Traces the history of modern Black music through text and photographs, celebrating the idea that there is a musical thread that travels throughout the world, changing the culture and music of each place it touches.

The Little Black Songbook returns without any songs! Instead, this collection provides over 1100 Guitar chords, each is presented in an easy-to-read format, including fingerings, note names and helpful tips for all guitarists. There is also a useful guide to some of the most common alternative tunings, advice on power chords and more. Whether you’re a beginner looking for a handy reference for those chords you need, or a more experienced player looking to branch out into more esoteric sounds and gain some songwriting prompts, this little book is the perfect companion.

Teach yourself the essential piano chords plus many more! Organized as a chord per spread, for the left and right hands, this is a handy, comprehensive reference for jazz, pop, rock and soul musicians playing the piano or keyboard at any level. This no-nonsense, easy to carry, wiro book will fit on a stand and into a music bag or hand bag with the minimum of fuss. Revised and updated version, replaces ISBN-13 9781844517152

A great collection of classic hits, including American Pie, I Walk The Line and Redemption Song presented in chord songbook format with Guitar chord boxes and complete lyrics. Song List: Ain't Misbehavin' [Waller, Fats] American Pie [Mclean, Don] Brown Eyed Girl [Morrison, Van] Don’t Think Twice, It's All Right [Dylan, Bob] God Only Knows [Beach Boys, The] Grace Kelly [Mika] Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now [Smiths, The] I Walk The Line [Cash, Johnny] If You Could Read My Mind [Lightfoot, Gordon] In The Summertime [Jerry, Mungo] More Than A Feeling [Boston] Naive [Kooks, The] Redemption Song [Marley, Bob] Sweet Home Alabama [Lynyrd Skynyrd] The Tide Is High [Blondie] Yellow [Coldplay] You Shook Me All Night Long [Ac/Dc]

Explores the sound and shape of a chord's progression up and down the fingerboard. Each chord type is presented in eight fingerings using a cyclic diagram that shows that after the eighth fingering you will have arrived back at the starting point -- one octave higher.