Cant' find what you need? Try searching our catalog
Hours of Operation;
Independence:
Monday - Friday:
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Closed Saturdays
Liberty:
Monday-Thursday:
10:00 am to 6 pm
Friday:
10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Saturday:
9:00 am to 2:00 pm
Both locations are closed on Sunday.
Or call us toll free at 1.800.369.2624 or via fax 1.816.415.8996
Maps and Directions
|
|
|
Page:1 2 
|
  |
100 ULTIMATE JAZZ RIFFS
Features:
Due to the runaway success of the 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs, Andrew D. Gordon's latest book "100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs" consists of, as the title suggests, 100 Jazz riffs based on common chord progressions used in jazz such as the II-V-I, III-VI-II-V etc.
There are five separate ections: Jazz Swing, Jazz Ballad, Jazz Funk, Jazz Waltz and Latin Jazz. Each musical example has a single note improvised melody line with the right hand and chord accompaniment with the left hand. At the end of the book there is the chord progression for the popular jazz standard "Blue Moon" showing you how to use various examples from the 100 riffs to create an improvised solo over the chord progression.
By demonstrating this technique you can pick most jazz standards and create your own improvisational ideas using the book.
The CD is recorded with the right hand piano part on the right channel and the left hand piano part on the left channel (bass and drums on both channels) with most of the examples recorded at normal and slowed down tempos. An absolute must for musicians learning and playing various jazz styles.
Customer Comment About This Book:
Hi, I have purchased your " 100 ultimate riff " book which I must say is one of the best books I have ever come across period! as it has enabled me to achieve that Jazzy sound that I have been searching for the last 7 years. Even the Jazz tutor that I have had in the past have not been able to show me what your book has shown me.... Just like yourself I have learned to play and improvise over the Blues but when it came to improvise over songs like "Misty" and " Someone to watch over me " I was completely lost for Notes to play that would sound good & Jazzy . I had nearly given up hope in even trying to be a Jazz piano player for the last 7 years but Many thanks to you and your wonderful book I can see the light at the end of the tunnel! I would just like to say that I am very very satisfied with your book and I think in is worth its weight in gold...Many Many Thanks Have A Nice Day Rgrds.
Danny Manini London England
I enjoy much the Chord progressions you chose and the scale relations that were picked I am well versed in this area and I feel you covered it nicely. Would have liked a little more funk and latin but I have additional books of yours that handle that. I find your books are useful for my own creative juices by starting with one of your grooves and then I toy with it until I have recreated something new from it. Your music has an uncanny ability to reinvent itself easily. There is another book of yours on different styles that I will be purchasing in the near future. D.H.
I am a private instructor of piano and guitar in Fishers, IN and I absolutely love everything that you've put on the market so far. I especially like and use your 100 ultimate blues and jazz licks as well as the piano bass lines book. I think you're doing a great job and I hope you will remember me because I also use Scott 'the piano guy' Houston's approach and have more or less integrated his beginning methods with your licks in my everyday teaching approach. C.H.
Table of Contents:
| Publisher: |
ADG |
| Composer: |
|
| Artist: |
GORDON |
| Arranger: |
|
| Voicing: |
|
| Level: |
|
| Pages: |
|
(read more...) |
Price: $24.95 |
|
| |
 |
OF THEE I SING
Features:
Multiple Piano (4)
Table of Contents:
| Publisher: |
SP |
| Composer: |
CHOPIN |
| Artist: |
|
| Arranger: |
NIELSON |
| Voicing: |
PIANO DUET |
| Level: |
|
| Pages: |
|
(read more...) |
Price: $8.95 |
|
| |
 |
OUTSTANDING BLUES & JAZZ COMPOSITIONS BEG/INT BOOK/CD
Features:
This Beginner/Intermediate level package presents an introduction to playing Blues & Jazz including Gospel, Latin, New Age & Rock influences. There are 14 original compositions specifically composed to introduce the musician to the various techniques & concepts commonly used in the aforementioned styles such as:
12 bar Blues progression,
Walking & boogie woogie bass lines,
Triplet rhythms,
Arpeggios,
Blues notes,
Blues scale
Also included in the book are sections on note & rhythm reading skills as well as chord structures. Although this product is for the beginner musician, it is suggested that some piano/keyboard technique is required. Blues is the basis of most Contemporary styles of music and hence this would be a great starting point to develop these styles. Recorded at normal & slow tempos.
