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.

Andrew Gordon: Latin Solo Workout For Guitar

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 - 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.

Rhythm Keyboard Workout DVD

Frank Villafranca: Outstanding Jazz Saxophone Solos (Bb) + Cd

For B Flat Saxophone

Andrew Gordon: Latin Solo Workout

Andrew D. Gordon: Solo Workout

Ben Tompsett: Ultimate Funk Grooves For B Flat Saxophone

This book contains 92 riifs that showcase the different ways in which the soloist can create a distinct Funk sound to their playing. The audio CD that comes with the book contains 31 different grooves that accompany each of the riffs, influenced by the aforementioned artists, and covers a wide range of different Funk styles from the mid-sixties to the present day.The book is intended for the musician who wants to practically develop their playing style and improvisation technique in this genre.

Ultra Smooth Jazz Grooves for B Flat (Tenor) Sax

Contemporary Sax styles by The Super Groovers, featuring Frank Villafranca on Saxophone and Andrew D. Gordon on Keyboards and Guitar.The smooth jazz grooves in this book feature a variety of contemporary rhythm section styles including Jazz, R&B, Rock, Gospel, Hip-Hop, and Latin.On each of the twenty tracks, the groove is seperated into three melodic ideas. Each melodic idea (example or riff) is played first, by the Saxophone with the groove, followed by just the rhythm section groove, without Sax. The first example is usually the easiest, the second slightly harder and the third the most difficult.Customer CommentsI have just been given your book as a christmas present - and I am so happy to have it!Your grooves are amazing! I feel like it is really inspriring.The book was bought from Musicroom in Brighton on Western Road.My favourites so far are track 1,2 and 4... I'm on the second riff so far and they are so good!!Thank you for making the book :)

Ultra Smooth Jazz Grooves for E Flat (Alto) Sax

Contemporary Sax styles by The Super Groovers, featuring Frank Villafranca on Saxophone and Andrew D. Gordon on Keyboards and Guitar.The smooth jazz grooves in this book feature a variety of contemporary rhythm section styles including Jazz, R&B, Rock, Gospel, Hip-Hop, and Latin.On each of the twenty tracks, the groove is separated into three melodic ideas. Each melodic idea (example or riff) is played first, by the Saxophone with the groove, followed by just the rhythm section groove, without Sax. The first example is usually the easiest, the second slightly harder and the third the most difficult."Andrew D. Gordon and A.D.G. Productions have done a fine job of compiling this information in an attractive and accessible package. Many a smooth jazz aficionado will appreciate this collection in print and on CD. - Skip Spratt, SaxShed.com Customer Comments I have just been given your book as a christmas present - and I am so happy to have it! Your grooves are amazing! I feel like it is really inspriring. The book was bought from Musicroom in Brighton on Western Road. My favourites so far are track 1,2 and 4... I'm on the second riff so far and they are so good!! Thank you for making the book :)

Andrew D. Gordon: Blues Horn Ensemble Playing For B Flat And E Flat Instruments

Blues Horn Ensemble Playing is the result of the combined efforts of Andrew D. Gordon and Frank Villafranca to present the material in a way in which beginning and intermediate horn players can gain an understanding of blues ensemble playing quickly and easily.The twenty examples recorded on the CD provide a dual purpose. They take you through a variety of musical styles including, swing blues, slow blues, funky blues, jazz blues, latin blues, minor blues, mostly based on the standard 12 bar blues chord progression and include four choruses each. The first two choruses are recorded with the horns and rhythm section consisting of keyboards, guitar, bass and drums and the last two choruses are rhythm section only. On the last two choruses you may want to play the riffs again or practice playing your own melodic blues solos.These examples will help you build a repertoire of riffs you can use in a live situation. Hopefully, they will also provide inspiration to help you come up with your own ideas.

Gordon, Andrew G: Rhythm Guitar Workout + Cd

Ben Tompsett: Ultimate Funk Grooves For E Flat Saxophone

Funk and its infectious style remains a popular part of today?s music. This book contains ninety-two riffs that showcase the different ways you can create a distinct Funk sound to your playing. The included audio CD contains thirty-one different grooves to accompany each of the riffs, influenced by the greatest Funk artists, and covers a wide range of different Funk styles from the mid-sixties to the present day. The book will help you develop your Funk playing style and improvisation technique.

Frank Villafranca: Outstanding Jazz Saxophone Solos

E flat version.

Gabriel Rosati/Darrow Hunt: The Latin Saxophone Soloist - B Flat/E Flat Instruments

Latin Saxophone Soloist by Gabriel Rosati & Darrow Hunt provides an extensive study into the various Latin saxophone styles including: Salsa, Mambo, Merengue, Calypso, Cha Cha etc. These exciting 50 examples will have you spending many enjoyable hours learning the intricacies of Latin saxophone playing. The book is transcribed note for note (for both Bb & Eb instruments) from the superbly recorded audio CD. Each example is recorded twice, the first version with Sax, Piano, Bass and Percussion and the second version with just Piano, Bass and Percussion so that the Sax player can practise along with the rhythm section.

