Keyboard Chords Deluxe: Full-Color Photos and Diagrams for Over 900 Chords (keyboard instruction) [Paperback] Review

This is the best keyboard chord chart book that I have found in a long time!It goes through an explination of chord types and their symbols before showing the chords themselves. It includes pictures of how the chords look on the staff, a drawing of a keyboard with the notes shaded in that are included in the chord, and even an actual picture of how a right have would look playing the chord!They are arranged in an easy-to-find way and includes both the notation for treble and bass clef.This is a wonderful book for ANY keyboard player looking to expand their knowledge on chords, or to just confirm any questionable chords.I highly recommend this book.

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This beautiful and informative resource is a must for all piano students and players! It contains easy-to-read chord diagrams, easy-to-see full-color photos, basic chord theory, treble and bass clef notation, a chord symbol chart, and much more.

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The Definitive Jazz Collection (Definitive Collections) [Paperback] Review

No "fake book", or "real book" this.You get full, well-thought-out harmonizations.This isn't how Jazz pianists acquire their numbers, but hey, this graduate of the weekly visit to the traditional read-the-music-and-play-it-exactly-as-written piano teacher likes it just fine this way.Having played through about 25% of the songs, I'll say there are no really bad arrangements, and quite a few very good ones.The technical difficulty is toward the higher end of the non-classical stuff you find in the music stores -- the average song is about as hard (if you want to play all the notes) as a Chopin Waltz or a Clementi Sonatina.

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A once-in-a-lifetime collection of 90 of the greatest jazz songs ever compiled into one volume. Includes: Ain't Misbehavin' * All the Things You Are * Birdland * Body and Soul * A Foggy Day * Girl From Ipanema * Here's That Rainy Day * The Lady Is a Tramp * Love for Sale * Mercy, Mercy, Mercy * Midnight Sun * Moonlight in Vermont * Night and Day * Skylark * Stormy Weather * Sweet Georgia Brown.

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Beatles Favorites (Five Finger Piano Songbook) [Paperback] Review

I would elaborate on the previous reviewer's remarks by clarifying that the purpose of this book - and its wonderful companion volume 'The Beatles' Hits'- is not to cover every note of the songs that it contains.Rather, the purpose of the books is to help guitarists to learn the 'fiddly bits' in The Beatles' songs - lead breaks, tricky guitar figures, riffs, and interplay between several guitars.
Being both a Beatles' obsessive, and a guitar player interested in pinpoint accuracy, I have sought out tabs from many sources, online and in bookstores.I have never found anything as accurate as Wolf Marshall's transcriptions. And some of the other books are plain wrong.However, I find it somewhat curious that - having gone to the lengths that he did, of acquiring the same intruments used by the Fab Four in order to make the sound of the accompanying CD Rom's more accurate - Marshall doesn't actually seem capable of copying the style of playing 100% accurately, although he seems to be trying to do so. I find it reassuring that a session musician couldn't cop the feel that The Beatles put into their playing.
The idea of providing music, tablature, and CD versions of the songs is a great one, because it covers all modes of learning. And the way that the CD's are recorded is inspired: Marshall provides versions of portions of the tracks at regular and slow speeds, and within each of these contexts records the instruments on different tracks which can be isolated or combined using the balance control. In practice, this means that one can turn the balance in order to provide backing (drums and bass), eliminating the guitar part(s), thereby allowing one to play along with the backing tracks; conversely, one could eliminate the backing, and just play along with the guitar parts - a brilliant idea.
Marshall also provides fine written and verbal commentaries about each track, and about The Beatles' musical and cultural importance - a very welcome bonus.
I can't wait to get Marshall's 'The Best of the Beatles for Acoustic Guitar'.
Congratulations, Wolf. It's nice to find someone who cares enough to do such a thorough job.
Geert

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Five Finger Beatles Favorites has eight songs written in the easiest piano arrangements with optional teacher duet part. Songs Includes All My loving, And I Love Her, Good Night, Here comes the Sun, Michelle and many more.

