Alfred Publishing

Graded Solos in the Styles of Iconic Artists

Author: Noah Baerman
Format: Book & CD
Instrumentation: Keyboard/Piano

Learn fun blues & soul solos to supplement your piano lessons! Blues & Soul Masters for Piano is a wonderful supplement to the student-level piano repertoire. It introduces you to colourful, fun-to-play pieces in a variety of blues and soul styles. Take a guided tour through the important styles of the blues and soul masters. You'll learn how they get their unique sound---while progressively arranged, original compositions give you a chance to try out these styles on your own. Accompanying every piece are listening suggestions, a biography of the artist who inspired it, and specially tailored preparatory exercises.

Blues & Soul Masters for Piano is recommended for students age 12 and older, but younger musicians can enjoy playing the pieces under the guidance of a teacher. The included CD demonstrates all the examples and allows you to play along (with solo keyboard or full band).

• Perfect for curious piano students and self-learners
• A great supplement to piano lessons
• For both young and adult learners
• Correlates with Alfred Music's best-selling piano methods

Each solo piano piece in the Masters for Piano series correlates to pages in Alfred's Complete Methods---such as Beginning, Intermediate, and Mastering Blues Keyboard---as well as Alfred's Basic Adult Piano Course and Alfred's Basic Adult Piano All-in-One Course.

Contents:

• Introduction
• About the Author
• Acknowledgements
• Suggestions for Using This Book
• Improvisation Suggestions
• In the Style of John Lee Hooker: Line and Sinker
• In the Style of Bessie Smith: Blues Fit for a Queen
• In the Style of Aretha Franklin: Soul Is a Lady
• In the Style of Bonnie Raitt: Sliding Home
• In the Style of T-Bone Walker: Shades of Blue
• In the Style of The Isley Brothers: Thumpin'
• In the Style of Robert Johnson: Daddy Blues
• In the Style of James Brown: Workin' It