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 hislifelong 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. 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 discoveredin 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.

Folk & Country Waltzes for Guitar contain 50 well known waltzes fully notated in the book and played on the CD with a full backing band. (play-a-long tracks including melody line played by another instrument). These pieces are all easy to learn. If you do not read music well (or at all) you can pick up the melody from the CD. The book can be used to build a repertoire of waltz music. At live engagements especially weddings the audience will always ask for a few waltzes. The material in this book covers a wide range of tempos and styles not just slow waltzes. The melodies of these pieces are easily recognizable although you may not remember the name of a specific tune. Many of thetunes are very well known such as: Daisy Home On The Range Anniversary Waltz After The Ball Ash Grove Greensleeves Laredo Scarborough Fair Star Of The County Down The Black Velvet Band The Greenwood Tree Southwind The Four Marys Barbara Allen Flowers Of The Thorn Beautiful Brown Eyes Give Me Your Hand and many more. Folk & Country Waltzes for Guitar contain 50 well known waltzes fully notated in the book and played on the CD with a full backing band. (play-a-long tracks including melody line played by another instrument). These pieces are all easy to learn. If you do not read music well (or at all) you can pick up the melody from the CD. The book can be used to build a repertoire of waltz music. At live engagements especially weddings the audience will always ask for a few waltzes. The material in this book covers a wide range of tempos and styles not just slow waltzes. The melodies of these pieces are easily recognizable althoughyou may not remember the name of a specific tune. Many of the tunes are very well known such as: Daisy Home On The Range Anniversary Waltz After The Ball Ash Grove Greensleeves Laredo Scarborough Fair Star Of The County Down The Black Velvet Band The Greenwood Tree Southwind The Four Marys Barbara Allen Flowers Of The Thorn Beautiful Brown Eyes Give Me Your Hand and many more.

Classic Keyboard Riffs And Rhythms by Andrew D. Gordon consists of 40 short riffs 4 to 16 measures in length covering blues country funk gospel jazz latin new age reggae R&B and rock styles. This book will help spice up arrangements of songs by incorporating the techniques used for each of the different styles. There is also an analysis giving hints on the best way to use these riffs in your playing. It is also a great tool as a source of improvisational ideas. The American Music Teacher magazine review said All in all this is a good book to get to those elusive sounds that make up the contemporary pop style. Recorded at normal and slow tempos. Classic Keyboard Riffs And Rhythms by Andrew D. Gordon consists of 40 short riffs 4 to 16 measures in length covering blues country funk gospel jazz latin new age reggae R&B and rock styles. This book will help 'spice up' arrangements of songs by incorporating the techniques used for each of the different styles. There is also an analysis giving hints on the best way to use these riffs in your playing. It is also a great tool as a source of improvisational ideas. The 'American Music Teacher' magazine review said ' All in all this is a good book to get to those elusive sounds that make up the contemporary pop style.'Recorded at normal and slow tempos.

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. 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.

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 everyexample to help you really capture the 'feel' of each unique groove.

For Saxophone- 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Eb Alto Saxophone 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 sax playing both from a rhythmic and soloing standpoint. Due to the continued success of his more advanced book 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Eb Alto 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 sightreading 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 sax melody piano guitar bass and drums and second just the rhythm track of piano guitar bass & drums so you can play-a-long. 'Whether reading the 100 riffs or picking them up by ear the book can have many uses. It is good for sightreading in the style short improvisational work or developing the ear. The clean well-laid out books should offer a springboard into further study of the blues and improvisation.' - saxshed.com

As playing funk styles is a passion of Andrew’s he has written this instructional book “100 Ultimate Soul Funk and R&B Grooves” based on the influences of the great Funk Soul and R&B artists such as: James Brown Herbie Hancock The Crusaders Average White Band Marvin Gaye Miles Davis Stevie Wonder Parliament Ramsey Lewis Booker T and The MG’s MFSB Billy Preston etc. Besides the afore-mentioned styles Andrew has also added a few grooves that are Afro-Caribbean such as: Latin Reggae and Calypso. Each of the 100 grooves have been recorded with the Saxophone part playing along with a rhythm section of guitar bass drums keyboards and in many of the grooves percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves Andrew D. Gordon world renowned music educator author of over 60 music educational products has previously written numerous books on Flute styles such as: 100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Flute 100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for Flute The Blues Scale for Flute as well as another book that A.D.G. Productions publishes Ultimate Funk Grooves for Flute authored by Ben Tompsett which have all been well received by students teachers and musicians all over the world. As playing funk styles is a passion of Andrew's he has written this instructional book 100Ultimate Soul Funk and R&B Grooves based on the influences of the great Funk Soul and R&B artists such as: James Brown Herbie Hancock The Crusaders Average White Band Marvin Gaye Miles Davis Stevie Wonder Parliament Ramsey Lewis Booker T and The MG's MFSB Billy Preston etc. Besides the afore-mentioned styles Andrew has also added a few grooves that are Afro-Caribbean such as: Latin Reggae and Calypso. Each of the 100 grooves have been recorded with the Flute part playing along with a rhythm section of Guitar Bass Drums Keyboards and in many of the grooves Percussion. There is also a three minute Play-A-Long track for each of the 100 grooves minus the Flute part so that you can practice along with the rhythm tracks adding up to over 5 hours of Play-A-Long tracks.