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Romance: boleros favoritos [Paperback] Review

A bit about myself.I'm a guitarist and am learning spanish.I have found it useful to learn songs with spanish words to enhance my language skills.
Over the years, I have purchased a number of songbooks containing songs with words in spanish, but found this one to be the most useful, because the songs are more contemporary.Many of the songs in this book are available on CD's by various latin performers.
If you speak any spanish, you will find fascination in the translations.For instance the words to Perfidia simply do not match at all with the English translation.Have some fun with this, and see what you would have used instead.
The musical scores are excellent, with very nice guitar chords.
My personal favorite is Reloj, the very romantic interpretation of time with a lover, or time away from a lover.But there are many other romance standards in this collection that will enhance your repertoire.
Picture yourself with your guitar standing beneath your lover's window, singing songs from this collection.Ah, the language of love, with the songs, is sure to be a hit.
Kevin McCusker

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Features 48 Spanish and Latin American favorites: Aquellos Ojos Verdes ¥ BŽsame Mucho ¥ El Reloj ¥ Frenes ¥ Inolvidable ¥ La Vida Es Un Sueo ¥ Perfidia ¥ Siempre En Mi Corazn ¥ Solamente Una Vez ¥ more.

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The Ultimate Christmas Fake Book: for Piano, Vocal, Guitar, Electronic Keyboard and All C Instruments (Fake Books) [Plastic Comb] Review

First, there seems to be a discrepancy with the picture of the songbook's cover shown above.

I have posted a customer image of the songbook's actual cover (which is beautiful in and of itself).

Obviously, the incorrect image above is from an earlier 3rd edition. Notice the old cover says over 200 songs... well, this updated edition now has 275 songs.

Also, this book now has 231 pages as opposed to the 160 pages mentioned above under "Product Details".

Edit 12/07/08: Ok... I hadn't checked in a very long time, but obviously Amazon has removed the incorrect image that I just made mention of... so you can ignore that part of this review.

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I love this book!

I am an amateur pianist and enjoy playing from this fakebook very much.

This is a great selection of Yuletide favorites represented in melody lines, lyrics and chords.

Seemingly, most of the titles you'd look for are in this collection as well as a lot of lesser-known ones.

I have listed the complete contents below.

Please take care to make sure enough of 'your' favorite Christmas tunes are listed there so that you don't regret buying the book.

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I heartily and heartfully recommend this Christmas songbook to you!

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Contents:

