Andrew D. Gordon: The Art Of Successful Rhythm Piano/Keyboard Playing

Andrew D. Gordon's The Art Of Successful Rhythm Piano/Keyboard Playing is a practical guide to playing as an accompanist in todays most popular styles, including blues, jazz, rock, latin, R&B, Gospel and Funk.

Andrew Gordon: 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs - Piano/Keyboards

Andrew D. Gordon presents a comprehensive guide to some of the best Blues riffs that every boogie-Piano player needs to know. All styles are covered, including Blues, Rock, Rhythm and Blues, Boogie Woogie and Gospel. The book begins with a simple guide to Blues song constructions, before presenting a library of melodies, turns, runs and rhythms arranged in progressive order of difficulty.An accompanying CD features demonstration recordings of each riff, with the left and right-hand parts split between the left and right channels of the recording allowing you to use your stereo's balance control to isolate the part you need to hear.

The Beginner's Guide to Rock and Blues Piano : Essential Techniques and Songs for the Aspiring Pianist

Andrew Gordon: 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs - Flute

A comprehensive guide to some of the best Blues Riffs for Flute. This book is ideal for most levels of musicianship, from the beginner/intermediate student who is interested in understanding and playing the blues, to the more advanced players that need new ideas to help stimulate their creativity. An accompanying CD is included with every example.

Andrew Gordon: 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs - Alto Saxophone/E Flat Instruments

A comprehensive guide to some of the best Blues Riffs for Alto Saxophone and E Flat instruments. This book is ideal for most levels of musicianship, from the beginner/intermediate student who is interested in understanding and playing the blues, to the more advanced players that need new ideas to help stimulate their creativity. An accompanying CD is included with every example.

Andrew Gordon: 100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs - Alto Saxophone/E Flat Instruments

A comprehensive guide to some of the best Blues Riffs for Alto Saxophone and E Flat instruments. This book is ideal for most levels of musicianship, from the beginner/intermediate student who is interested in understanding and playing the blues, to the more advanced players that need new ideas to help stimulate their creativity. An accompanying CD is included with every example.

Andrew Gordon: 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs - Tenor Saxophone/B Flat Instruments

A comprehensive guide to some of the best Blues Riffs for Tenor Saxophone and B Flat instruments. This book is ideal for most levels of musicianship, from the beginner/intermediate student who is interested in understanding and playing the blues, to the more advanced players that need new ideas to help stimulate their creativity. An accompanying CD is included with every example.

Andrew Gordon: 100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs - Tenor Saxophone/B Flat Instruments

A comprehensive guide to some of the best Blues Riffs for Tenor Saxophone and B Flat instruments. This book is ideal for most levels of musicianship, from the beginner/intermediate student who is interested in understanding and playing the blues, to the more advanced players that need new ideas to help stimulate their creativity. An accompanying CD is included with every example.

Andrew D. Gordon: 14 Contemporary Styles For Keyboards

A collection of fourteen pieces in contemporary styles for keyboard instruments, by Andrew D. Gordon. This is a fantastic edition which consists of Melody, rhythm accompaniment, Bass and Drum arrangements and also features extensive guide notes to aid performance for each piece. The included CD contains demonstrations of all 14 pieces and a slower tempo version of each to facilitate learning.

Celtic Music For Flute

A generous anthology of Celtic melodies, collated by Jessica Walsh, and arranged for the Flute. From Blythe Was The Time to Ye Banks And Braes Of Bonny Doon, every tune includes performance notes and historical information. Guitar chord symbols are provided to guide your accompaniments, and a full CD of examples is included featuring Allan Alexander. Watch the related video here.

Andrew Gordon: 100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs - Piano/Keyboards

A comprehensive guide to some of the best Jazz Riffs for Piano and Keyboard instruments. This book is ideal for most levels of musicianship, from the beginner/intermediate student who is interested in understanding and playing the blues, to the more advanced players that need new ideas to help stimulate their creativity. An accompanying CD is included with every example.

