Best Jazz Songbooks
Endorsed by Jamey Aebersold, James Moody, Dave Liebman, and others, The Jazz Theory Book presents all the information any student of jazz needs in an easy-to-understand, yet thorough, manner.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"A must for anyone wanting a true understanding of jazz theory."
"Terrific clear explanations with real examples."
"It should be on every jazz students book shelf."
"This is a complete guide to playing and understanding jazz music."
"I am using this book for what it is which is to further one's knowledge of music theory with regards with jazz, overall this is a very useful book."
"Excellent, clearly written and comprehensive book on the full scope of jazz theory!"
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Appears to have all the standards."
"Great transcriptions."
"Great for newbies like me."
"Good book for musicians to own!"
"Great book---no problems."
"I use it two ways: one is as a practice source where I essentially randomly open it and then page through sequentially playing tunes for 20-30 pages and marking (by turning down the page corner) those that I like the most - after a while I just move to the previously marked pages for further practice emphasizing tone and interpretation."
"It lacks some of them (“In the evening”, "After you've gone",...) , and some maybe are not so well transcribed ("Corcovado") but it’s plenty of good songs, it fixes bugs of prior editions (a full version of “Desafinado”!)."
Endorsed by Kenny Barron, Jamey Aebersold, Richie Beirach, and more, this book presents all the information a student of jazz piano needs in an easy-to-understand, yet thorough, manner.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Great book for starting off with jazz piano!"
"I personally love all the tips on how to practice and which exercises to do."
"Very good book, mixing practice and theory with in a way that makes sense and makes for an enjoyable read and a great work book at the same time."
"This is a very compete book on Jazz Piano, unfortunately it is way above my ability."
"This book contains a lot of great songs in a format as expected."
"Awesome book covering the basics to the advanced."
"Great book for anyone who is serious about learning jazz on the piano!"
"Beginning to see the light."
Best Music Songbooks
Titles: * Alouette. * Alpine Melody. * Amazing Grace. * Au Claire de la Lune. * Aunt Rhody. * Auld Lang Syne. * Aura Lee. * The Bandleader. * Beautiful Brown Eyes. * Blow the Man Down! * Largo (Dvorak). * Lavender's Blue. * Lightly Row. * Little Brown Jug. * Liza Jane. * London Bridge. * Lone Star Waltz. * Love Somebody. * Lullaby. * The Marine's Hymn. * Mary Ann. * Merrily We Roll Along. * Mexican Hat Dance. * Michael, Row the Boat Ashore. * Money Can't Buy Everything. * My Fifth. * Ode to Joy. * On Top of Old Smoky. * O Sole Mio. * Raisins and Almonds. * Rock Along. * Rockets. * Rockin' Intervals.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"It took me about 1 1/2 months to work through the book and I rate it as excellent instruction for anyone wanting to learn or re-learn the piano."
"A little background before I get into the real review: My 14 y/o trumpet player daughter has been wanting to learn the piano for years. Her trumpet teacher disagreed and recommended she start with the Suzuki method as she has and incredibly good ear and quite a bit of natural musical talent. I bought this book to help rectify that, knowing that I'll be sitting in on her weekly lessons and absorbing a lot of information there. It's pretty exciting to go from not knowing where middle C is located to playing Jingle Bells with a bit of harmony in 2 days! I do plan on adding scales and such to my practice sessions, as these are truly the things that will help you progress and give you a more fundamental understanding of how music is put together. I feel like I'm able to grasp the concepts that are introduced and will be able to help my daughter along once her lessons start in a couple of weeks."
"No CD, but Youtube is better than the CD anyway."
"So far, helping me learn the piano."
"A little bit hard if you are teaching yourself."
"I love this book!!!"
"This is a wonderful book for adult learners and my instructor agrees with me."
"This is a really great book on beginning piano playing."
Best Jazz Music
A required text in universities world-wide, translated into five languages, endorsed by Jamey Aebersold, James Moody, Dave Liebman, etc.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Wonderful book."
"This is a wonderful resource for any musician's library, jazz or non."
"A must for anyone wanting a true understanding of jazz theory."
"Formatted beautifully and laid out in a common sense fashion, The Jazz Theory Book is one of the best, written by one of the best!"
"Very informative and a good book to have."
"Terrific clear explanations with real examples."
"Excessive care has to be taken to avoid tearing the pages while trying to turn them."
