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Learn & Master Piano
CD / DVD Course

Superior instruction developed by Grammy award winning recording artist and musician, Will Barrow.

This program is top-notch and suitable for all levels, from absolute beginners to advanced professionals.
- 14 full-length, high quality DVDs
(computer not required)
- 5 full-length CDs
- CDs include 120 different jam tracks with REAL studio musicians, not generic sounding computer tracks
- Practice with our without piano track to simulate playing with a live band
- Adjust the tempo to play fast, medium or slow
- 110 page workbook with detailed lessons
- Online file library included (songs, music tracks, tips and tricks)
- Access to an online members forum to ask questions
- Unlimited online help

Giraffes, Black Dragons, and Other Pianos: A Technological History from Cristofori to the Modern Concert Grand
by Edwin M. Good


Lavishly illustrated book treats the history of the piano from its invention in 1700s to the present in terms of its technology. Looking at the technologies of design, materials, and manufacture, and focusing its description on specific existing pianos, it describes the changes in pianos from the earliest days to contemporary instruments.



American Life in Our Piano Benches: The Art of Sheet Music
by Jean M. Bonin
The artistry of sheet music decoration, illustration, and design is revealed, as is the story of America as portrayed by these popular printed covers.

The Billboard Illustrated Encyclopedia of Classical Music
by Stanley Sadie (Editor), Vladimir Ashkenazy
Organized chronologically by musical era, this comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible volume contains a dazzling display of information, analysis, and color, adding up to a major new learning tool and ongoing reference source to inform and entertain students, scholars, and all lovers of classical music. Each chapter features an introduction to the period, its key composers and other personalities, musical styles, forms, and instruments.

A Century of Jazz: From Blues to Bop, Swing to Hiphop - A Hundred Years of Music, Musicians, Singers and Styles
by Roy Carr
Organized by year, style, and place, this first-ever chronicle of jazz is supplemented with special features on subjects relevant to each period. A Century of Jazz covers not only the major jazz cult artists--Armstrong, Parker, Coltrane--but also crossover figures such as Crosby, Glenn Miller, and Sinatra and is richly illustrated with a wealth of rare images and graphic material. 350 photos, 200 in color.

A Century of Pop Music : Year-By-Year Top 40 Rankings of the Songs & Artists That Shaped a Century
by Joel Whitburn
This book is one to put on a coffee table and also a great gift for any music fan. It lists the top 40 songs of each year from the 1900s right thru 1999, as well as the decade charts. There are some interesting charts comparing the chart history of the top artists from 1900-1950 and 1950-1999 based on their top hits.

The Encyclopedia of Great Composers: An Illustrated Guide to the Lives, Key Works and Influences of over 120 Renowned Composers
by Wendy Thompson

From the Piano Bench: Memorable Moments With Mobsters, Moguls, Movie Stars and More
by Roger Rossi

Golden Age of Automatic Musical Instruments: Remarkable Music Machines and Their Stories
by Arthur A. Reblitz

The fascinating history of automatic instruments and their music, with hundreds of brilliant color photographs. These marvels of technology performed in the royal palaces of Europe, elegant drawing rooms in New York City, speakeasies in Chicago, and the saloons of the Wild West. Learn why they were as popular from the 1890s to the 1920s as the latest electronic wonders are today. Includes Music Boxes, Mechanical Organs and Pianos, Nickelodeons and Orchestrions, Violin-Playing Machines, Reproducing Pianos, Fairground Organs and more.

88 Keys: The Making of a Steinway Piano
by Miles Chapin
Takes you inside the art and science of building a Steinway piano.

Composers' Houses
by Gerard Gefen, Christine Bastin (Photographer), Jacques Evrard (Photographer)

There is an endless fascination with the way people of genius live. This beatifully photographed book takes readers around the world from Mozart's home in Salzburg to Chopin's in Nohant, Richard Wagner's Haus Wahnfried at Bayreuth (where Adolph Hitler was a frequent guest), Giacomo Puccini's luxurious villa at Torre del...

Glenn Gould: Some Portraits of the Artist As a Young Man
by Jock Carroll
A remarkable collection of photos taken at the beginning of his concert career when he was in his early 20s. The story inside offers a unique personal glimpse into the solitary life Gould was to embrace in his later years.

Great Contemporary Pianists Speak for Themselves
by Elyse Mach
Fascinating interviews with 25 of the world's greatest pianists of the contemporary era.

The Great Jazz Pianists: Speaking of Their Lives and Music
by Len Lyons, Veryl Oakland (Photographer)

The Hammond Organ: Beauty in the B
by Mark Vail
Traces the technological and artistic evolution of the B-3 and its famous partner, the whirling Leslie speaker, that catapulted the Hammond sound into music history. Featuring anecdotes from speaker inventor Don Leslie and 30-year Hammond engineer Alan Young, the book explains the B-3’s famous tone-wheel system, drawbars, presets, pedalboard, percussion, and other unique features. 29 color and 200 black-and-white photos are also included as well as performance secrets from B-3 masters and a discography of B-3 recordings.

The History of the English Organ
by Stephen Bicknell
Highly readable and lavishly illustrated work describes the history of organs built in England from AD 900 to the present day.