Celtic Music For Mandolin

A generous anthology of Celtic melodies, collated and presented by Allan Alexander and Jessica Walsh, and arranged for the Mandolin. From Cremonea to Planxty Burke, every tune includes performance notes and historical information. Guitar chord symbols are provided to guide your accompaniments, and a full CD of examples is included featuring Angelina Galashenkova-Reed playing the Mandolin. Melodies are provided in both notation and tablature.

Stephan Badreau: Walking Bass Lines For Jazz Guitar

Walking Bass Lines for Jazz Guitar by Stephan Badreau is a step-by-step guide to harmonizing bass lines on the guitar. The book will show you how to connect familiar chord shapes with the appropriate bass notes. It is full of ideas, examples, chord voicings and substitutions, as well as short chord progressions for you to try your new skills. All examples are played on the accompanying CD at both slow and normal speed, as well as a drums-only version for play-along purposes.

Graff, F: African Guitar Styles + Cd

African Guitar Styles is the first practical guide to some of the most beautiful Guitar music on earth. For this pioneering tour of some of the great musical styles, Sierra Leonean bandleader and composer Folo Graff draws on nearly twenty years' experience of teaching African Guitar all over the world. In one volume, he brings together a huge selection of classic styles old and new from all over the continent, ranging from the desert blues of Mali through West African highlife and Afrobeat to Congolese rumba and soukous and South African township jive.

Andrew G. Gordon: Contemporary Keyboard Styles For The Absolute Beginner

A terrific method for absolute beginners by acclaimed author Andrew D. Gordon. This book requires no previous knowledge and will guide you through the first stages of playing the Piano, Keyboard or Synthesizer. There are many varied contemporary styles including the styles of Rock, Blues, Classical, Jazz, New Age, Country, Calypso and Boogie-Woogie. Learn to read music with helpful tips for memory Play independently with both hands Understand the theory behind major and minor scales Learn how to form Chords and about chord progressions. Also included is a CD of demonstrations and slower tempo version with drum track.

Andrew D. Gordon: Funky Organ Grooves

A totally groovy collection of riffs, turns, grooves and vamps specially compiled for the Organ player by Andrew D. Gordon.This generous selection of grooves will add swing, bounce and funky syncopations to your playing, with everything from four-bar riffs to more substantial progressions that will squeeze a host of unusual and addictive rhythms from beneath your fingers. All examples are grouped by style, covering Blues, Funk, Gospel, Jazz, Latin and Reggae sounds. There is guidance to help you choose appropriate voice selections, as well as a guide to some of music's funkiest Organ stars.The book is complete with a CD featuring recordings of every example to help you really capture the 'feel' of each unique groove.

The Solo Workout For Guitar

Get your solo playing up to scratch and discover a wealth of riffs and moves with Andrew D. Gordon's guide, complete with a CD of grooves to jam with! The book is intended as an improvisational tool, providing you with a generous range of riffs and phrases, groups into Rock, Funk and Blues styles. The CD tracks are supported by chord sheets, so you'll know where you are straight away - just learn the riffs, switch on the CD and jam. Soon you will be constructing full solos, based upon the riffs you've learned, but full of your own personal style and approach.There is no better way to learn to solo than by jamming, and this book and CD offers everything you need to get started.

Allan Alexander: Flatpicking Celtic Guitar

A collection of 23 Celtic songs arranged for Guitar with standard notation and Tab. Includes a comprehensive guide to Flatpicking Celtic style Guitar, and also a CD of examples.For me, playing the Guitar is all about finding pieces of music that you want to play over and over again. I don't know a formula for what makes up a great piece, but I know it when I hear it. A good piece of music is not a page with notes hanging in a museum, it is music you come back to ten years later and love it just as much as you did when you first heard it. Whether it?s a classic piece by O'Carolan, or a traditional piece in the Celtic tradition, that is what I believe you will find in this book. Quite simply, these are beautiful arrangements of Celtic Music that you will keep you coming back. So if you love playing the guitar, and you are looking for music you will be playing for a lifetime, this is the book for you.Allan Alexander