A Caroling We Go C Major
Grandma's Killer Fruitcake G Major
All My Heart This Night Rejoices Bb Major
All Through The Night F Major
Away In A Manger F Major
Almost Day G Major
An Old Fashioned Christmas F Major
Angels From The Realms Of Glory C Major
Angels We Have Heard On High F Major
As Each Happy Christmas G Major
As Lately We Watched G Major
As With Gladness Men Of Old G Major
Baby, It's Cold Outside F Major
Auld Lang Syne F Major
A Baby In The Cradle Ab Major
Because It's Christmas (For All The Children) C Major
The Birthday of a King (Neidlinger) Ab Major
The Boar's Head Carol C Major
A Boy Is Born In Bethlehem A Minor
Bring A Torch, Jeannette, Isabella G Major
Burgundian Carol C Minor
Carol Of The Bells G Minor
Carol Of The Birds E Minor
Caroling, Caroling G Major
The Chipmunk Song C Major
Celebrate The Child Ab Major
Christ Was Born On Christmas Day F Major
Christians, Awake! Salute The Happy Morn C Major
C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S C Major
A Christmas Carol Bb Major
Christmas Is All In The Heart G Major
Christmas Time Is Here F Major
Christmas Is A-Comin' (May God Bless You) Eb Major
Christmas Is Just About Here F Major
The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) Eb Major
The Christmas Waltz F Major
Come, All Ye Shepherds F Major
Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus F Mjor
Coventry Carol A Minor
Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy E Minor
A La Nanita Nana (Hear Lullabies and Sleep Now) E Minor
Deck The Hall F Major
Ding Dong! Merrily On High! Bb Major
Do They Know It's Christmas? C Major
Douglas Mountain F Major
Everyone's A Child At Christmas C Major
Everywhere, Everywhere, Christmas Tonight G Major
Feliz Navidad D Major
The First Noel D Major
The Friendly Beasts Eb Major
From Heaven Above To Earth I Come D Major
From The Eastern Mountains F Major
Frosty The Snow Man C Major
Fum, Fum, Fum A Minor
Gather Around The Christmas Tree F Major
Glad Christmas Bells G Major
Glad Tidings (Shalom Chaverim) D Minor
Go, Tell It On The Mountain F Major
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen E Minor
Goin' On A Sleighride F Major
Good Christian Men, Rejoice F Major
Good King Wenceslas G Major
Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer E Major
The Greatest Gift Of All G Major
Greenwillow Christmas G Major
Hallelujah Chorus D Major
The Happy Christmas Comes Once More F Major
Happy Christmas, Little Friend G Major
Happy Xmas (War Is Over) A Major
Happy Hanukkah, My Friend (The Hanukkah Song) G Major
Happy Holiday Eb Major
Happy New Year Darling F Major
He Is Born G Major
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing G Major
He Bb Major
Hear Them Bells G Major
Here We Come A-Wassailing D Major
The Holly And The Ivy G Major
A Holly Jolly Christmas C Major
(There's No Place Like) Home For The Holidays C Major
How Brightly Beams The Morning Star D Major
How Lovely Is Christmas C Major
Hymne Eb Major
I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day F Major
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus C Major
I Saw Three Ships G Major
I Still Believe In Santa Claus D Major
I'll Be Home On Christmas Day E Major
I Wonder As I Wander G Minor
I'll Be Home For Christmas C Major
I'm Spending Christmas With You C Major
In The Field With Flocks Abiding G Major
It Came Upon The Midnight Clear Bb Major
It Must Have Been The Mistletoe (Our First Christmas) F Major
It's Beginning To Look Like Christmas Ab Major
It's Christmas Time All Over The World Eb Major
It's Just Another New Year's Eve F Major
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring G Major
Jesus Born On This Day D Major
Jingle-Bell Rock C Major
Jingle Bells G Major
Jingle, Jingle, Jingle C Major
Jolly Old St. Nicholas Bb Major
Joy To The World D Major
Joyous Christmas C Major
Last Christmas C Major
The Last Month Of The Year (What Month Was Jesus Born In?) D Major
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! F Major
Let's Have An Old Fashioned Christmas Eb Major
Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming F Major
March Of The Three Kings G Minor
March Of The Toys G Minor
A Marshmallow World C Major
Mary Had A Baby F Major
Mary's Little Boy F Major
Mary's Little Boy Child Bb Major
Masters In This Hall D Minor
The Merry Christmas Polka Eb Major
A Merry, Merry Christmas To You Bb Major
Mister Santa Bb Major
The Most Wonderful Day Of The Year C Major
My Favorite Things E Minor, composed by Oscar Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers, From "The Sound Of Music".
No Eye Had Seen Ab Major
The Night Before Christmas Song C Major
Noel! Noel! Bb Major
Nuttin' For Christmas F Major
O Come Rejoicing G Major
O Bethlehem G Major
O Christmas Tree F Major
O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) G Major
O Come, Little Children Eb Major
O Come, O Come Immanuel E Minor
O Hearken Ye G Major
O Holy Night C Major
O Little Town Of Bethlehem F Major
O Sanctissima C Major
Old Toy Trains F Major
On Christmas Night G Major
Once In Royal David's City F Major
One Bright Star G Major
One For The Little Bitty Baby (Go Where I Send Thee) C Major
Out Of The East Eb Major
Parade Of The Wooden Soldiers C Major
Pat-A-Pan (Willie, Take Your Little Drum) G Minor
Poor Little Jesus D Minor
Pretty Paper G Major
Rejoice And Be Merry G Major
Ring Out, Ye Wild And Merry Bells C Major
Rise Up, Shepherd, And Follow Eb Major
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree C Major
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer C Major
Santa Baby G Major
Santa, Bring My Baby Back (To Me) C Major
The Santa Claus Parade C Major
Share Love E Major
Shout The Glad Tidings Eb Major
Silent Night C Major
Silver And Gold C Major
Silver Bells Bb Major
The Simple Birth G Major
Sing We Now Of Christmas G Minor
Sleep, Holy Babe D Major
The Snow Lay On The Ground G Major
Snowfall Db Major
Some Children See Him F Major
Some Things For Christmas (A Snake, Some Mice, Some Glue And A Hole Too) G Major
The Star Carol Eb Major
The Star Carol (Canzone D'i Zampognari) G Major
The Star Of Christmas Morning C Minor
Still, Still, Still D Major
Suzy Snowflake C Major
Tennessee Christmas C Major
That Christmas Feeling Bb Major
There's A Song In The Air G Major
This Is Christmas (Bright, Bright The Holly Berries) D Major
This One's For The Children F Major
Toyland F Major
'Twas The Night Before Christmas C Major
The Twelve Days Of Christmas F Major
Up On The Housetop Eb Major
A Virgin Unspotted D Major
Wassail, Wassail F Major
We Are Santa's Elves F Major
We Need A Little Christmas G Major
We Three Kings Of Orient Are G Major
We Wish You A Merry Christmas C Major
What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? F Major
What Child Is This? E Minor
When Christ Was Born Of Mary Free G Major
Whence Comes This Rush Of Wings G Minor
When Santa Claus Gets Your Letter C Major
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks C Major
The White World Of Winter G Major
Winds Through The Olive Trees Bb Major
Wonderful Christmastime Bb Major
The Wonderful World Of Christmas G Major
You Make It Feel Like Christmas D Major
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly G Major
A Cradle Prayer Bb Major
After December Slips Away G Major
All I Want For Christmas Is You G Major
All My Heart Rejoices G Major
As Long As There's Christmas Bb Major
Beside Thy Cradle Here I Stand G Major
Break Forth, O Beauteous, Heavenly Light Eb Major
Call His Name Jesus C Major
Carol Of The Bagpipers F Major
Cold December Nights A Minor
Do You Hear What I Hear C Major
Emmanuel F Major
Feels Like Christmas E Major
Gesu Bambino (The Infant Jesus) E Major
Gloria F Major
Grandpa's Gonna Sue The Pants Offa Santa C Major...Read more›

