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Handbook of Harmony - Gospel - Jazz - R and B -Soul

Author : Gregory Moody
Publisher : www.gospel-chords.com
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Harmony - Gospel - Jazz - R and B -Soul written by Gregory Moody and published by www.gospel-chords.com. This book was released on 2010-07-11 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the main instructional volume for the "Adventures in Harmony Music Course". This volume is available in color and in black and white. This volume will guide you in using the other voicing reference volumes that are part of this series. This volume explains the patent pending system and technique on creating beautiful chord progressions and changes. This is the first time that this information has appeared in print allowing anybody to create that soulful sound in their music. With this course you will be creating harmonies and progressions to go with music of your choice. There are no songs or progressions to memorize in this course. This is because you are going to be creating your own progressions and harmonies to go with the songs that you choose. This is a step-by-step that you can apply to any piece of music Learn about Tones, Accidentals, Intervals, chord dissonance, consonance and resolution. How to turn a single note melody into full blown Advanced Chords; No more simple major, minors, 6's and 7th Chords. How to change songs with simple voicing into advanced voicings. How to add passing chords anywhere you want.Creative Music has developed a revolutionary method enabling keyboard musicians to quickly harmonize a line of notes with infinite chord changes. Imagine being able to play a different chord on every melody note! The system is such that no two musicians will come up with the same resulting harmonization. Gregory Moody Creative Music's founder is an accomplished musician and software engineer, who comes from a family lineage of musicians, i.e., his world famous cousin NEA jazz master and recording artist, James Moody.Music education has not changed in the last century, and Creative Music is on the forefront of turning that around. We are re-inventing how music has been taught for the last century. Our instructional method goes against the grain of all past music education teaching methodologies.

Handbook of Harmony - Gospel - Jazz - R&B -Soul (Reference - Part 2)

Author : Gregory Moody
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781453703557
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Harmony - Gospel - Jazz - R&B -Soul (Reference - Part 2) written by Gregory Moody and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2010-07-14 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one of the main voicing reference volumes for the "Adventures in Harmony Music Course." The main instruction volume for this series is: The Handbook of Harmony - Gospel - Jazz - R&B - Soul COLOR - ISBN - 1453700951. B&W - ISBN - 1453684093. This volume contains voicings for their patent pending melody harmonization system. These are the voicing for the melody notes corresponding to the diatonic tones IV through major VII. This is part two of a two volume reference. Part one covers tones I through IV. The voicings in this reference are used in the patent pending system and technique created by Creative Music. Creative Music has developed a revolutionary method enabling keyboard musicians to quickly harmonize a line of notes with infinite chord changes. Imagine being able to play a different chord on every melody note! The system is such that no two musicians will come up with the same resulting harmonization. This is the first time that this information has appeared in print allowing anybody to create that soulful sound in their music. With this course you will be creating harmonies and progressions to go with music of your choice. There are no songs or progressions to memorize in this course. This is because you are going to be creating your own progressions and harmonies to go with the songs that you choose. This is a step-by-step that you can apply to any piece of music Gregory Moody Creative Music's founder is an accomplished musician and software engineer, who comes from a family lineage of musicians, i.e., his world famous cousin NEA jazz master and recording artist, James Moody. Music education has not changed in the last century, and Creative Music is on the forefront of turning that around. We are re-inventing how music has been taught for the last century. Our instructional method goes against the grain of all past music education teaching methodologies.