Customer Comments About This Book:
Hello Andrew Gordon, While in Michigan for Thanksgiving I purchased your book "Outstanding Blues and Jazz Compositions for Piano/Keyboards" at Elderly Music in Lansing. The book was published in 1990. Thanks for having the generosity and patience to teach. The book actually begins at my level ! and I am having a great time with it. Tonight as I plowed through tedious scales and arpeggios, I kept our friend George Harrison in mind. Best regards, Elizabeth
Table of Contents:
| Publisher: |
ADG |
| Composer: |
|
| Artist: |
GORDON |
| Arranger: |
|
| Voicing: |
PNO-KEYBOA |
| Level: |
|
| Pages: |
|
(read more...) |
Price: $21.95 |
|
| |
|
PIANO FOR ADULTS-BK 2
Features:
Table of Contents:
| Publisher: |
KJOS |
| Composer: |
|
| Artist: |
|
| Arranger: |
|
| Voicing: |
CD |
| Level: |
|
| Pages: |
|
(read more...) |
Price: $15.95 |
|
| |
 |
88 Keys - The Making of a Steinway Piano
Features:
More than 500 people are involved in the creation of just one of the world's greatest pianos, the Steinway. From the selection and aging of wood to the delicate voicing of the finished instrument, this special reissue of 88 Keys - The Making of a Steinway Piano relates the story behind the instrument's intricate formation, as told by Miles Chapin, a fifth-generation descendant of Steinway's founder, Henry Engelhard Steinway. Readers will learn about how the piano gets its trademark curve, the belly men who fit the metal harp to the wooden frame, the carvers who shape the piano's legs and pedal lyre, and the many other craftspeople who have perfected their specialized contributions to the finished product. They'll also get an insider's look into the company's history against a timeline of major worldwide music events, and into the roles of piano greats, including Anton Rubinstein and Sergei Rachmaninoff, in contributing to its prominence. A glossary of technical terms is included. For music lovers, aspiring musicians, and pianists everywhere.
Table of Contents:
| Publisher: |
Amadeus Press |
| Composer: |
|
| Artist: |
|
| Arranger: |
|
| Voicing: |
|
| Level: |
|
| Pages: |
144 |
(read more...) |
Price: $25.00 |
|
| |
 |
A Little Night Music
Features:
Throwing caution to the winds, I assert that A Little Night Music comes as close as possible to being the perfect romantic comedy musical. -Brendan Gill, The New Yorker Heady, civilized, sophisticated and enchanting. Good God! An adult musical. -Clive Barnes, The New York Times
Table of Contents:
| Publisher: |
Applause Books |
| Composer: |
Stephen Sondheim |
| Artist: |
|
| Arranger: |
|
| Voicing: |
|
| Level: |
|
| Pages: |
236 |
(read more...) |
Price: $16.99 |
|
| |
 |
A Living Legacy
Features:
Created on the occasion of the Juilliard School's 100th anniversary in 2005, this book offers an unprecedented look at Juilliard's historic stringed instrument collection. The collection, assembled over the course of the last century through generous gifts of instruments and funds to the school, is vividly represented by photographic and narrative accounts of 25 instruments (and three bows) of particular historic interest by such illustrious makers as Amati, Bergonzi, Guadagnini, Guarneri, Stradivari, and others, as well as reproductions of historic documents and an annotated list of other instruments and bows. Among the featured instruments are a Stradivarius violin that once belonged to a Russian czar and was later owned by Avery Fisher, a Guarneri del Gesù violin played by a member of the Viennese quartet that premiered many of Beethoven's and Schubert's works in that genre, and a Stradivarius cello previously owned by Hugo Becker, head of the Berlin Hochschule für Musik. Short essays sketch the history of Juilliard and its illustrious string department, and describe the crucial role of the Instrumental Loan Program, which allows students to borrow instruments for special performances and competitions as well as for longer-term use. The book includes a foreword by renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman, a Juilliard alumnus and holder of the school's Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Chair since 1999.
