Press Kit – Winter NAMM 2014

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We help the world experience the joy of making music.

Alfred Music is the world’s largest educational music publisher. Alfred Music produces educational, reference, pop, and performance materials for teachers, students, professionals, and hobbyists spanning every musical instrument, style, and difficulty level. Alfred Music’s home office is located in Los Angeles, with domestic offices in Miami, Nashville, and New York as well as offices around the world including Australia, Germany, Singapore, and the United Kingdom.

Since 1922, Alfred Music has been dedicated to helping people learn, teach, and play music. Alfred Music currently has over 150,000 active titles. Alfred Music represents a wide range of well-known publications—from methods like Alfred’s Basic Guitar, Alfred’s Basic Piano Library, Premier Piano Course, Sound Innovations, and Suzuki, to artists like Bruce Springsteen, Bruno Mars, Cole Porter, fun., George and Ira Gershwin, John Lennon, Katy Perry, Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, and The Who, to brands like Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, The Wizard of Oz, Rolling Stone magazine, and Billboard.

Alfred Music owns a wide range of imprints including Belwin, Highland/Etling, Kalmus, and Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. In addition to its own titles, Alfred Music distributes products from over 50 companies, including Daisy Rock Girl Guitars, Dover Publications, Drum Channel, Faber Music, MakeMusic, Inc., Penguin, and WEA.

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Mailing address: P.O. Box 10003 • Van Nuys, CA 91410-0003 • Street address: 16320 Roscoe Blvd., Suite 100 • Van Nuys, CA 91406 • Phone: 818.891.5999 • Fax: 818.891.2639 • Web: alfred.com What We’re Doing As part of its ongoing philanthropy, Alfred Music donated more than $8,000 of music education materials to local nonprofit Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA), which provides local underserved youth with academics, arts and athletics programs in the Rampart District. (View full press release)

Alfred Music joined the National Music Day and Make Music LA celebration with public performances in Palisades Park (Los Angeles, CA) on Friday, June 21, 2013. National Music Day is a one-day event where free, live musical performances, opportunities to make music, and other musical events take place in the streets, parks, businesses and anywhere else people feel like playing or listening to music. (View full press release)

Alfred Music, in collaboration with The ASCAP Foundation, delivered over $14,000 of music curriculum and performance music to more than 35 school ensembles across the United States, in support of the VH1 Save The Music Foundation. (View full press release)

Alfred Music announced an exclusive distribution agreement with MakeMusic®, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Alfred Music will be the sole distributor in North America, India, Australia, and New Zealand for Finale® and Garritan® products. This agreement pairs the leader in music notation software with the leader in music education. MakeMusic products distributed by Alfred Music will offer a wide range of music software solutions for educators, pro-audio professionals, and musicians ranging in skill level from novice to professional. (View full press release)

Los Angeles, CA—January 2014 Alfred Music announces the arrival of a new series that the digital age generation will appreciate with the release of DiY Ukulele, DiY Rock Guitar, DiY Guitar, DiY Keyboard, and DiY Drum Set.

With this series, there are no limitations on how, when, or where a musician learns their instrument. This series is the first of its kind, offering interactive streaming content to complement each lesson in the book. No teacher is necessary since lessons are simple to follow—with corresponding video lessons and accompaniments available to stream or download. Students are able to watch video lessons, hear examples, and play along virtually anywhere a computer or mobile device is present.

“People are no longer learning solely in classrooms or studios,” said Link Harnsberger, co-author of the DiY guitar and ukulele books. “As a society, we can now do virtually anything using a tablet or mobile device and a Wi-Fi connection. We wanted to create an instructional method that catered to musicians of the digital age who are often on-the-go.”

Each title in the DiY series is now available for $9.99 at music retail stores and at alfred.com.

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2014 The world’s leader in educational print music products, Alfred Music announces the release and distribution of new educational classroom resources.

Designed to help teachers involve more students in their programs, Fresh Beats, is a groundbreaking program that provides a new resource for secondary general music classes. This fully reproducible book includes information and resources to acquaint teachers with hip-hop music and culture, as well as easy-to-use lessons that teach the National Standards for Music Education. The curriculum will engage students, while enhancing their musical and critical thinking skills as they learn about the history of hip-hop and its role in society, listen to and critique popular music, and write their own rap songs. An accompanying CD will allow students to learn how to compose and perform drumbeats. Fresh Beats is essential for teachers wishing to provide their students with a contemporary, high-quality music education.

