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Functional Re-harmonization

Introducing The New Book By Mike Longo
That Will Literally Revolutionize
Your Ability to Re-harmonize Any Tune!

At last! A fascinating new technique that shows you exactly how to come up with the most unique and wonderful chord progressions you ever imagined possible.
Functional Re-harmonization will walk you through step-by-step procedures accompanied by notated examples that will literally transform any tune you play into several beautiful versions, enabling you to draw on them freely every time you perform. They can even be employed as you play from chorus to chorus providing you with some of the most interesting formats to play solos over you will ever encounter. You will find yourself able to put several sets of changes to the same melody line with ease once you digest these principles. Often, musicians try to accomplish re-harmonization by ear and spend countless hours laboring over a tune, only to come up with the same mundane harmonizations that most individuals are able to hear using that approach. With Functional Re-harmonization you will save hours of needless toiling over a piece and literally end up with a “new set of ears”, enabling you to actually do it by ear in the future with the most astonishing results. Click the “buy now” button below to add this fascinating course to your reference library.

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Catalogue no.1010, $24.97

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Theory and Musicianship for the Creative Jazz Improviser

You get a complete course of study which is clearly presented in easy-to-understand terms. This is a must for the creative player, as the book virtually guides you through one of the most comprehensive self-improvement courses ever devised for creative musicians. You learn how to analyze tunes properly, how to manipulate the harmony of a tune, how to understand key centers, the principles behind modulation, and many more of the skills necessary as a foundation for improvised music.Don't let a lack of musicianship hold you back. You receive over 200 pages of information with homework assignments and over 200 notated examples.

Catalogue No. 1001      $24.95

Voicing and Voice Leadings for the Contemporary Jazz Pianist

You will amaze yourself with the ease with which you can manipulate the most richly rewarding harmonic textures as a result of this course of study. You learn all of the voice leading techniques along with the practical application of them to your own music. Although the book is primarily for pianists, it is an excellent approach for horn players whoneed to learn the basics of keyboard harmony. For more information, click here.

Catalogue No. 1002      $24.95

Systematic Harmonic Substitution

You will wish you had known about this concept much sooner. You receive one of the most effective techniques for arriving at substitute chords ever devised. You will never need to go any further than this book for creative harmonic substitutes. This amazing technique has received rave reviews twice in Contemporary Keyboard magazine, and musicians all over the world have written letters of praise and gratitude for the growth and development they experienced as a result of this concept. A must for pianists, guitarists, arrangers, composers, etc.

Catalogue No. 1003      $11.95

Developing the Left Hand for Jazz Piano

You get an actual training program for your left hand that will literally open up the "orchestral" quality of your piano playing. This book teaches you various textures for the left hand and provides exercises to develop these on an involuntary level. Comes with clearly notated examples so that you are fully aware of how to apply the knowledge in the course to your own jazz playing.

Catalogue No. 1004      $14.95

How to Sight Read Jazz and Other Syncopated-Type Rhythms, by Mike Longo

This fascinating new training program can have you reading rhythm like a pro in a matter of weeks by simply following the regimen outlined in the course. You will gain amazing insights into jazz rhythm and timing as well as increase your sight-reading ability dramatically. You get clear, notated examples that explain the technique, plus 35 daily trainingexercises that employ a unique principle explained in the course. For more information, click here.

Catalogue No. 1005      $14.95

The Improvised Melodic Line

Not only are you provided with valuable information, but you are shown how to practice so as to produce results the very next time you perform.You learn: how to use rhythm as a source of melody; how to create melody from a single tone; how to weave lines in and out of voicings as well as the tones involved in a chord progression; how to construct runs as tools to create spontaneous melody; how to use the entire chromatic universe through the use of modes and non-harmonic material; how to negotiate the II-V pattern spontaneously rather than relying on memorized patterns; and much more. A must for any instrumentalist whoimprovises melody. Highly recommended by jazz great James Moody. You receive an entire course of study. For more information, click here.

Catalogue No. 1006      $27.95

The Technique of Creating Harmonic Melody for the Jazz Improviser

Within just a few weeks, this amazing technique will have you improvising on tunes like "Countdown" and "Giant Steps" with ease. One of the most effective approaches around for teaching yourself to play through changes. You receive an entire course of study, with homework assignments which demonstrate step-by-step procedures for acquiring this skill effectively. A must for the serious jazz instrumentalist. For more information, click here.

Catalogue No. 1007      $28.95

The Complete Jazz Scale Book with Fingerings in Twelve Keys

Not only do you receive the twelve major and harmonic and melodic minor scales in two octaves, you also get all of the modes and synthetic scales being used by contemporary musicians, including the Lydian Chromatic modes. You will never again have a problem with fingerings, as these scales and modes are notated in bass and treble clef, ascending and descending two octaves, with the proper piano fingerings for a twelve keys. These synthetic scales and fingerings can have a tremendous effect on your ability to hear ideas and execute them with ease. Scales like the Neapolitan major and minor and Hungarian major, as well as countless others, can send your lines in new and exotic directions. This large volume work is a must for pianists and can be used by all other instrumentalists as well.

Catalogue No. 1008      $24.95

Solfegg for the Creative Jazz Improviser

The increase in work that opens up once you become known as a proficient sight reader will go a long way in getting rid of these fears. In New York CityÍs local 802, for instance, the older musicians who are enjoying a healthy union pension right now got there through gigs directly related to their ability to sight read. Although many musicians may be able to sight read classically oriented music, the skill of reading the kinds of rhythms demanded by jazz and other contemporary sources is lacking in many of them. If this situation is something you identify with you will be able to change this in no time with this amazing manuel. Protect your reputation.

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Catalogue No. 1009     $24.95

Mini-Reports and Transcripts

You can receive valuable information in this form of specialized report, which pinpoints the exact information you are seeking and presents it in a short, information-packed format. These come with notated examples which help you clearly understand the material under discussion.

Transcript of question/answer session with Oscar Peterson. Secrets of how to develop different aspects of piano playing are revealed.

Catalogue No. MO 102      $6.00