Handbook of Harmony - Gospel - Jazz - R&B -Soul (Reference - Part 1)

Author : Gregory Moody
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781453703533
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Harmony - Gospel - Jazz - R&B -Soul (Reference - Part 1) written by Gregory Moody and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2010-07-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one of the main voicing reference volumes for the "Adventures in Harmony Music Course". The main instruction volume for this series is: The Handbook of Harmony - Gospel - Jazz - R&B - SoulCOLOR - ISBN - 1453700951. B&W - ISBN - 1453684093. This volume contains voicings for their patent pending melody harmonization system. These are the voicing for the melody notes corresponding to the diatonic tones I through IV. This is part one of a two volume reference. Part two covers tones IV through major VII.The voicings in this reference are used in the patent pending system and technique created by Creative Music. Creative Music has developed a revolutionary method enabling keyboard musicians to quickly harmonize a line of notes with infinite chord changes. Imagine being able to play a different chord on every melody note! The system is such that no two musicians will come up with the same resulting harmonization. This is the first time that this information has appeared in print allowing anybody to create that soulful sound in their music. With this course you will be creating harmonies and progressions to go with music of your choice. There are no songs or progressions to memorize in this course. This is because you are going to be creating your own progressions and harmonies to go with the songs that you choose. This is a step-by-step that you can apply to any piece of music Gregory Moody Creative Music's founder is an accomplished musician and software engineer, who comes from a family lineage of musicians, i.e., his world famous cousin NEA jazz master and recording artist, James Moody.Music education has not changed in the last century, and Creative Music is on the forefront of turning that around. We are re-inventing how music has been taught for the last century. Our instructional method goes against the grain of all past music education teaching methodologies.

Black Gospel Chords - The Secret Chords of Praise and Worship

Author : Gregory Moody
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781453735527
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (355 download)

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Download or read book Black Gospel Chords - The Secret Chords of Praise and Worship written by Gregory Moody and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2010-07-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Creative Music has developed a revolutionary method enabling keyboard musicians to quickly harmonize a line of notes with infinite chord changes. Imagine being able to play a different chord on every melody note! The system is such that no two musicians will come up with the same resulting harmonization."--Page 4 of cover.

Country Soul

Author : Charles L. Hughes
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469622440
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Country Soul written by Charles L. Hughes and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2015-03-23 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the sound of the 1960s and 1970s, nothing symbolized the rift between black and white America better than the seemingly divided genres of country and soul. Yet the music emerged from the same songwriters, musicians, and producers in the recording studios of Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee, and Muscle Shoals, Alabama--what Charles L. Hughes calls the "country-soul triangle." In legendary studios like Stax and FAME, integrated groups of musicians like Booker T. and the MGs and the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section produced music that both challenged and reconfirmed racial divisions in the United States. Working with artists from Aretha Franklin to Willie Nelson, these musicians became crucial contributors to the era's popular music and internationally recognized symbols of American racial politics in the turbulent years of civil rights protests, Black Power, and white backlash. Hughes offers a provocative reinterpretation of this key moment in American popular music and challenges the conventional wisdom about the racial politics of southern studios and the music that emerged from them. Drawing on interviews and rarely used archives, Hughes brings to life the daily world of session musicians, producers, and songwriters at the heart of the country and soul scenes. In doing so, he shows how the country-soul triangle gave birth to new ways of thinking about music, race, labor, and the South in this pivotal period.

The Neo-Soul Guitar Book

Author : SIMON. PRATT
Publisher : WWW.Fundamental-Changes.com
ISBN 13 : 9781789330175
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Neo-Soul Guitar Book written by SIMON. PRATT and published by WWW.Fundamental-Changes.com. This book was released on 2018-10-21 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn to Play Neo Soul Guitar With Mark Lettieri