Medieval Mandolin Voume 2 by Allan Alexander.These medieval pieces sound great on the mandolin. They also lay right under the fingers. There is both notation and TAB and no page turns for any of the pieces in this book. The reason? This book is made for musicians by musicians. You can get the book with a CD and the guitar and mandolin are separate tracks. You can turn the mandolin totally off and play with the cd. There is no Tick Tick before the pieces instead there are two measures of intro with the guitar so you can sit and listen to the CD and become familiar with the pieces without it sounding like a learning CD. There are chords with the music and at the end of thebook there are examples of what the guitar is doing for many of the tunes in both tablature and notation. These tunes sound terrific and are a great addition to any repertoire. You can use them for any kind of gig or you can try doing some medieval fairs medieval feasts or medieval weddings. The bowl back mandolin looks so much like the lute most people would never know the difference. Often when I play the lute they ask me if it's a mandolin. I play lute guitar and more recently mandolin. I know the music. These pieces are particulary suited for the sound of the mandolin. I love playing them. The book is beautiful and scored professionally. The paper is heavy stock. The titles may not make a lot of sense but these are great pieces. Many have variations to make them longer. Medieval Mandolin Voume 2 by Allan Alexander.These medieval pieces sound great on the mandolin. They also lay right under the fingers. There is both notation and TAB and no page turns for any of the pieces in this book. The reason? This book is made for musicians by musicians. You can get the book with a CD and the guitar and mandolin are separate tracks. You can turn the mandolin totally off and play with the cd. There is no 'Tick Tick' before the pieces instead there are two measures of intro with the guitar so you can sit and listen to the CD and become familiar with the pieces without it sounding like a learning CD. There are chords with the music and at the end of thebook there are examples of what the guitar is doing for many of the tunes in both tablature and notation. These tunes sound terrific and are a great addition to any repertoire. You can use them for any kind of gig or you can try doing some medieval fairs medieval feasts or medieval weddings. The bowl back mandolin looks so much like the lute most people would never know the difference. Often when I play the lute they ask me if it's a mandolin. I play lute guitar and more recently mandolin. I know the music. These pieces are particulary suited for the sound of the mandolin. I love playing them. The book is beautiful and scored professionally. The paper is heavy stock. The titles may not make a lot of sense but these are great pieces. Many have variations to make them longer.

100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for Guitar by Andrew D. Gordon and Jo De Sa consists of as the title suggests 100 Jazz riffs based on chord progressions used in jazz such as the II-V-I II-VI-II-V etc. Most jazz as well as pop standards such as Misty Satin Doll Blue Moon This Masquerade and Europa use these types of chord progressions. There are five separate sections: Jazz Swing Jazz Ballad Jazz Funk Jazz Waltz and Latin Jazz. 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 over 100 riffs to create an improvised solo over the chordprogression. By demonstrating this technique you can pick most jazz standards and create your own improvisational ideas using the book. The accompanying CD is recorded with the guitar as the melody instrument along with the piano bass and drums. All of the examples are recorded with the guitar playing with the rhythm section at the normal tempo followed by just the rhythm section playing the normal tempo so that the soloist can practice along. The more difficult examples have been recorded with the rhythm section playing at a slowed down tempo.

This folio contains 42 pieces which can be played solo or with a chord instrument. This great collection includes music from the Spain and South America. Most of the pieces have been extended with variations which make the tunes a more suitable length for performances. Allan Alexander has also included four pages of extensive performance notes on the pieces in the book to give you the opportunity to place the piece in its historical and musicological context. Every tune in the book is also included on the digitally mastered CD. Though the tunes are very effective as solo material they are made even more spectacular with guitar accompaniment. For the player who is newto music of Spain and South America the recording will give insights into the melodies and it will allow the flutist who has no access to a chord instrument to hear and play along with the guitar as the flute part can be turned down by fading one channel. For those who know some of these wonderful tunes it will be a joy to have the music and hear them played by two musicians who obviously love to play this music together.

