The Hal Leonard Pocket Music Dictionary (Book) [Paperback] Review

For a little pocket dictionary, it's got a lot in it. I like the way it is organized.It fits easily into my bag and on my nightstand.I am very happy with it.I still may shop around for a larger music dictionary but in the meantime this one is great and I will use it even when I get a bigger one.

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HereÕs the most contemporary music dictionary on the market! Conveniently divided into three main sections: The Dictionary of Music Terms defines over 2,000 music terms concisely, including notation and theory terms, instruments and terms used in pop music, electronic music and the music business; The Dictionary of Musicians provides more than 400 capsule biographies of composers and other musicians; and Reference Charts give instant, at-a-glance summaries of the essentials of music, encompassing instrumental and vocal ranges, notation signs and symbols, and scales, modes and key signatures.

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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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Hard Bop: Jazz Piano Solos Series [Paperback] Review

Somehow they managed to simplify the arrangements so that they still sound professional, but not so tricky that onlya gifted few can play them. I have many sheet music transcriptions of Bill Evan, Chick Corea, Mehegan jazz studies, etc that I purchased over the years, but most are so technically challenging that you can forget about getting in a relaxed groove, so I ended up just playing some playable classical sheet music from time to time to keep in practice. But this jazz piano series of Hal Leonard has really filled a need, in my opinion.

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16 jazz classics from the '50s and '60s, including: Airegin (Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis) * The Champ (Dizzy Gillespie, Jimmy Smith) * Giant Steps (John Coltrane, Tommy Flanagan) * I Remember Clifford (Lee Morgan, Dizzy Gillespie) * Mercy, Mercy, Mercy (Cannonball Adderley, Joe Zawinul) * Song for My Father (Kenny Burrell, Horace Silver) * This Here (Bobby Timmons, Cannonball Adderly) * and more.

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Jazz Standards [Paperback] Review

Ever start singing a show tune you'd just heard in a furniture store, and get stuck on a line?"Hide your heart from sight, lock your dreams at night, it could happen to you..."That's where this book comes in.It gives you words and melody line for 100 songs and these are strictly A-list of the Great American Songbook (plus some bossa nova, a nice touch), with no filler.Put together the 10 books you've been allowed to take on your Desert Island trip, then slip this one in your back pocket.

As others have pointed out, it's not really suited for instrumentalists.But that, along with the fact that you can probably find all this material on the Internet, is undoubtedly what allowed the publisher to offer this collection at such a low price.

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50 songs, including: All the Things You Are * But Beautiful * Come Rain or Come Shine * Honeysuckle Rose * I Could Write a Book * In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning * Misty * The Nearness of You * Stardust * What'll I Do? * and more.

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Soul Jazz: Jazz Piano Solos Series, Vol. 11 (Jazz Piano Solos (Numbered)) [Paperback] Review

Within hours of recieving this book I sightread through the entire thing in about an hour and I can't wait to play them some more and work with some background percussion. I own much of the HL jazz solo series and this is by far the best collection yet. The arrangements are fun and kept interesting throughout. A nice twist on some of the familiar tunes like Unchain My Heart, and a fairly decent arrangement of Ray Charle's What'd I Say. I use fake books for a lot of this stuff and get a little bored with my own arrangements. This book freshens a lot of them up for me, still including the Chord symbols if I choose to add something. Something a pianist can really sink their fingers into!

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Solo arrangements of 20 soulful tunes: Dat Dere * Hot Toddy * The Jody Grind * Sister Sadie * Soul Eyes * Unchain My Heart * What'd I Say * When the Sun Comes Out * You Are My Sunshine * and more.

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The Best Jazz Standards Ever (Easy Piano Songbook) [Paperback] Review

Some of the more popular tunes in this compilation are A night in Tunisia, Satin Doll, Sophisticated Lady and All the things you are. Missing out on classics like Take the A-train in lieu of several rather obscure tunes that aren't exactly Jazz standards, by my measure, is the book's greatest flaw. For the beginning to intermediate jazz student, its a nice book to own. All the songs are full arrangements and not too difficult to play. Advanced pianists will probably be happier with a nice, solid fakebook.

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Easy arrangements of 71 favorites: Ain't Misbehavin' * Autumn Leaves * Body and Soul * Come Rain or Come Shine * Don't Get Around Much Anymore * The Girl from Ipanema * How Deep Is the Ocean * I'll Remember April * It's Only a Paper Moon * The Lady Is a Tramp * Lullaby of Birdland * Misty * My Funny Valentine * The Nearness of You * Satin Doll * Some Enchanted Evening * Stardust * Stormy Weather * The Very Thought of You * more.

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