Black Gospel Piano and Keyboard Chords : Voicings of Praise and Worship

Author : Gregory Moody
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781456462376
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Black Gospel Piano and Keyboard Chords : Voicings of Praise and Worship written by Gregory Moody and published by . This book was released on 2010-12-11 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one of the add-on voicing reference volumes for the "Adventures in Harmony Music Course". There is no instruction in this volume. The main instruction volume for this series is: The Handbook of Harmony - Gospel - Jazz - R&B - Soul COLOR - ISBN - 1453700951. B&W - ISBN - 1453684093. This volume contains voicings for their patent pending melody harmonization system. These are the voicing for the melody notes corresponding to the tones I through Major VII. The voicings in this reference are beautiful two handed voicings that have that black gospel praise and worship feel. This reference volume is an add-on to the main voicing reference ISBN: 1453703551 and ISBN: 1453703535. The voicings in this reference are used in the patent pending system and technique created by Creative Music. Creative Music has developed a revolutionary method enabling keyboard musicians to quickly harmonize a line of notes with infinite chord changes. Imagine being able to play a different chord on every melody note! The system is such that no two musicians will come up with the same resulting harmonization. With this course you will be creating harmonies and progressions to go with music of your choice. There are no songs or progressions to memorize in this course. This is because you are going to be creating your own progressions and harmonies to go with the songs that you choose. This is a step-by-step that you can apply to any piece of music Gregory Moody Creative Music's founder is an accomplished musician and software engineer, who comes from a family lineage of musicians, i.e., his world famous cousin NEA jazz master and recording artist, James Moody. Music education has not changed in the last century, and Creative Music is on the forefront of turning that around. We are re-inventing how music has been taught for the last century. Our instructional method goes against the grain of all past music education teaching methodologies. This voicing reference is an add-on to the main course and contains new voicings.

The New Blue Music

Author : Richard J. Ripani
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496801288
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (968 download)

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Download or read book The New Blue Music written by Richard J. Ripani and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2009-09-23 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rhythm & blues emerged from the African American community in the late 1940s to become the driving force in American popular music over the next half-century. Although sometimes called “doo-wop,” “soul,” “funk,” “urban contemporary,” or “hip-hop,” R&B is actually an umbrella category that includes all of these styles and genres. It is in fact a modern-day incarnation of a musical tradition that stretches back to nineteenth-century America, and even further to African beginnings. The New Blue Music: Changes in Rhythm & Blues, 1950-1999 traces the development of R&B from 1950 to 1999 by closely analyzing the top twenty-five songs of each decade. The music of artists as wide-ranging as Louis Jordan; John Lee Hooker; Ray Charles; James Brown; Earth, Wind & Fire; Michael Jackson; Public Enemy; Mariah Carey; and Usher takes center stage as the author illustrates how R&B has not only retained its traditional core style, but has also experienced a “re-Africanization” over time. By investigating musical elements of form, style, and content in R&B—and offering numerous musical examples—the book shows the connection between R&B and other forms of American popular and religious music, such as spirituals, ragtime, blues, jazz, country, gospel, and rock 'n' roll. With this evidence in hand, the author hypothesizes the existence of an even larger musical “super-genre” which he labels “The New Blue Music.”

Jazzology

Author : Robert Rawlins
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1476840873
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (768 download)

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Download or read book Jazzology written by Robert Rawlins and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2005-07-01 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Jazz Instruction). A one-of-a-kind book encompassing a wide scope of jazz topics, for beginners and pros of any instrument. A three-pronged approach was envisioned with the creation of this comprehensive resource: as an encyclopedia for ready reference, as a thorough methodology for the student, and as a workbook for the classroom, complete with ample exercises and conceptual discussion. Includes the basics of intervals, jazz harmony, scales and modes, ii-V-I cadences. For harmony, it covers: harmonic analysis, piano voicings and voice leading; modulations and modal interchange, and reharmonization. For performance, it takes players through: jazz piano comping, jazz tune forms, arranging techniques, improvisation, traditional jazz fundamentals, practice techniques, and much more!

The Jazz Piano Book

Author : Mark Levine
Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN 13 : 1457101440
Total Pages : 431 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (571 download)

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Download or read book The Jazz Piano Book written by Mark Levine and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2011-01-12 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most highly acclaimed jazz piano method ever published! Over 300 pages with complete chapters on Intervals and triads, The major modes and II-V-I, 3-note voicings, Sus. and phrygian Chords, Adding notes to 3-note voicings, Tritone substitution, Left-hand voicings, Altering notes in left-hand Stride and Bud Powell voicings, Block chords, Comping ...and much more! Endorsed by Kenny Barron, Down Beat, Jamey Aebersold, etc.