Music of Spain and South America for Violin by Allan Alexander contains 44 pieces which can be played solo or with a chord instrument. This great collection includes music from the Spain and South America. Most of the pieces have been extended with variations which make the tunes a more suitable length for performances and are a lot of fun for the violinist to play. Every tune in the book is included on the digitally mastered CD. Though the tunes are very effective as solo material Allan chose to record them with violinist Elena Rojas. Elena has given a skillful delightful performance of the music and Allan has rendered the chords artfully. The result is a reallylovely CD; listening will be a pleasure. For the player who is new to music of Spain and South America the recording will give insights into the melodies and it will allow the violinist who has no access to a chord instrument to hear and play along with the guitar as the violin part can be turned down by fading one channel. For those who know some of these wonderful tunes it will be a joy to have the music and hear them played by two musicians who obviously love to play this music together. The CD which comes with the book has all 44 of the tunes in the same order in which they appear in the book. The CD will give you insights into the music and it will be enjoyable to listen to on its own merit. For additional information be sure to check out Allan's web site.

Internationally renowned authors musicians and recording artists Frank Villafranca and Andrew D. Gordon have composed a collection of grooves and melodies in the Smooth Jazz Genre creating an exciting supplemental jazz study series for beginner intermediate and advanced jazz students and musicians. The smooth jazz grooves in this 46 page book feature a variety of contemporary rhythm section styles including R&B Jazz Funk Top 40 Rock Gospel Hip Hop and Latin. These stylistic influences are frequently associated with smooth jazz. Popular artists in this genre include The Super Groovers David Sanborn Eric Marienthal Kenny G Dave Koz David Benoit Tom Scott Gerald Albright Candy Dulfer Wilton Felder Boney James Chris Botti Chuck Mangione Sade George Benson Peter White Lee Ritenour Earl Klugh Larry Carlton Jeff Lorber Brian Culbertson George Duke Joe Sample Spyro Gyra Pat Metheny Four Play The Yellow Jackets and The Rippingtons. On each of the 20 tracks the groove is separated into 3 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 1st example is usually the easiest the 2nd slightly harder and the 3rd the most difficult.

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100 Ultimate Blues Riffs for Tenor Saxophone is written by internationally acclaimed author and instructor Andrew D. Gordon . This product is an exhaustive guide to the various phrases that make up Blues saxophone 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 that 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 12 bar Bluesprogression and the Blues scale are also explained. Included with this book are downloadable audio files with each example recorded twice. The first version of each example has the flute playing along with a rhythm section and the second version just has the rhythm section playing so that the saxophonist can play along.

The idea for this book series is to give instrumentalists the opportunity to practice solo improvisational techniques while playing along to rhythm tracks of keyboards guitar bass drums/percussion in various different Latin styles including Calypso Mambo Salsa Songo Bossa Guaracha Samba and Latin-Blues. The 24 grooves totalling over 200 riffs/phrases and play-a-long tracks consists of a variety of tempos and keys. Each groove has a variety of riffs to learn that are generally 4 or 8 measures in length. It would be beneficial if you could memorize these riffs so that you can experiment using different permutations of the riffs as well as being used as a starting offpoint for one's own improvisations. Each riff has been recorded with a rhythm track with each style having an extended play-a-long track around 3 minutes in length recorded without the solo part so you can practice the riffs that you have learned. Also these musical phrases or riffs may be interchanged from one groove to another and should be learned in as many keys as possible.

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.

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Internationally renowned authors musicians and recording artists Frank Villafranca and Andrew D. Gordon of The Super Groovers have composed a collection of grooves and melodies in the Smooth Jazz Genre creating an exciting supplemental jazz study series for beginner intermediate and advanced jazz students and musicians. After releasing their first CD Supergroovin which received world wide airplay they recognized a need in the music publishing business for a series of books on contemporary improvising within the 'Smooth Jazz' genre. Andrew composed and recorded all the rhythm tracks used in thisbook. In their opinion the melodies were so catchy they couldn't resist developing them into completed songs. Mainline Connection Villefranche-sur-Mer and You're The Only One In My Life are a few featured on their second CD Mainline Connection . The smooth jazz grooves in this 50 page book feature a variety of contemporary rhythm section styles including R&B Jazz Funk Top 40 Rock Gospel Hip Hop and Latin. These stylistic influences are frequently associated with smooth jazz. Popular artists in this genre include The Super Groovers David Sanborn Eric Marienthal Kenny G David Benoit Dave Koz Tom Scott Gerald Albright Candy Dulfer Wilton Felder Boney James Chris Botti Chuck Mangione Sade George Benson Peter White Lee Ritenour Earl Klugh Larry Carlton Jeff Lorber Brian Culbertson George Duke Paul Hardcastle Joe Sample Spyro Gyra Pat Metheny Four Play The Yellow Jackets and The Rippingtons. We suggest that you become acquainted with as many of these artists as possible. On each of the 20 tracks the groove is separated into 3 melodic ideas. Each melodic idea (example or riff) is played first by the Violin with the groove followed by just the rhythm section groove without the Violin. The 1st example is usually the easiest the 2nd slightly harder and the 3rd the most difficult. The Super Groovers were very fortunate to have violinist extraordinaire Christian Howes perform and record the Violin examples in the book. Versions for each

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 scaleare 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.