE PIANO
with Bill Worrall
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Book/CD pack. Starts with a simple three note motif over a basic left hand harmony, then covers techniques such as grace notes, slides, passing notes, and syncopation. In no time you'll be experimenting with the laid-back and funky bass patterns of New Orleans, and discovering 7th chords, tritones, arpeggiated passing chords, tremolos, more. Each track is recorded twice on the CD, once with piano and once with backing tracks only. Includes 4 page pullout chart. Notation only. 64 pp.
on order, expected arrival date 08/29/08
01-958925
$15.95
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LEARN BOOGIE WOOGIE PIANO, SECOND EDITION
by Colin Davey and Frank Poloney
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Book/CD set. The second edition of this popular book includes: a CD; exercises, figures, and examples that more accurately reflect the way Ammons, Johnson and Lewis actually played; as well as many other improvements. Teaches you to play, improvise, and compose dynamic, authentic boogie woogie piano through explanations and exercises that ensure rapid progress. Provides the clearest, most in-depth analysis of the style and structure of boogie woogie while remaining absolutely faithful to the style as it was played at its pinnacle by the trio. With appendix on the history of the genre. Spiralbound, 138 pp.
520-2
$34.95
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OUTSTANDING BLUES AND JAZZ COMPOSITIONS, VOL. 2
by Andrew D. Gordon
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This intermediate to advanced package expands on volume one with 10 advanced compositions in the blues, boogie woogie, jazz, and R&B idioms. This introduces the keyboard player to more complex chords, syncopated rhythms, passing chords, tremolos, octave runs, chromatic walking bass lines, jazz licks, more. Included CD features normal and slow speed and split channels. Spiralbound, 71 pp.
512-11
$19.95
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Piano - Blues & Boogie-Woogie
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