A City Called Heaven

Author : Robert M. Marovich
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252097084
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book A City Called Heaven written by Robert M. Marovich and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2015-03-15 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In A City Called Heaven, Robert M. Marovich follows gospel music from early hymns and camp meetings through its growth into the sanctified soundtrack of the city's mainline black Protestant churches. Marovich mines print media, ephemera, and hours of interviews with artists, ministers, and historians--as well as relatives and friends of gospel pioneers--to recover forgotten singers, musicians, songwriters, and industry leaders. He also examines the entrepreneurial spirit that fueled gospel music's rise to popularity and granted social mobility to a number of its practitioners. As Marovich shows, the music expressed a yearning for freedom from earthly pains, racial prejudice, and life's hardships. Yet it also helped give voice to a people--and lift a nation. A City Called Heaven celebrates a sound too mighty and too joyous for even church walls to hold.

Substitution and Passing Chords

Author : Gregory Moody
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781453728871
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (288 download)

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Download or read book Substitution and Passing Chords written by Gregory Moody and published by . This book was released on 2010-07-30 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one of the voicing reference volumes for the "Adventures in Harmony Music Course". There is no instruction in this volume.The main instruction volume for this series is: The Handbook of Harmony - Gospel - Jazz - R&B - SoulCOLOR - ISBN - 1453700951. B&W - ISBN - 1453684093. This volume contains passing chords and chord substitutions for Diatonic Tones I through Major VII The voicings in this reference are used in the patent pending system and technique created by Creative Music. Creative Music has developed a revolutionary method enabling keyboard musicians to quickly harmonize a line of notes with infinite chord changes. Imagine being able to play a different chord on every melody note! The system is such that no two musicians will come up with the same resulting harmonization. This is the first time that this information has appeared in print allowing anybody to create that soulful sound in their music. With this course you will be creating harmonies and progressions to go with music of your choice. There are no songs or progressions to memorize in this course. This is because you are going to be creating your own progressions and harmonies to go with the songs that you choose. This is a step-by-step that you can apply to any piece of music Gregory Moody Creative Music's founder is an accomplished musician and software engineer, who comes from a family lineage of musicians, i.e., his world famous cousin NEA jazz master and recording artist, James Moody.Music education has not changed in the last century, and Creative Music is on the forefront of turning that around. We are re-inventing how music has been taught for the last century. Our instructional method goes against the grain of all past music education teaching methodologies.

The Real R&B Book

Author : Hal Leonard Corp.
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1540043568
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book The Real R&B Book written by Hal Leonard Corp. and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2018-11-01 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Fake Book). A hot collection for R&B fans everywhere! 265 R&B hits in one Real Book collection complete with lyrics, including: ABC * Ain't No Sunshine * Ain't Too Proud to Beg * Baby Love * Chain of Fools * Cissy Strut * Everyday People * Fallin' * Gimme Some Lovin' * Green Onions * Hard to Handle * The Harlem Shuffle * Hold on I'm Comin' * I Believe I Can Fly * I Got You (I Feel Good) * I Second That Emotion * I Thank You * I Wish * I'll Make Love to You * In the Midnight Hour * Just One Look * Lady Marmalade * Last Dance * Let the Good Times Roll * Let's Get It On * Love and Happiness * Mr. Big Stuff * Mustang Sally * My Girl * Papa Was a Rollin' Stone * Purple Rain * Respect * Right Place, Wrong Time * Soul Man * Stand by Me * Super Freak * The Tears of a Clown * Three Times a Lady * U Can't Touch This * Vision of Love * What'd I Say * Who's Making Love * Will It Go Round in Circles * You Can't Hurry Love * You've Really Got a Hold on Me * and many more.