Table of Contents:
| Publisher: |
Amadeus Press |
| Composer: |
|
| Artist: |
|
| Arranger: |
|
| Voicing: |
|
| Level: |
|
| Pages: |
96 |
(read more...) |
Price: $75.00 |
|
| |
|
Aperçus désagréables
Features:
These lovely, limpid Unpleasant Glimpses include 3 pieces: Pastoral • Choral • Fugue.
Table of Contents:
| Publisher: |
Editions Max Es |
| Composer: |
Erik Satie |
| Artist: |
|
| Arranger: |
|
| Voicing: |
Piano |
| Level: |
|
| Pages: |
32 |
(read more...) |
Price: $14.95 |
|
| |
|
BigTime® Piano Favorites CD
Features:
Orchestrations by Edwin McLean.
One CD featuring the background accompaniments of Morning Has Broken; I Love a Piano; I'm Henery the Eighth, I Am; The Spy; Oh! You Beautiful Doll; Clair de Lune; Beautiful Dreamer; Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home?; Cielito Lindo; Fanfare on America; Good Morning Blues; Halloween Sonatine; Tarantella Italiana; Theme from the Moonlight Sonata.
Table of Contents:
BigTime Piano Favorites CD
| Publisher: |
The FJH Music C |
| Composer: |
|
| Artist: |
|
| Arranger: |
Nancy & Randall Fabe |
| Voicing: |
Piano |
| Level: |
|
| Pages: |
|
(read more...) |
Price: $10.95 |
|
| |
 |
Chopin - A Listener's Guide to the Master of the Piano
Features:
Frédéric Chopin died a famous man with his place in the musical pantheon secure. Yet the works that were once most popular tended to be his lightest and least challenging, leading many listeners and critics to view him as a miniaturist and composer for the salon. The bold pieces now revered as his masterpieces-the epic and tragic structures of the ballades, scherzos, polonaises, and sonatas, and the compact but daring preludes and mazurkas-were rarely played and poorly understood. In fact, a larger proportion of Chopin's pieces are now in the active repertory than that of any composer. Chopin - A Listener's Guide to the Master of the Piano takes a detailed tour through the life and oeuvre of the sovereign master of the keyboard. The composer's metabolic adaptation of the melodic structures of Italian opera and the folk music of his native Poland for the resources of the piano are examined in detail, as are the originality and boldness he displayed throughout his tragically short, astonishing career. The book is accompanied by a CD containing 15 complete compositions (and one full movement from his Piano Sonata No. 2) performed by pianist Idil Biret, from her complete survey of the composer's music on the Naxos label.
Table of Contents:
| Publisher: |
Amadeus Press |
| Composer: |
Frederic Chopin |
| Artist: |
|
| Arranger: |
|
| Voicing: |
|
| Level: |
|
| Pages: |
146 |
(read more...) |
Price: $22.99 |
|
| |
 |
For My Little Friends
Features:
These six charming teaching pieces, lower intermediate level, were composed in 1930. After an intense musical activity in Paris and Bordeaux, Ermend-Bonnal (1880-1944) was appointed Director of Music Conservatoire in Bayonne (France). He was appointed Inspector for Music in Paris near the end of his life.
Table of Contents:
| Publisher: |
Editions Max Es |
| Composer: |
Joseph Ermend-Bonnal |
| Artist: |
|
| Arranger: |
|
| Voicing: |
|
| Level: |
|
| Pages: |
24 |
(read more...) |
Price: $10.95 |
|
| |
|
Francette et PiÃ
Features:
Villa-Lobos imagined an encounter between a little French girl (Francette) and a young girl (Pià ) from Brazil. The first 9 pieces are for solo piano. The tenth piece is a duet.
Table of Contents:
| Publisher: |
Editions Max Es |
| Composer: |
Heitor Villa-Lobos |
| Artist: |
|
| Arranger: |
|
| Voicing: |
Piano |
| Level: |
|
| Pages: |
36 |
(read more...) |
Price: $12.95 |
|
| |
|
FunTime® Piano Favorites CD
Features:
Contents include: Skaters’ Waltz; Scarborough Fair; Chopsticks; Two Guitars; Glow Worm; Greensleeves; Hello, My Baby; I’ve Been Working on the Railroad; Give My Regards to Broadway; Song of the Volga Boatmen.