Best Piano Songbooks
Titles: Alouette * Alpine Melody * Amazing Grace * Au Claire de la Lune * Aunt Rhody * Auld Lang Syne * Aura Lee * The Bandleader * Beautiful Brown Eyes * Blow the Man Down! * Largo (Dvorak) * Lavender's Blue * Lightly Row * Little Brown Jug * Liza Jane * London Bridge * Lone Star Waltz * Love Somebody * Lullaby * The Marine's Hymn * Mary Ann * Merrily We Roll Along * Mexican Hat Dance * Michael, Row the Boat Ashore * Money Can't Buy Everything * My Fifth * Ode to Joy * On Top of Old Smoky * O Sole Mio * Raisins and Almonds * Rock Along * Rockets * Rockin' Intervals * Rock It Away!
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Find Best Price at Amazon"It took me about 1 1/2 months to work through the book and I rate it as excellent instruction for anyone wanting to learn or re-learn the piano."
"A little background before I get into the real review: My 14 y/o trumpet player daughter has been wanting to learn the piano for years. Her trumpet teacher disagreed and recommended she start with the Suzuki method as she has and incredibly good ear and quite a bit of natural musical talent. I bought this book to help rectify that, knowing that I'll be sitting in on her weekly lessons and absorbing a lot of information there. It's pretty exciting to go from not knowing where middle C is located to playing Jingle Bells with a bit of harmony in 2 days! I do plan on adding scales and such to my practice sessions, as these are truly the things that will help you progress and give you a more fundamental understanding of how music is put together. I feel like I'm able to grasp the concepts that are introduced and will be able to help my daughter along once her lessons start in a couple of weeks."
"No CD, but Youtube is better than the CD anyway."
"I have looked around for the cd to buy seperately but I cant find it."
"This is excellent book for beginners."
"So far, helping me learn the piano."
"A little bit hard if you are teaching yourself."
"I love this book!!!"
Best Brass Songbooks
Harry Potter, Instrumental Solos for Violin/Piano Accompaniment (Movies 1-5) (Pop Instrumental Solo)
Titles include: Hedwig's Theme * Harry's Wondrous World * Nimbus 2000 * Fawkes The Phoenix * Double Trouble * A Window to the Past * Hogwarts' March * Hogwarts' Hymn * Professor Umbridge * Fireworks (Grade 2-3) This title is available in SmartMusic.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"My child loves it."
"Comes with an accompaniment CD which is super fun to play along with."
"My middle school violinist loves this."
"Nice selection of music, but would have liked finger and bow positions for all the notes, so a student could work ahead of their lessons."
"Anything that gets a kid wanting to play."
"My son loves it."
"Great for any Harry Potter fan."
"Great for additional practice."
Best Vocal Songbooks
Songs include: All You Need Is Love * And I Love Her * Baby You're a Rich Man * Back in the U.S.S.R. * The Ballad of John and Yoko * Blackbird * Can't Buy Me Love * Come Together * Drive My Car * Eleanor Rigby * From Me to You * Glass Onion * A Hard Day's Night * Help! * Hey Jude * I Saw Her Standing There * I Want to Hold Your Hand * Michelle * Penny Lane * She Loves You * Twist and Shout * Yesterday * and many more!
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Find Best Price at Amazon"My husband bought me a keyboard and my first music purchase was this Beatles collection, Volumes 1 and 2. Most of the songs are written to include the melody in the piano part so you can play them without a vocalist."
"Overall, it's great to have a book with all instrumental and vocal parts."
"Great for fans of the Beatles."
"The chords, the notes, the lyrics all seem true to the orginals and are easy to read."
"Great tunes for the casual piano player."
"This is great as a reference though I still like to consult a variety of sources when learning a song."
"This is the perfect gift for the musician in your life."
"Because I can't read the small print, I can't comment on the accuracy of the scores."
Best Choral Songbooks
The world-famous Novello choral edition of Handel's beautiful masterpiece.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I sing from the Watkins/Shaw edition often enough that I finally bought one of my own so I can mark it up."
"Like many musicians I have multiple copies of Handel's Messiah."
"I ended up selling the book to someone else (I had purchased it for someone who dropped out of the chorale)."
"Wonderful edition that is much truer to Baroque performance practices than the pompous Schirmer edition."
"Nicely laid out score with good critical commentary and optional versions of many recits and arias."
"It is the score that I needed to use in our performances this year, and in the years to come."
"The score is clear and easy to read and handle."
"This is the one that most modern choruses use, so you might as well buy it."