Music Quilt Squares is a publication that compiles a range of music activities, including games on theory, identifying notes and fingerings on the piano and recorder, instrument families, and more. These 100% reproducible games are a great tool for teachers to have in the classroom, to supplement other learned skills, an extra credit activity, homework assignment, or to use as a last-minute activity for a substitute teacher.

Lessons for the elementary music classroom incorporate improvisation, movement, and props with That’s So Orff. This collection of original songs and arrangements with reproducible pages are written in a student-friendly manner and designed for classrooms led by experienced music teachers and novices alike. Complete lessons with a step-by-step process make the pieces accessible for everyone and give students the chance to explore music through the Orff process. The accompanying data CD allows for projection of the arrangements and greater interaction in the classroom.

New classroom educational resources from Alfred Music are now available at music retail stores and at alfred.com.

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2014 Alfred Music and MakeMusic, Inc. continue to strengthen their partnership by announcing the world-wide release of Finale 2014. For 25 years, musicians around the world have relied on Finale to create, edit, audition, print and publish sheet music. After two years of research and analyzing customer feedback, the highly-anticipated release of Finale 2014 is available to musicians throughout the world.

Now more flexible and easier to use, Finale 2014 offers for the first time ever backward and forward compatibility— allowing users to save files that can be opened directly in the previous version. ImprovedApple OS X support produces a new look and time-saving workflow features like pinch zoom and native full screen support. Enhancements in Linked Parts gives users more control in the way the music appears visually in the score, versus the way the music appears as parts. Keyless scores can be quickly created for all instruments, or applied on a per-instrument basis. Rests and accidentals in layers now automatically combine, removing the need to manually apply each change. Educators will enjoy more than 1,500 music education resources, including worksheets, flashcards, and more.

In addition, dozens of new instruments have been added to Finale 2014. These instruments join the robust Garritan library that is already included with previous versions of Finale. From Alto Flute to Tubular Bells, these new additions were selected from several Garritan libraries, including Personal Orchestra, Jazz & Big Band, World Instruments, and Instant Orchestra.

“We are thrilled to be the exclusive distributor of Finale 2014, the gold standard in music notation software,” said Ron Manus, Alfred Music CEO. “Finale has been our in-house engraving application since it was introduced 25 years ago because we can’t afford to use anything but the very best. Our new partnership with MakeMusic makes it even easier for us to help the world experience the joy of making music. We are passionate about what we do and so is MakeMusic. With the release of Finale 2014, that passion is on full display and we are excited to share it with the world. We couldn’t be happier.”

Finale 2014 is now available for purchase world-wide in retail music stores and at http://www.alfred.com/finale.

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2014 Alfred Music announces the release three new self-teaching resources with the release of Alfred’s Teach Yourself Drums 2nd Edition, Alfred’s Teach Yourself Music History, and Alfred’s Teach Yourself Rock Guitar.

Alfred Music opens up a brand new world of musical knowledge with the newly revised, improved edition of the popular method with Alfred’s Teach Yourself Drums 2nd Edition. This product begins with the fundamentals and teaches drummers about various parts of the drum set and the sounds they create, playing basics, proper drumstick grips, and standard drum notation. The book covers playing different lines with different tempos, rhythms, and grooves, all while continuing to increase the user’s knowledge of reading and understanding standard drum notation. Musicians will learn to play beats and fills in an array of musical styles, including rock, country, jazz, and Latin. Additional features include technique builders, daily workouts to improve playing, practice tips, hints for purchasing equipment, and drum maintenance.

Alfred’s Teach Yourself Rock Guitar begins with the basics of electric guitar by introducing various types of guitars and the sounds they create, how to care for a guitar, and standard music notation and TAB. Next, this book teaches how to play guitar licks and melodies in the styles of some of rock’s greatest songs. Notes, chords, power chords, scales, and songs are taught lesson-by-lesson, all while increasing the beginning guitarist’s knowledge of music and improving their music reading skills. The accompanying DVD provides over 2 hours of video instruction and over 160 performances and play-along MP3 tracks to help the user easily understand the concepts taught.

