Misa Digital Guitar

Check this one out

Celtic Piano Collection

The "Celtic Piano Collection" arranged by Allan Alexander and played by Andrew D. Gordon contains 34 songs transcribed for piano/keyboards, most of them originating from Ireland and Scotland. The book also includes three charming original pieces written in the Celtic style by Allan.
Play the beautiful haunting melodies of the Irish Harper O'Carolan, take a musical journey with dances that were written more than 400 years ago and experience Celtic traditional music that is the mainstay of modern players. If you are learning and looking for great music, this is one book that you will not be able to put down. If you are a performer looking for high quality material, these great pieces, expertly arranged, will become part of your permanent repertoire.

The CD, played by Andrew D. Gordon, gives the musician the advantage of being able to hear how these songs should be played and will make the learning process easier. Many of these pieces were written for the lute, however Allan has found that they work very well piano/keyboards. Being an accomplished player of both lute and guitar, he has the knowledge to make accurate, musical transcriptions. Many of the selections have variations on the original melodies. This adds another dimension to pieces and enhances a performance. Allan is a professional performer and these selections are part of Allan's permanent repertoire.
You can buy this book online at www.adgproductions.com   or at your local music store.

Meter--Reading music notation

Meter

    Meter is the regular recurring pattern of strong and weak beats of equal duration; also known as time. The meter or time signature in a musical composition is indicated by a fraction, and located at the beginning of a piece of music. The lower number of the fraction tells what kind of note receives one beat. The upper number tells how many beats are in a measure. In Western music there are two types of meter, simple and compoud. In simple meter the upper number is either 2, 3, or 4. Each beat is subdivided by two.
In compound meter the upper number is either 6,9, or 12. Each beat is a dotted note and subdivided into groups of three beats.

Recording

Technology has made it relatively easier to record and produce recorded music at home . The advances is digital technology are astounding . Here's a site that gives you lots of useful info" about recording at home.
http://homerecording.com/

Outstanding Jazz Keyboard/Organ Solos

Outstanding Jazz Keyboard/Organ Solos by Andrew Gordon is designed to show how to play solos or improvise over common chord progressions used in the Jazz idiom. There are 12 examples, each one being at least 32 measures in length and consists of different jazz styles including:

• Jazz-Blues
• Uptempo
• Mid Tempo & Slow Tempo-Jazz
• Jazz-Ballad
• Jazz-Funk
• Modal-Jazz
• Latin-Jazz
• Acid-Jazz

Not only are the solos notated, but also the chord voicings and bass lines notated giving you the ability to study how each of the various parts work in a Jazz setting. Learn how the great keyboardists/organists such as: Jimmy Smith, Joey DeFrancesco, Herbie Hancock, Chester Thompson play, by utilizing chord progressions from popular jazz songs including: Misty, Girl from Ipenema, This Masquerade, Europa etc. as well as 12 bar Blues progressions.
This is great source material to learning new improvisational ideas as well as learning chord voicings and rhythmic patterns that would take you many hours of study, listening and transcribing the parts from albums.

The CD that comes with the book has the examples recorded in three versions. The first version has the solo recorded with the rhythm backing tracks at the normal tempo, the second version has the backing tracks without the solo recorded so that you can practice soloing along with the backing tracks. This will be like playing along with your own jazz trio of piano, bass and drums. The third version at the end of the cassette or CD, has some of the examples, with the solo and rhythm backing tracks recorded at a slower tempo.
TO BUY THIS BOOK PLEASE GO TO THE ADG WEBSITEADG WEBSITE

Allan Alexander

Visit Allan Alexander's website

Winter Namm

These are difficult times for the music industry not just because of the economy but because there are many changes going on . Did you go to the NAMM show ? All reports indicate that attendance was down this year.