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The 4th edition of this bestselling fake book has been updated to now include 275 traditional and contemporary Christmas songs! Includes the melody line, lyrics and chords for: All Through the Night * Away in a Manger * The Chipmunk Song * The Christmas Shoes * The Christmas Song * Deck the Hall * Do You Hear What I Hear * Feliz Navidad * Frosty the Snow Man * Fum, Fum, Fum * Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer * Happy Holiday * A Holly Jolly Christmas * I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day * I'll Be Home for Christmas * Jingle-Bell Rock * Jingle Bells * Joy to the World * Little Saint Nick * Merry Christmas, Darling * Nuttin' for Christmas * Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer * Silent Night * Silver Bells * Toyland * Up on the Housetop * What Child Is This? * Who Would Imagine a King * Wonderful Christmastime * more.

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Encyclopedia of Chords for Guitar & Piano [Plastic Comb] Review

If you have even cursory experience with piano and guitar, and are trying to improve your skills in one of them, you absolutely need this book.I've played piano in the past (including significant time in grade school) and have recently been trying to pick up the guitar.I know many chords on the piano but have no idea how to play them on the guitar.This book is a visual guide to this transition: look up your piano chords, see your hand position on the keys, then the corresponding position on the guitar neck, fully annotated and complete with alternate positions.The book also includes progressions, movable chords, and alternate chord names in the back.

I'm extremely pleased with this book, and have already recommended it to friends who know both instruments.If you're one of these people, treat yourself to a great reference.