Alfred’s Teach Yourself Music History is a concise overview of all major periods of Western music: Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern. World history timelines and visual examples of fine art in each period help relate musical events to familiar moments in history. A notable feature includes access to over 13 hours of streaming audio, which includes complete movements and entire pieces studied in the book, including Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus,” Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, and John Williams’ main theme from Star Wars.

Alfred’s Teach Yourself Drums 2nd Edition, Alfred’s Teach Yourself Music History, and Alfred’s Teach Yourself Rock Guitar are now available at music retail stores and at alfred.com.

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2014 The world leader in educational music publishing releases additions to the Premier Piano Course method with new Premier Piano Course titles. Premier Piano Course Technique Book 6 and Premier Piano Course Jazz, Rags, and Blues 2A, 2B, 3, and 4 are released as supplementary materials to be used in conjunction with the corresponding Premier Piano Course Lesson Books.

Premier Piano Course Technique Book 6 continues and expands on the technical and artistic tools learned in Technique Books 1A-5. Four new technique concepts are clearly presented through appealing and descriptive exercises, including slur gestures, voicing the melody, the soft pedal, and trills,. Artistic Etudes showcase a student’s technique in an expressive musical setting and Masterwork Etudes provide training to play standard masterworks. Each page in Technique Book 6 correlates with a specific page in the corresponding Lesson Book.

Jazz, Rags & Blues Books 2A, 2B, 3, and 4 include original pieces that reinforce concepts introduced in the curriculum- matching Lesson Books. These titles have received a tremendously positive response and have become Alfred Music’s number one selling supplemental series. Popular composer Martha Mier has composed all-new music in a variety of styles, including ragtime, boogie, and jazz. Each piece has a duet accompaniment that adds harmonic interest and rhythmic stability. The pieces in the book correlate page by page with the materials in Lesson Book 2A, 2B, 3, and 4.

New Premier Piano Course titles are now available in music retail stores and at alfred.com.

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Los Angeles, CA--January 2014 As the leader in educational music tools, Alfred Music announces the release of the latest addition to the revolutionary Sound Innovations method with Sound Innovations for Guitar, Book 2.

The second installment of Sound Innovations for Guitar continues the format established in Book 1—to teach students from day one to play using the kinds of riffs, patterns, chords and songs that drew them to the guitar in the first place. Book 2 introduces new concepts such as moving up the neck, sixteenth notes, speed picking, playing moveable power chords in higher positions, classic guitar riffs, barre chords (major, minor, and seventh), and much more. As in Book 1, students learn by playing in real world contexts, using full song demonstrations and performing with each other. The included DVD features full video lessons and song demonstrations plus MP3 recordings of all song examples can be loaded to your music player. Additional features include our exclusive TNT2 Custom Mix software, which lets students isolate tracks for study, excerpt the guitar for play-along, and slow tracks down and loop sections for continuous practice. Providing students and teachers with an exciting and rewarding guitar class experience, Sound Innovations for Guitar lessons focus on learning all skills in the context of great repertoire ranging in style from folk, blues, flamenco, rock, and classical music, while teaching core guitar skills and applying music theory.

“Learning guitar in a classroom setting is a very different experience than learning in a band, orchestra, or other ensemble group because the guitar has a unique function and requires its own unique skill set,” said author Aaron Stang. “With the Sound Innovations for Guitar method, the teacher edition, and the Sound Innovations online help center, students and teachers are empowered to participate in a more successful guitar class experience and expand their own musical skill set. Users can access this information at alfred.com/siguitar.”

Sound Innovations for Guitar, Book 2 is now available at music retail stores and at alfred.com.

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2014 Alfred Music announces the newest addition to the Ultimate Easy Play-Along Series featuring full demonstration and teaching videos with the release of the John Lennon Ultimate Easy Play-Along.

With the John Lennon Ultimate Easy Play-Along collection, guitarists will learn the guitar parts to eight songs from John Lennon’s solo period, including “Whatever Gets You Thru the Night,” “Woman” and featuring a specialized reworking of “Imagine” for guitar. To make learning these parts both fun and easy, the included DVD contains complete, easy-to-follow video lessons for each song. When inserted into the computer, the user can access sound-alike and play-along MP3s of every tune. Exclusive TNT2 Custom Mix software lets the user create their own custom play-along mixes, isolate parts and even loop and slow down sections for practice.