A History of the Harpsichord
by Edward L. Kottick
Brings together more than 200 photographs, illustrations, and drawings of harpsichords in public museums and private collections throughout Europe the US. Edward L. Kottick draws on his extensive technical knowledge and experience as a harpsichord builder to detail the changing design, structure, and acoustics of the instrument over six centuries.

Hollywood Sings!: An Inside Look at Sixty Years of Academy Award-Nominated Songs
by Susan Sackett, Marcia Rovins
This richly detailed book traces the history of the songs that have been nominated for Oscars since 1934--more than 300 in all--providing an inside look at the tunes, the singers who performed them (in many cases the star of the film), the composers, and the movies in which they appeared. Includes 125 archival photos.

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments
by Robert Dearling

Designed to describe in words and pictures the nature and capabilities of all the families of musical instruments, this handsome volume ranges from very early drums and horns to modern electronic instruments. Its illustrations include both reproductions of early paintings and photographs of modern performers as well as drawings of individual and families of instruments.

John Lennon: A Story in Photographs
by Terry Burrows
This photographic biography is a compelling celebration of Lennon's life and music, as told through vibrant black-and-white photographs and descriptive text. From Liverpool childhood to the Beatles conquering America to his being the most famous house-husband/political activist in the 1970s, this book covers every phase of this amazing artist's life and career.

Musical Instruments: Museum of Fine Arts Highlights
by MFA Publications/Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Presents over 100 examples from the MFA's world-renowned collection, spanning a breadth of centuries and cultures, offering a brilliant array of instruments as producers of both aural and visual delight. The pieces shown here--which range from an ancient Greek trumpet to a modern lap steel guitar, from earthenware panpipes to the phenomenally complex Indonesian gamelan--are remarkable not only for the myriad sounds they produce, but also for their attractive, at times breathtaking, extraordinarily varied physical aspects.

Music Instruments of the World
by Diagram Group (Editor)
It's the best-looking musical encyclopedia ever! Using a completely visual approach, this ultimate reference has over 4,000 drawings showcasing the evolution of instruments--and music--from primitive whistles to electric guitars. Exquisite illustrations accompany each entry, with painstaking detail and attention to structure, function, and decoration.

Piano: A Photographic History
by David Crombie.

A beautifully illustrated documentation of the piano's 300-year evolution, presenting 200 photos of more than 150 instruments, each of which is thoroughly identified and described. The text is thorough, and is enhanced with highlighted features on key historical dates, technical innovations, influential composers and pianists, and outstanding oddities (such as the portable sewing box piano, the table-top pyramid piano, and the Viennese giraffe piano). Special sections on how a piano works and on piano houses, along with a discography, complete this reference.

Steinway
by Ronald Radcliffe.

Extraordinary history of Steinway & Sons, including sections on the family, company, artists and patents. Lavishly illustrated.

The Piano
by Jeremy Siepmann.

Siepmann has treated his subject in two ways: as an instrument with its place in the development of musical style and as a social phenomenon with a profound influence on the spread of musical culture. The alternating development of these two themes, supported by perceptive observations on compositional procedure and richly illustrated with anecdotes and biographical sketches from a stunning gallery of virtuoso pianists, offers an unrivalled survey of what is probably the single most influential instrument in the history of Western music, and of the many geniuses, eccentrics, and drawing-room amateurs who helped to make it so.

Piano: An Inspirational Style Guide to the Piano and Its Place in History by John-Paul Williams
A lavishly illustrated history of the instrument, presenting a comprehensive survey of its best-known makes and manufacturers, and offering a complete guide to purchasing the right piano, from selection to care and restoration. Pianists and piano enthusiasts will delight in this book's stunning photography and captivating narrative on the modern piano's rich 300-year history.

Piano Roles: Three Hundred Years of Life With the Piano
by James Parakilas, Richard Leppert (Contributor), Marina Tsvetaeva (Contributor)

Three hundred years of piano history are presented in a fine book which considers the place of the piano in classical and popular music alike. From the design, manufacturing and styles of the piano to the individuals who made their mark in music history with the piano, this includes a delightful range of color drawings and illustrations along with a lively history certain to delight any avid fan of the instrument.

Show Tunes: The Songs, Shows, and Careers of Broadway's Major Composers
by Steven Suskin
Chronicles the shows, songs, and careers of all the major composers of the American musical theater, from Jerome Kern's earliest interpolations to the latest hits on Broadway. Gershwin, Rodgers, Porter, Berlin, Bernstein, Loesser, Sondheim, Kander, Finn, Flaherty, and more--this book covers their works, their innovations, their successes, and their failures. Show Tunes is simply the most comprehensive volume of its kind ever produced, and this newly revised and updated edition cites and discusses no fewer than 900 shows and almost 8,000 show tunes.

The Story of Rock `N' Roll: The Year-By-Year Illustrated Chronicle
by Paul Du Noyer

A lively chronology, with commentary on each decade since the 1950s and biographies of artists who epitomized the music of the time period, as well as year-by-year documentation of music, events, and personalities. The page design is zippy, yet legible, with names picked out in boldface, photos on virtually every page, and boxed features.


The Unofficial Encyclopedia of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
by Nick Talevski
Includes an examination of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's selection process, a review of the annual induction ceremony, and provides career biographies of 149 Hall of Fame inductees from the artists and producers to the record company founders and deejays.


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