Andrew D. Gordon: 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs For Brass Instruments

100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Brass Instruments is written by Andrew D. Gordon and performed on Trumpet and Trombone by Gabriel Rosati both of whom are internationally acclaimed authors, instructors and recording artists.This product is an exhaustive guide to the various phrases or 'riffs' that make up Blues brass playing, both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint. This book is ideal for most levels of musicianship, from the beginner/intermediate student who is interested in understanding and playing the Blues to more advanced players who need new ideas to help stimulate their creativity. It is also useful as a tool for improving one's sight reading abilities with the examples being in many different keys and rhythms. The twelve bar blues progression and the blues scale are also explained. Included with this book is an audio CD with each example recorded twice. The first version of each example has the brass instrument playing along with the rhythm section and the second version just has the rhythm section playing to that the brass instrumentalist can play a long.

Andrew D. Gordon: 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs For Guitar (Beginner Series)

100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Guitar, the Beginner Series by musician, educator and world renowned author Andrew D. Gordon is an exhaustive guide to introduce beginner students to the various phrases or "riffs" that make up Blues guitar playing, both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint.Due to the continued success of his more advanced book series 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs Andrew decided to author a similar type of book for beginner students.Besides learning how to play Blues riffs the book is a useful tool for sight reading exercises with many different rhythms.The 12 bar Blues progression and the Blues scale, in Andrew?s opinion, the two most important aspects of playing the Blues is explained in detail as well as "straight" and "swing" rhythms.There are five sections to the riffs in the book, section 1 contains basic Blues riffs, section 2 contains Rhythm & Blues influenced riffs, section 3 contains Blues/Boogie Woogie riffs, section 4 contains Rock influenced Blues riffs and section 5 contains Gospel influenced Blues riffs. Included with this book is an audio CD that contains all the riffs, recorded twice: first, guitar melody, piano, guitar, bass and drums and second just the rhythm track of piano, bass & drums so you can play-a-long.

Andrew D. Gordon: The Blues Scale For Guitar (Book/CD)

The Blues Scale For Guitar by Andrew D. Gordon is an invaluable guide to the blues scale, explaining how it is used to improvise in many styles of contemporary music. Both the Blues scale and relative minor Blues scale are explained in detail, and how they are used either separately or together in the patterns for each style (the relative minor Blues scale is generally not used in minor keys) is discussed. Each of the 20 grooves in this book contains over 150 patterns in total, using notes solely from the blues scale. Each of the 20 grooves utilizes a chord progression that is commonly used for that style of music. The patterns generally start off fairly simply and become more complex as the groove progresses. The audio files contain recordings of all the blues patterns that are notated in the book, recorded along with a rhythm section of Piano, Organ, Guitar, Bass and Drums and, on certain grooves, Percussion. Also included are extended 2-3 minute play-a-long MP3 files of all 20 grooves, enabling you to practice playing the blues patterns or creating your own for an extended period of time. MIDI files are also available. Watch an introduction to The Blues Scale For Guitar :

100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Trombone : Beginner Level

100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Trombone, the Beginner Series by musician, educator and world renowned author Andrew D. Gordon is an exhaustive guide to introduce beginner students to the various phrases or “riffs” that make up BluesTrombone playing, both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint. Due to the continued success of his more advanced book series, 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs Andrew decided to author a similar type of book for beginner students. Thisbook is ideal for the beginner to intermediate music student with most of the examples notated in the easier keys. Besides learning how to play Blues riffs the book is a useful tool for sight reading exercises with many differentrhythms. The 12 bar Blues progression and the Blues scale, in Andrew’s opinion, the two most important aspects of playing the Blues is explained in detail as well as “straight” and “swing” rhythms. There are five sections to theriffs in the book, section 1 contains basic Blues riffs, section 2 contains Rhythm & Blues influenced riffs, section 3 contains Blues/Boogie Woogie riffs, section 4 contains Rock influenced Blues riffs and section 5 containsGospel influenced Blues riffs. Included with this book is are audio files that contains all the riffs, recorded twice: first, Trombone melody, piano, guitar, bass and drums and second just the rhythm track of piano, guitar bass &drums so you can play-a-long.