Best Popular Songbooks
Includes: Something in the Way She Moves * Carolina in My Mind * Fire and Rain * Sweet Baby James * Country Road * You've Got a Friend * Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight * Walking Man * How Sweet It Is * Mexico * Shower the People * Steamroller.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Focusing on his Warner Brothers recordings which IMHO are indeed his best, this collection opens with two songs he originally recorded for his 1969 debut for Apple but couldn't obtain the rights of those recordings so Taylor re-recorded them specifically for this release-"Something In The Way She Moves"[Which George Harrison liked so much he used the title in the opening line of his own song "Something"-his only chart-topping song with the Beatles]and "Carolina On My Mind"[The original recording featured Paul McCartney on bass and Harrison's backing vocals]. Rounding out this collection are the songs "Mexico"[Which features vocals by David Crosby and Graham Nash and vibes by Milt Holand-Loggins & Messina's percussionist]; "Shower The People" another song to feature Carly Simon on background vocals[Although when Taylor did this one live he often had a reel-to-reel tape machine playing pre-recorded background vocals during the chorus only which was odd at times] and, finally, a steaming live rendition of "Steamroller"[Yes, I know, Elvis Presley covered this one in his Aloha From Hawaii special in 1973]."
"I bought it for Fire and Rain, but enjoy most of the rest."
"I can now play some of those songs with mysterious chords and unusual fingering that the self-taught James Taylor invented."
"Great Blast from the past."
"GREAT music selection & seller !!!!"
"Does the greatest of all time really need a review?"
"For those adding to their James Taylor collection, the only thing better would be sitting in the audience of one his extremely entertaining concerts."
Best Strings Songbooks
He teaches us that every child is born with ability, and that man is the son of his environment. Revised edition features - New engravings in a 9" x 12" format = New editing of pieces, including bowings and fingerings - 16 additional pages - Additional exercises, some from Dr. Suzuki, plus additional insight and suggestions for teachers - Glossary of terms in English, French, German and Spanish - Musical notation guide - Fingerboard position - New photos. Bayly) - Allegro (Shinichi Suzuki) - Perpetual Motion (Shinichi Suzuki) - Allegretto (Shinichi Suzuki) - Andantino (Shinichi Suzuki) - Etude (Shinichi Suzuki) - Minuet 1, Minuett III from Suite in G Minor for Klavier, BWV 822 (J.S.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Great book for my young son and his violin teacher."
"The book came recommended by my instructor."
"As described, quickly shipped."
"As a teacher, I love using this method -- the students also enjoy the variety of pieces presented."
"bought it for my daughter, very good condition when arrived."
"You guys said it would be coming between March 25 and Apil 11th.....IT CAME TODAY MARCH 24!!!!"
Best Woodwinds Songbooks
With this superb book you get a comprehensive harmonica course featuring step-by-step pictures which take you from first day exercises to playing along with backing tracks. Founded in 1947, Hal Leonard LLC has become the worlds largest print music publisher, representing some of the greatest songwriters and artists of all time.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This accompanied the harmonica I got my son in law for Christmas."
"Love this harmonica."
"Bought as a gift for my son's daughter and she loves it."
"Arrived when promised."
Best Percussion Songbooks
In the words of the author, this is the ideal book for improving "control, speed, flexibility, touch, rhythm, lightness, delicacy, power, endurance, preciseness of execution, and muscular coordination," with extra attention given to the development of the weak hand.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"They don't call it the Drummer's Bible for no reason."
"A must for any drummer for developing stick control whether you play snare drum or timpani."
"My left is catching up to my right very quickly!"
"Yes, I'm begining to use it, practicing the exercises, it will be a lot of fun!!"
"Go through the Bibles of drumming, properly, like everybody else, and you too can get anywhere you want in drumming. Contact me if you want more information on how to study the drums properly."
"Good collection of snare drum exercises."
"And once you start to build up speed, the exercises actually start to sound and feel really cool!!"
"Very professional, good book."
Best Musicals & Film Songbooks
What a book The Beatles Anthology is! They talk in turn about those early years and how they came to join the band that would make them known around the world as John, Paul, George and Ringo. At last, here is The Beatles' own story. Those are augmented by excerpts from interviews with John that are integrated effectively and almost seamlessly with the new material, and by occasional comments from the group's closest associates, such as recording producer George Martin. Although the contents are somewhat sanitized--this is, after all, essentially a group autobiography--the four address less-pleasant incidents, such as the sacking of original Beatles drummer Pete Best and the petty squabbles that led to the group's 1970 breakup.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Fantastic book for any true Beatles fan!"
"Love this and all the picture books I have found on The Beatles."