Table of Contents:
FunTime Piano Favorites CD
| Publisher: |
FJH Music |
| Composer: |
|
| Artist: |
|
| Arranger: |
Nancy & Randall Fabe |
| Voicing: |
ACC CD |
| Level: |
|
| Pages: |
|
(read more...) |
Price: $10.95 |
|
| |
|
GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN
Features:
This is one of the most famous Christmas spirituals and Phil Kern has skillfully written a unique and exciting arrangement! This powerful, fast-moving piece infuses stylized and rhythmic vocals with gospel and world music percussion parts that are included within the choral. It is outstanding on all levels!
Table of Contents:
| Publisher: |
Shawnee Press |
| Composer: |
|
| Artist: |
|
| Arranger: |
KERN |
| Voicing: |
SATB |
| Level: |
|
| Pages: |
16 |
(read more...) |
Price: $2.00 |
|
| |
 |
How to Play Popular Piano in 10 Easy Lessons
Features:
This 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, and 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. Norman Monath has taught and played piano professionally for more than 25 years. As a songwriter, he's collaborated with Hal David and Sammy Cahn. 8-1/4 inch. x 10-3/4 inch.
Table of Contents:
| Publisher: |
A Fireside Book |
| Composer: |
|
| Artist: |
|
| Arranger: |
|
| Voicing: |
|
| Level: |
|
| Pages: |
142 |
(read more...) |
Price: $15.95 |
|
| |
 |
Jazz Piano - Level 2
Features:
What good is music if it ain't got that swing? - Duke Ellington The Associated Board responds with Jazz Piano, a comprehensive introduction to the world of jazz. A pioneering set of publications and optional assessment materials provide the building blocks you need to play jazz with imagination, understanding, and style, and to improvise effectively right from the start. Five levels of graded pieces contain a wide range of styles: funky jazz, up-tempo swing, calypso, Latin, jazz waltz, modal, bebop, Gospel, ragtime, free jazz, and more. There are classic tunes by Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, and Thelonious Monk. Within each level there are 15 pieces, aural tests, quick studies, scales, arpeggios, and a CD. The 15 pieces are presented in three categories: blues, standards, and contemporary jazz. Each piece provides a head/melody which contains all the characteristic voicings, phrasing, and rhythmic patterns needed for a stylish performance. An improvised section follows, where guideline pitches and left-hand voicings are given as a practical starting point for solos. Totally accessible and at the highest musical standards, these pieces provide the opportunity to play jazz confidently and creatively.
Table of Contents:
Moanin'
Becky's Song
Blue Lullaby
Good Time Blues
Hard Science
Swing It And C
The Firefly
The Orchard
On-Off Boogie
Contemplation
Big Noise From Winnetka
Now's The Time
Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
St. Thomas
C-Jam Blues
| Publisher: |
ABRSM Publishin |
| Composer: |
|
| Artist: |
|
| Arranger: |
|
| Voicing: |
|
| Level: |
|
| Pages: |
64 |
(read more...) |
Price: $12.95 |
|
| |
 |
Jazz Piano - Level 3
Features:
What good is music if it ain't got that swing? - Duke Ellington The Associated Board responds with Jazz Piano, a comprehensive introduction to the world of jazz. A pioneering set of publications and optional assessment materials provide the building blocks you need to play jazz with imagination, understanding, and style, and to improvise effectively right from the start. Five levels of graded pieces contain a wide range of styles: funky jazz, up-tempo swing, calypso, Latin, jazz waltz, modal, bebop, Gospel, ragtime, free jazz, and more. There are classic tunes by Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, and Thelonious Monk. Within each level there are 15 pieces, aural tests, quick studies, scales, arpeggios, and a CD. The 15 pieces are presented in three categories: blues, standards, and contemporary jazz. Each piece provides a head/melody which contains all the characteristic voicings, phrasing, and rhythmic patterns needed for a stylish performance. An improvised section follows, where guideline pitches and left-hand voicings are given as a practical starting point for solos. Totally accessible and at the highest musical standards, these pieces provide the opportunity to play jazz confidently and creatively.