“In the years following The Beatles’ dissolution, John Lennon launched into a period of self-examination and exploration,” said Aaron Stang, Director Pop Guitar at Alfred Music. “This songbook is a reflection of this introspective period in his life. It’s a great collection for fans of John Lennon and The Beatles, alike.”

This new songbook joins several other titles in the UEPA series, including music from The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and Grateful Dead.

The John Lennon Ultimate Easy Play-Along is now available for $16.99 each at music retail stores and at alfred.com

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Los Angeles, CA--January 2014 Alfred Music announces the release of new titles from music producer and engineer Bobby Owsinski with Deconstructed Hits: Classic Rock, Deconstructed Hits: Modern Rock & Country, and Deconstructed Hits: Modern Pop & Hip Hop.

After years of listening to songs under the microscope of the studio, Bobby Owsinski has developed a technique that allows him to listen to songs and provide a detailed analysis on how the song was constructed and why it was a hit. In this series, Bobby Owsinski examines the detail of each song’s form, arrangement, sound, and production, and identifies many small changes that were made in various songs that had a major impact on the final piece.Additional information is provided for each song including release date, songwriters, recording studio information, number of units sold, and chart position. Gorgeous high-quality photographs of the recording artists give visual life to every hit.

Deconstructed Hits: Classic Rock was created for the fan of music from the 1960s, ‘70s, and ‘80s. In this title, Owsinski breaks down 20 classic rock hits, including “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin, “Back in Black” by AC/DC, and “Born to Run” by Bruce Springsteen, to provide the reader with an expert’s perspective of why their favorite songs sound the way they do.

Deconstructed Hits: Modern Rock & Country takes the reader deep inside 20 of the biggest hits released since 2000. Green Day’s “Wake Me Up When September Ends”, Lady Antebellum’s “Just a Kiss”, and Adele’s “Rolling in the Deep” are just three of the songs that Owsinski deconstructs.

Owsinski’s third book in this series looks at 20 legendary modern pop and hip-hop songs of the 21st century. Twenty songs in total make up Deconstructed Hits: Modern Pop & Hip-Hop, including “Sexyback” by Justin Timberlake “Firework” by Katy Perry, and “We Are Young” by Fun.

Each book in the Deconstructed Hits series is now available for $14.99 at music retail stores and at alfred.com.

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2014 From Wilco drummer, Glenn Kotche, comes A Beat a Week. This instructional book contains 52 unique beats from Kotche’s recorded catalog. Intended as a supplemental method, A Beat a Week explains the inspiration, origins, and evolution of these diverse beats with detailed text alongside each one. It takes the same concepts that embody Kotche’s playing and promotes a total percussion approach to drumset by exhibiting a wide variety of source material ranging from rock, jazz, classical, marching, world, and electronic percussion idioms. Each beat is broken down into step-by-step examples for deeper understanding and in-depth study. This book is ideal for drummers at all levels.

The 2-in-1 Drummer is a challenging collaboration between Cuban drumming legend Walfredo Reyes, Sr. and Elliot Fine, co-author of the influential drumset method 4-Way Coordination. By combining standard drumset rhythms with established percussion rhythms for a single player, this book/DVD study will teach an intermediate to advanced drummer how to create a “bigger beat” in a wide variety of popular musical styles.

Fundamental Drumstick Control presents essential snare drum technique for the drumset player. It provides the fundamental stroke types and combinations popular and necessary for today’s contemporary drummer. Many of the initial rudiments are covered by stroke type with drumset applications for each section. This book, in combination with the more advanced Drumstick Control, is a complete technical method organized in a realistic, step-by-step process. It focuses on developing stick proficiency through an independent, “hands-separate” approach.The exercises included represent the foundation of strokes without accents, while providing the framework for hand development, endurance, and speed training, as well as ideas for maintaining lifelong skills.

Big Band Drumming Fill-osophy offers a comprehensive approach to playing and interpreting fills in a big band setting. With advice on how to interpret section and ensemble figures, Steve Fidyk and Dave Black give detailed information that will strengthen the drummer’s ability to recognize one-, two-, and four-bar section/ensemble figures quickly and easily. The companion MP3 CD contains over 100 reference and play-along examples extracted from real drum tracks. Big Band Drumming Fill-osophy is an invaluable tool for interpreting and playing big band drum fills. These new educational drum resources are now available at music retail stores and at alfred.com.