All Music Guide to Soul

Author : Vladimir Bogdanov
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780879307448
Total Pages : 918 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book All Music Guide to Soul written by Vladimir Bogdanov and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2003 with total page 918 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With informative biographies, essays, and "music maps, " this book is the ultimate guide to the best recordings in rhythm and blues. 20 charts.

Mastering Chord Suspensions

Author : Gregory Moody
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781453741450
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (414 download)

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Download or read book Mastering Chord Suspensions written by Gregory Moody and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2010-08-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is one of the add-on reference volumes for the "Adventures in Harmony Music Course". The main instruction volume for this series is: The Handbook of Harmony - Gospel - Jazz - R&B - Soul COLOR - ISBN - 1453700951. B&W - ISBN - 1453684093. This volume describes a technique where you can make many beautiful chord changes based on a single melody tone. We refer to the melody tone as the "suspension." For each melody tone you can make endless chord changes while maintaining that single tone as the "suspension." The techniques described in this volume can be applied to any of the voicing reference volumes in this course. The main voicing reference volumes are ISBN: 1453703551 and ISBN: 1453703535. The voicings in this reference are used in the patent pending system and technique created by Creative Music. Creative Music has developed a revolutionary method enabling keyboard musicians to quickly harmonize a line of notes with infinite chord changes. Imagine being able to play a different chord on every melody note! The system is such that no two musicians will come up with the same resulting harmonization. With this course you will be creating harmonies and progressions to go with music of your choice. There are no songs or progressions to memorize in this course. This is because you are going to be creating your own progressions and harmonies to go with the songs that you choose. This is a step-by-step that you can apply to any piece of music Gregory Moody Creative Music's founder is an accomplished musician and software engineer, who comes from a family lineage of musicians, i.e., his world famous cousin NEA jazz master and recording artist, James Moody. Music education has not changed in the last century, and Creative Music is on the forefront of turning that around. We are re-inventing how music has been taught for the last century. Our instructional method goes against the grain of all past music education teaching methodologies.

Gateways to Understanding Music

Author : Timothy Rice
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 135170883X
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)

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Download or read book Gateways to Understanding Music written by Timothy Rice and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-01-31 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gateways to Understanding Music explores music in all the categories that constitute contemporary musical experience: European classical music, popular music, jazz, and world music. Covering the oldest forms of human music making to the newest, the chronological narrative considers music from a global rather than a Eurocentric perspective. Each of sixty modular "gateways" covers a particular genre, style, or period of music. Every gateway opens with a guided listening example that unlocks a world of music through careful study of its structural elements. Based on their listening experience, students are asked to consider how the piece came to be composed or performed, how the piece or performance responded to the social and cultural issues at the time and place of its creation, and what that music means today. Students learn to listen to, explain, understand, and ultimately value all the music they may encounter in their world. FEATURES Global scope—Presents all music as worthy of study, including classical, world, popular, and jazz. Historical narrative—Begins with small-scale forager societies up to the present, with a shifting focus from global to European to American influences. Modular framework—60 gateways in 14 chapters allow flexibility to organize chronologically or by the seven recurring themes: aesthetics, emotion, social life, links to culture, politics, economics, and technology. Listening-guided learning—Leads to understanding the emotion, meaning, significance, and history of music. Introduction of musical concepts—Defined as needed and compiled into a Glossary for reference. Consistent structure—With the same step-by-step format, students learn through repeated practice how to listen and how to think about music. In addition to streamed audio examples, the companion website hosts essential instructors’ resources.

Race Music

Author : Guthrie P. Ramsey
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520243331
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book Race Music written by Guthrie P. Ramsey and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2004-11-22 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering the vast and various terrain of African American music, this text begins with an account of the author's own musical experiences with family and friends on the South Side of Chicago. It goes on to explore the global influence and social relevance of African American music.