100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Trumpet : Beginner Level

100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Trumpet, the Beginner Series by musician, educator and world renowned author Andrew D. Gordon is an exhaustive guide to introduce beginner students to the various phrases or “riffs” that make up Bluestrumpet playing, both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint. Due to the continued success of his more advanced book series, 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs Andrew decided to author a similar type of book for beginner students. This bookis ideal for the beginner to intermediate music student with most of the examples notated in the easier keys. Besides learning how to play Blues riffs the book is a useful tool for sight reading exercises with many differentrhythms. The 12 bar Blues progression and the Blues scale, in Andrew’s opinion, the two most important aspects of playing the Blues is explained in detail as well as “straight” and “swing” rhythms. There are five sections to theriffs in the book, section 1 contains basic Blues riffs, section 2 contains Rhythm & Blues influenced riffs, section 3 contains Blues/Boogie Woogie riffs, section 4 contains Rock influenced Blues riffs and section 5 containsGospel influenced Blues riffs. Included with this book is are audio files that contains all the riffs, recorded twice: first, trumpet melody, piano, guitar, bass and drums and second just the rhythm track of piano, guitar bass &drums so you can play-a-long.

Andrew D. Gordon: 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs For Piano/Keyboards (Beginner Series)

100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Piano/Keyboards, the Beginner Series by musician, educator and world renowned author Andrew D. Gordon is an exhaustive guide to introduce beginner students to the various phrases or "riffs" that make up Blues piano playing, both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint.Due to the continued success of his more advanced book 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Piano/Keyboards Andrew decided to author a similar type of book for beginner students.This book is ideal for the beginner to intermediate music student with most of the examples notated in the easier keys. Besides learning how to play Blues riffs the book is a useful tool for sight reading exercises with many different left and right hand rhythms.The 12 bar Blues progression and the Blues scale, in Andrew's opinion, the two most important aspects of playing the Blues is explained in detail as well as "straight" and "swing" rhythms. There are five sections to the riffs in the book, section 1 contains basic Blues riffs, section 2 contains Rhythm & Blues influenced riffs, section 3 contains Boogie Woogie riffs, section 4 contains Rock influenced Blues riffs and section 5 contains Gospel influenced Blues riffs. Included with this book is an audio CD that contains all the riffs, recorded twice: first, piano with bass and drums and second just bass & drums so you can play-a-long.

Andrew D. Gordon: 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs For Clarinet (Beginner Series)

100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Clarinet, the Beginner Series by musician, educator and world renowned author Andrew D. Gordon is an exhaustive guide to introduce beginner students to the various phrases or ?riffs? that make up Blues clarinet playing, both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint.Due to the continued success of his more advanced book 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Andrew decided to author a similar type of book for beginner students. This book is ideal for the beginner to intermediate music student with most of the examples notated in the easier keys. Besides learning how to play Blues riffs the book is a useful tool for sight reading exercises with many different rhythms.The 12 bar Blues progression and the Blues scale, in Andrew?s opinion, the two most important aspects of playing the Blues is explained in detail as well as ?straight? and ?swing? rhythms. There are five sections to the riffs in the book, section 1 contains basic Blues riffs, section 2 contains Rhythm & Blues influenced riffs, section 3 contains Blues/Boogie Woogie riffs, section 4 contains Rock influenced Blues riffs and section 5 contains Gospel influenced Blues riffs. Included with this book is an audio CD that contains all the riffs, recorded twice: first, clarinet melody, piano, guitar, bass and drums and second just the rhythm track of piano, guitar bass & drums so you can play-a-long.The Clarinet parts were recorded by clarinetist/keyboardist Jane Lin