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Here is a truly innovative resource for today's musician. Contains hundreds of common, useful chords for both guitarists and keyboard players, each presented in clear hand-position photographs and easy-to-read keyboard and fretboard diagrams.

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Modern Jazz Piano: A Study In Harmony And Improvisation (Music Sales America) [Paperback] Review

This book completely changed my understanding and level of jazz piano playing.It is short and to the point, yet carefully written and complete.I like the fact that the author is a trained engineer.As a computerprogrammer I can identify with the way the book is layed out very logicallywith the assumption that the reader is intelligent, interested,andmotivated.I read the entire book while on trains going to and from work. I think it would have been a distraction to have read it while at a piano. The chord pattern excercises at the end of the book are excellent; I ammethododically going through all of them using a PC based sequencerconnected via midi to an electronic keyboard.If you only buy one bookon jazz piano, I think it should be this one. The next book to readafter this one, in my opinion is "All about Chords".I am almostfinished reading it;I could never have handled it if I hadn't read"Modern Jazz Piano" first. The two books together aremagnificently complete. I have a quite a library of jazz piano and jazzbooks; most of them are padded and not of much use."Modern JazzPiano" is by contrast a classic that every jazz pianist should have.I lost many years because I was brain-washed into believing the JohnMehegan jazz system as taught at Julliard was the only way to learn jazz. Inow believe the Julliard system is hopelessly complicated and noteffective.The traditional harmony systems used in "Modern JazzPiano" are the best and also the most popular.It is not somethingesoteric that only propeller heads know about. Buy it and hold onto it. Even if it sits on your bookshelf for years, there will come a day when itwill speak eloquently to you and change your level of playing andunderstanding.

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Based on the authorÂ's experience in teaching in jazz workshop, explains the principles of this art form. Useful for teachers wishing to include jazz in the music curriculum.

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Piano Chord Dictionary (Handy Guide) [Paperback] Review

I found this chord guide to be absolutely perfect and it is quick to find chords you are looking for.
Would highly recommend this for beginners or any level.

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This Handy Guide shows the notation, fingering and keyboard diagrams for all the important chords used in modern popular music. Only the most practical position of each chord is shown. Two bass notes are given for each chord. Major, minor, diminished, augmented, sixth chords, seventh chords, ninth chords, eleventh chords and thirteenth chords are clearly shown. Includes a chord chart and major scale chart.

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How to Play Popular Piano in 10 Easy Lessons: The Fastest, Easiest Way to Learn to Play from Sheet Music or by Ear [Paperback] Review

For the beginner, this book is excellent. I have looked at many piano books when I first began playing, and most of them were usually too complicated, or too simplistic. This book, however, was one that fell right in the middle and helped me understand all kinds of important ideas in music, such as harmony and melody, building chords and scales (and understanding HOW), reading music, how to understand progressions, and how to play by ear and improvise. It is certainly geared toward getting you "up and playing" in the simplest, fastest way, at a moderate pace, with a good depth of information that does not get overwhelming. Because of this, this book is probably suited much more for the person who has no music experience and wants to learn the basics of how to play out of fake books and begin improvising. It is probably not good for those who want in-depth and more advanced theory of music, but it is an excellent book to use as a stepping stone toward more adva! nced piano study. This is a must have book for any beginnger.

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"Anyone who can dial a telephone can learn to play popular piano quickly and easily."
So says Norman Monath, author of How to Play Popular Piano in 10 Easy Lessons. His no-frills, no-drills method will have you playing simple tunes within 30 minutes -- even if you don't know one note from another.
The secret? Learning the basic chords and how to adapt them. With lots of clearly illustrated chord examples, keyboard diagrams and practice pieces ranging from "Silent Night" to "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head," Monath teaches you:
* the basic structure of music
* how to alter the basic chords for creative accompaniment
* how to read tunes from sheet music
* how to improvise
* how to play by ear
* how to create your own playing style -- whether you lean toward pop, blues, jazz or rock
For everyone from rank beginner to experienced virtuoso, this step-by-step, uncomplicated guidebook makes learning to play popular piano the easy and enjoyable experience it should be.

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