"Beautiful hard back book!."
"Excellent!"
"Anything about the Beatles is more than PERFECT."
Best Specific Artist Songbooks
Page, Plant, and Jones hand-selected the songs for the unprecedented, career-spanning Mothership.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Awesome book, best zepplin music book, tab and chord and lyrics."
"If you are a Zep fan and a guitar player you definetly must have this songbook!"
"good selection of Zep music with tabs."
"This is the most complete tab for me to study Jimmy's solo."
"Great Book."
"I've bought him other guitar books before and this is honestly the only one he plays around with."
"This notes and tabulature are spot on,"
"If you love Lled Zeppelin and play guitar shame on you if you don't have this book."
Best Mixed Collection Songbooks
Sixty-seven of the best songs of the rock era, all chosen from Rolling Stone(R) magazine's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time."
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"My son's favorite Christmas gift!"
"Awesome!"
"Was just what we wanted."
"Who doesn't love the Rolling Stones?"
"I prefer to say that they are classics not the greatest songs."
"Cant wait to learn all of these great songs!"
"My teenage son is teaching himself guitar and he really enjoys this book."
Best Folk & Traditional Songbooks
Compiles more than one hundred carols, spirituals, popular Christmas hits, folk songs, and holiday tunes from around the world.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I have the Christmas Music for Dummies book as well, and those arrangements are a little awkward in places (to my ear) and just a few notches more difficult."
"Great compendium of Christmas music with enough detail to be good, without being horribly difficult."
"This book replaced my original destroyed in a water incident."
"The book itself is jam packed with many different styles of music...old traditional carols to standard popular Christmas tunes."
"A very nice songbook with back stories to the Christmas songs."
"The person I purchased the book from was very protective of the book in the way he shipped it."
"Amazing condition!!!"
"I would have gotten major brownie points for coming up with something this beautiful and creative to accompany the original melody in my jazz piano class at the Eastman School of Music."
Best Piano, Vocal & Guitar Songbooks
Songbooks feature a special section of color photos from the production, a note from composer/lyricist Stephen Schwartz, and these fantastic tunes: As Long as You're Mine * Dancing Through Life * Defying Gravity * For Good * I Couldn't Be Happier * I'm Not That Girl * No Good Deed * No One Mourns the Wicked * One Short Day * Popular * What Is This Feeling?
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Bought for my daughter and she loves it."
"Her piano teacher was one of the local musicians hired to play both times it came to town so she has a connection to the music in this book."
"I use it as a teaching tool in my voice studio as it is a great favorite ... and deservedly so ... with young performers."
"Luckily, my mom is a fantastic pianist and will play these songs for me so that I can sing them. As a singer, I love the way they are arranged, even the duet songs (For Good, As Long As You're Mine) as I can sing them by myself if I want."
"Perfect!"
"This is a fantastic musical and the music in this edition is wonderful."
"I'm loving this book!"
"This song book is gorgeous."
Best Guitar & Fretted Instrument Songbooks
(Ukulele). Founded in 1947, Hal Leonard Corporation has become the worlds largest print music publisher, representing some of the greatest songwriters and artists of all time.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Some very easy with two cords and others with varying degrees of difficulty."
"Great song book for those looking for repertoire catered to an audience in their 60s-90s or under 10."
"There are a lot of good songs in this book: Popular (Beatles, Everly Brothers, Joni Mitchell...), Christmas Carols, Children's Songs, Patriotic, Show Tunes, Folk, Hawaiian...etc...This would be a great book for school teachers to have on hand."
"This is a great book for the beginner ukulele player like me."
"Great collection of songs including a section for kids music and holiday tunes."
"Great selection of a broad range of music."
"My wife loved the book."
"Not that good on the kindle -- music too small to read, even in the largest font."
Best Blank Sheet Music
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Find Best Price at Amazon"These are good, but two things: 1) A few of the cover's holes have already torn on the bottom."
"I haven't had to buy manuscript paper in a long time, and these notebooks are just as I remember them."
"I got it for myself, but I've been forced to share it with my 5 year and 7 year old, who are both now writing their own songs on piano."
"Good quality manuscript paper."
"This is a great product to buy if you like to write lyrics or music all together."
"If you write music, and I do, then you need this product.....and the price is right!"
"GREAT PRICE I LOVE THIS EXCEPT I COULDN'T ORDER ALL I NEEDED I WANTED 100 AND IT WOULD ONLY LET ME HAVE 80."
"It's manuscript paper reasonably priced."