(Instructional). Exercises and Etudes for the Jazz Instrumentalist is a collection of original pieces by the master trombonist/composer J.J. Johnson. Designed as study material and playable by any instrument, these pieces run the gamut of the jazz experience, featuring common and uncommon time signatures and keys, and styles from ballads to funk. They are progressively graded so that both beginners and professionals will be challenged by the demands of this wonderful music.

This book gives you all the basic principles underlying solid walking bass lines. Comprehensive, easy to understand, with page after page of great transcriptions of the author's walking lines on the accompanying CD. The CD of NY professional jazz players can also be used as a swinging play-along CD. Endorsed by Eddie Gomez, Jimmy Haslip, John Goldsby, etc.

Secular Songbooks Classroom Music

Designed for use by students who need additional reinforcement in reading music in the bass clef. Basic Bass Clef is especially useful for vocalists and instrumentalists who are beginning piano study and have some knowledge of treble clef and rhythmic notation. Each lesson contains a combination of written and playing exercises.

(Fake Book). The 6th edition of this bestseller features over 270 traditional and contemporary Christmas hits! Includes the melody line, lyrics and chords for: Blue Christmas * Caroling, Caroling * The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire) * Christmas Time Is Here * Do You Hear What I Hear * Fairytale of New York * Feliz Navidad * Frosty the Snow Man * Grown-Up Christmas List * Happy Xmas (War Is Over) * Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas * Here Comes Santa Claus (Right down Santa Claus Lane) * A Holly Jolly Christmas * (There's No Place Like) Home for the Holidays * I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day * I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus * I'll Be Home for Christmas * It's Beginning to Look like Christmas * Jingle Bell Rock * Joy to the World * Last Christmas * Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! * The Little Drummer Boy * A Marshmallow World * Merry Christmas, Darling * Mistletoe and Holly * The Most Wonderful Time of the Year * O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) * O Holy Night * Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree * Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer * Santa Baby * Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town * Silver Bells * Sleigh Ride * We Need a Little Christmas * We Wish You a Merry Christmas * White Christmas * Winter Wonderland * Wonderful Christmastime * and more. Includes a guitar chord reference chart.

The exercises in Sight Reading Mastery are limitless and continually challenge, develop and improve your sight reading skills - however far you advance.