Table of Contents:
Spanish Sketch
Birk's Works
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
Allfarthing Blues
Blues For Tom
Neat Feet
Sails
Saturday
Swing Fun
Walking Blues
Barrelhouse Blues
Sombrero Sam
Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)
The Peanut Vendor (El Manisero)
A Smooth One
Fly Me To The Moon (In Other Words)
| Publisher: |
ABRSM Publishin |
| Composer: |
|
| Artist: |
|
| Arranger: |
|
| Voicing: |
|
| Level: |
|
| Pages: |
64 |
(read more...) |
Price: $12.95 |
|
| |
 |
Jazz Piano - Level 4
Features:
What good is music if it ain't got that swing? - Duke Ellington The Associated Board responds with Jazz Piano, a comprehensive introduction to the world of jazz. A pioneering set of publications and optional assessment materials provide the building blocks you need to play jazz with imagination, understanding, and style, and to improvise effectively right from the start. Five levels of graded pieces contain a wide range of styles: funky jazz, up-tempo swing, calypso, Latin, jazz waltz, modal, bebop, Gospel, ragtime, free jazz, and more. There are classic tunes by Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, and Thelonious Monk. Within each level there are 15 pieces, aural tests, quick studies, scales, arpeggios, and a CD. The 15 pieces are presented in three categories: blues, standards, and contemporary jazz. Each piece provides a head/melody which contains all the characteristic voicings, phrasing, and rhythmic patterns needed for a stylish performance. An improvised section follows, where guideline pitches and left-hand voicings are given as a practical starting point for solos. Totally accessible and at the highest musical standards, these pieces provide the opportunity to play jazz confidently and creatively.
Table of Contents:
Undecided
In A Different Light
Blues For Pete Johnson
Heading Home
Ikon (Memories Of Ike)
Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
Original Rags
Oscar's Boogaloo
Shh!
Three-Four Blues
Footprints
Freddie Freeloader
I'm Beginning To See The Light
Lazy River
Blue Monk
| Publisher: |
ABRSM Publishin |
| Composer: |
|
| Artist: |
|
| Arranger: |
|
| Voicing: |
|
| Level: |
|
| Pages: |
76 |
(read more...) |
Price: $12.95 |
|
| |
 |
Jazz Piano - Level 5
Features:
What good is music if it ain't got that swing? - Duke Ellington The Associated Board responds with Jazz Piano, a comprehensive introduction to the world of jazz. A pioneering set of publications and optional assessment materials provide the building blocks you need to play jazz with imagination, understanding, and style, and to improvise effectively right from the start. Five levels of graded pieces contain a wide range of styles: funky jazz, up-tempo swing, calypso, Latin, jazz waltz, modal, bebop, Gospel, ragtime, free jazz, and more. There are classic tunes by Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Bill Evans, and Thelonious Monk. Within each level there are 15 pieces, aural tests, quick studies, scales, arpeggios, and a CD. The 15 pieces are presented in three categories: blues, standards, and contemporary jazz. Each piece provides a head/melody which contains all the characteristic voicings, phrasing, and rhythmic patterns needed for a stylish performance. An improvised section follows, where guideline pitches and left-hand voicings are given as a practical starting point for solos. Totally accessible and at the highest musical standards, these pieces provide the opportunity to play jazz confidently and creatively.
Table of Contents:
All Blues
So Long
An Oscar For Oscar
Chops
Crossover Blues
Jamming With Jools
Lemon Cornette
Mambo Country
That Monday Morning Feeling
Waltz For Autumn
Christopher Columbus
Oleo
Take The 'A' Train
Blue Bossa
34 Skidoo
Take The 'A' Train
So Long
| Publisher: |
ABRSM Publishin |
| Composer: |
|
| Artist: |
|
| Arranger: |
|
| Voicing: |
|
| Level: |
|
| Pages: |
80 |
(read more...) |
Price: $12.95 |
|
| |
|
Music For The Harp Music Of Various Composers Arr By Grandjany
Features:
Score
Table of Contents:
Pavane Et Bransles (Francisque)
Aria & Rigaudon (G.Kirchoff)
Prelude & Toccata (Handel)
King's Hunt, The (J.Bull)
Sarabande (Handel)
| Publisher: |
AMP |
| Composer: |
Marcel Grandjany |
| Artist: |
|
| Arranger: |
|
| Voicing: |
|
| Level: |
|
| Pages: |
38 |
(read more...) |
Price: $14.95 |
|
| |
Page:1 2 |
|
