Discover the fundamentals of music theory with Hal Leonard's The Chord Wheel – the ultimate tool for musicians of all levels! Whether you're in a gigging band or just getting started, understanding chord theory is essential for mastering music.
The Chord Wheel simplifies this concept, making it easy to find chord relationships and key changes. Improve your improvisation, songwriting, and overal musicianship by discovering how chords and scales interact with practical applications – no music reading necessary. With thes concepts from The Chord Wheel, every practice, gig, or jam session becomes more dynamic and rewarding.
Don't just play music – understand it with The Chord Wheel!
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When you reharmonize a tune, you give the melody new color by changing its underlying harmonies. Whether you direct a band or choir, play piano or guitar, or write film scores, you will find simple and innovative techniques to update songs and develop exciting new arrangements by studying the hundreds of copyrighted examples throughout this book. Reharmonization techniques covered include: simple substitution, diatonic approach, adding dominant and subdominant chords, harmonic displacement, modal interchange, and others. Includes examples and exercises on such tunes as: Black Orpheus • Blue in Green • The Girl from Ipanema • Isn't It Romantic? • Misty • Over the Rainbow • Stella by Starlight • and more.
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Here's your personal introduction to the most versatile song charting system ever created, the Nashville Number System. Used for decades by the world's top studio musicians, the Number system allows you to chart an entire song for the whole band on a single sheet of paper in about five minutes! Whether you are a musician trying to break into the competitive world of session playing, a songwriter looking for a quick way to document your songs, or you're just looking for a better way to communicate musically with your band, this system is exactly what you need. The book includes access to online recordings of more than 90 musical examples recorded by some of the world's best session musicians. They will guide you through the Number system from its basic concepts to the most intricate nuances. Along the way, you will have the opportunity to take what you have learned and jam along with fully-produced tracks that have been custom-mixed for guitar, keyboards, bass, and drums.
Written by Jim Riley, the drummer for Rascal Flatts! Song Charting Made Easy will very simply change the way you think about music.
The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside each book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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A comprehensive source for sight-reading fundamentals, including notes, rhythms, keys, positions, and scale forms. Also teaches reading from chord symbols, following charts, creating walking bass lines, slides, ghost notes, and other techniques.
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This book presents a clear and direct path to experiencing the feel of pulse and rhythm. The exercises are fun and mentally challenging while incorporating the use of our physical selves for a whole body experience of music. Todd Isler has found a way to illuminate the logic and beauty within even the most complex rhythmic system, and this guide will be invaluable for vocalists and instrumentalists alike. Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
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Here is a facsimile edition of Francis O'Neill's classic 1907 collection of jigs, reels, hornpipes and other dance tunes. The Dance Music of Ireland has proved so valuable to musicians and has been circulated so widely that it has become known simply as “the book” – a virtual bible for many traditional players. Songs include: Kitty's Rambles • Off to the Hunt• The Highway to Dublin • The Eavesdropper • Have a Drink with Me • The Maid at the Well • Cherish the Ladies • Galway Tom • The Mountain Boy • Katie's Fancy • O'Sullivan's March • The Priest's Leap • The Humors of Whiskey • A Night at the Fair • Out on the Ocean • Courtney's Favorite • The Merry Old Woman • A Trip to the Cottage • Happy to Meet and Sorry to Part • Wellington's Advance • The Old Man's Delight • Willy Walsh's Jig • The Boys of the Town • and more.
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A comprehensive guide to: notes, rests, counting, subdividing, time signatures, triplets, ties, dotted notes and rests, cut time, compound time, swing, shuffle, rhythm studies, counting systems, road maps and more!
“Provides a Britannica-like benefit to players whose reading skills are underdeveloped or in need of a good polishing.” – Rich Watson, Modern Drummer magazine
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Full-score of the re-engraved 1967 edition of the revised edition from 1947.
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The Berklee in the Pocket Essential Songwriter is an accessible reference guide that will quickly lead songwriters to ideas that are at the heart of countless hit songs. The tips and strategies jam-packed into this concise guide will help you tackle writer's block and gain fresh insight into the songwriting process. Includes: the 17 chord progressions that are at the heart of the most popular hit songs, guitar charts and keyboard chords showing how to play progressions in all 12 keys, tips to customize essential chord progressions to suit your own songs, contact info for businesses and organizations most important to the working songwriter, and more!
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Complete Edition with critical report, clothbound
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Brahms Complete Edition, Series 7, Volume 6
Clothbound
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Published in response to many requests for a book containing imaginative and singable descants, this indispensable collection contains 24 set to the most popular of all hymn tunes.
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In Pieces and Processes, the author has brought together a collection or original songs, exercises, instrumental pieces, and arrangements in an attempt to provide fresh examples of elemental music. The works represent a wide variety of styles which draw upon the musical models of the Orff Schulwerk for inspiration. Along with each piece is a detailed teaching procedure designed to give music educators a collection of instructional techniques that can be used in all aspects of their work. A “Process Teaching Toolbox” organizes these techniques by musical element.
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