Mark Vega: Jazz Solo Series (E Flat)

Mark Vega?s Jazz Solo Series for Eb instruments, including Alto Saxophone, is a great instructional tool for musicians and music students to learn or improve their improvisational abilities in the jazz-swing idiom. There are sixty-six examples in the book, starting at a somewhat easy level and gradually increasing in difficulty throughout the book. Sections include: Exercises in all twelve keys using II-V-I and II-V-III-VI-II-V-I chord progressions. Exercises in all twelve keys using I-VI-II-V-III-bIII-II-V-I chord progressions. Complete worked-out solos over chord changes to the popular Jazz standards Stella By Starlight, Take The A Train, and There Will Never Be Another You. Includes an easy version of the solo followed by a more difficult one. A selected discography of Mark?s favourite Jazz albums featuring great Jazz soloists.

Mark Vega: Jazz Solo Series (B Flat)

Mark Vega?s Jazz Solo Series for Eb instruments, including Tenor Saxophone, is a great instructional tool for musicians and music students to learn or improve their improvisational abilities in the jazz-swing idiom. There are sixty-six examples in the book, starting at a somewhat easy level and gradually increasing in difficulty throughout the book. Sections include: Exercises in all twelve keys using II-V-I and II-V-III-VI-II-V-I chord progressions. Exercises in all twelve keys using I-VI-II-V-III-bIII-II-V-I chord progressions. Complete worked-out solos over chord changes to the popular Jazz standards Stella By Starlight, Take The A Train, and There Will Never Be Another You. Includes an easy version of the solo followed by a more difficult one. A selected discography of Mark?s favourite Jazz albums featuring great Jazz soloists.

Medieval Music For Violin

Medieval Music For Violin contains thirty-four solo pieces for Violin. Author Allan Alexander has selected a fantastic variety from Medieval times and most tunes have been extended with variations to make them a more suitable length and increase the violinist's enjoyment! Every tune in the book is also included on an accompanying CD which gives a perfect demonstration and is enjoyable in its own merit.

Allan Alexander: Christmas Music For Guitar

A terrific collection of Christmas music for Guitar. Includes seperate tablature and standard notation.

American Folk Music for Recorder

American folk music is just right for Recorder. There are 34 songs in this collection, from the lyrical beauty of Amazing Grace and Shenandoah to the rollicking good fun of Lane County Bachelor and Old Joe Clark, these tunes will keep you playing ? and keep your listeners dancing and singing. All of the tunes are notated for soprano recorder. They can be played on recorder alone, or with piano, guitar, or any chord instrument. Chord symbols are included with the music. The lyrics are included in the book. Lyrics can help with learning rhythm, or with memorization of the melody. They allow the player to sing as well as play, or to invite others to sing along. Besides, they are fun. The Play-along CD has separate channels for Recorder and Piano accompaniment. The first section of the CD includes all of the tunes, with Jessica Walsh on Recorder and Andrew D. Gordon on piano. The second section is a Play-Along, featuring wonderful Piano accompaniments arranged by Anita Briggs. The music notation for the Piano accompaniments are available as PDF files for download.

The Blues Scale For Flute

The Blues Scale For Flute 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. This book contains 20 grooves in 13 styles: Pop: 2 Grooves Rock: 3 Grooves Blues: 2 Grooves Jazz-Swing: 1 Groove Funk: 3 Grooves R&B: 1 Groove Latin: 1 Groove Gospel: 2 Grooves New Age: 1 Groove Reggae: 1 Groove Calypso: 1 Groove Acid-Jazz: 1 Groove Country: 1 Groove In The Blues Scale For Flute the blues scale and relative minor blues scale are covered in detail. This book explains 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). Each of the 20 grooves in this book contains over 150 patterns in total, using notes solely from the blues scale. Each groove 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, featuring a rhythm section of Piano, Organ, Guitar, Bass and Drums. 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 the video below for more information.

Allan Alexander: Easy Pieces For Guitar

With the 37 original pieces contained within, be prepared for a journey into the beautiful simplicity of a variety of musical styles, ranging from South American to Celtic, with trips to Italy, Greece and Spain in between. For the teacher of emerging students, this book solves the problem of producing repertoire that is at once interesting and accessible. The accompanying CD provides an invaluable aid to learning for these students. For the intermediate player, this book provides important experience in sight-reading uncomplicated but appealing music. The book also provides fascinating text that is interspersed with valuable musical secrets that Allan has discovered in his lifelong devotion to the guitar. Pay attention; I have been his student for quite a long time, and I continue to learn many new things all the time. If there are any doubts about what can be done with simple pieces, simply listen to the CD, which is a most enjoyable experience in itself.