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2014 Alfred Music welcomes the CME XKey into the family, furthering its mission to help the world experience the joy of making music. This must-have computer accessory is perfect solution for music enthusiasts of all levels who are on the go. The answer to mobile music creation, the CME XKey allows music to be created anywhere at any time, while at home, on the road, in the park, or at your local coffee shop.

The CME XKey contains 25 professional standard-sized, ultra-sensitive piano keys that move in a sense of unified touch for seamless play. It contains professional features such as high-resolution pitch bend and modulation controls with real- time response speed manipulation, in addition to octave shift and sustain. Users will be impressed with the Polyphonic Aftertouch feature, which has previously been found exclusively on products at a much higher price point. The elegantly designed CME XKey is externally housed by a thin piece of molded aluminum that is both durable and lightweight. It has compatibility with virtually all devices, including iOS, Mac OS, Windows, Android, and Linux. Additionally, the XKey is USB MIDI compliant, does not require a driver, and requires low power consumption.

“Alfred Music is thrilled to offer the CME XKey to music makers throughout the world,” said Steve Harder, Alfred Music’s Director of Business Development. “We know our dealers will appreciate the innovative features this compact computer accessory offers to musicians, and we know consumers will appreciate the freedom and mobility it offers, all at an extremely affordable price tag.”

The CME XKey is now available for $129.99 in retail music stores and at alfred.com.

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Los Angeles, CA--January, 2014 Alfred Music announces additions to The Alfred Jazz Play-Along Series with Alfred Jazz: Freddie Hubbard & More Play-Along, Vol. 5 and Alfred Jazz: Freddie Hubbard & More Play-Along for Rhythm Section, Vol. 5.

Alfred Jazz: Freddie Hubbard & More Play-Along, Vol. 5 has parts for C, B flat, E flat, and bass clef instrument and includes a sample jazz solo written out for each instrumentalist to list to, play, and practice. These sample solos are invaluable assets that make learning how to improvise easier for the learning musician. The accompanying data DVD allows the player to slow down or speed up the tempo, mix and customize a demo or play-along track, loop a section for specific practice, and more. The demo tracks feature a pro rhythm section and horn player to provide examples of jazz articulation, interpretation, and improvisation. In addition, each jazz standard has specific improvisation tips and suggestions.

Alfred Jazz: Freddie Hubbard & More Play-Along for Rhythm Section, Vol. 5 goes beyond what other play-along products offer. This corresponding book for rhythm section features written-out parts for piano, bass, and drum set. The instrument parts include comping suggestions and sample solos that teach improvisation. Similar to The Alfred Jazz Play-Along Series titles, The Alfred Jazz Play-Along Series for Rhythm Section includes an accompanying data DVD and improvisation tips and suggestions, which will support a student of jazz as they learn their instrument.

Alfred Jazz: Freddie Hubbard & More Play-Along, Vol. 5 and Alfred Jazz: Freddie Hubbard & More Play-Along for Rhythm Section, Vol. 5 are now available at music retail stores and at alfred.com.

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2014 Alfred Music announces the addition of supplementary titles to its award-winning method, Alfred’s Basic Piano Course. With these titles Alfred’s Basic Piano Course: Praise Hits Levels 2 and 3 continues to fill the need for contemporary Christian music used as supplementary pieces for students.

Students can play attractive versions of well-known contemporary worship music with the addition of these titles to the already established best-selling series Alfred’s Basic Piano Course. Each piece correlates page-by-page with concepts presented in Level 2 and 3 of Alfred’s Basic Piano Course: Lesson Book 2 and 3.

“When pieces from the Praise Hits books are assigned in conjunction with the materials in the Lesson Book, new concepts are reinforced in a fun and motivating way, increasing the student’s interest in piano study,” said Praise Hits arranger Tom Gerou.

22 current worship songs are found inside the pages of Praise Hits Levels 2 and 3 including “10,000 Reasons,” “One Thing Remains (Your Love Never Fails),” “Mighty to Save,” and “Your Grace Is Enough.”

Alfred’s Basic Piano Course: Praise Hits Levels 2 and 3 are now available at music retail stores and at alfred.com.

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2014 The leader in educational music products announces the release of Alfred’s Teach Yourself to Play Guitar Beginner’s Kit and Alfred’s Kid’s Guitar Course Beginner’s Kit. Each kit contains everything a beginning guitarist needs to start playing guitar in one box.

Alfred’s Teach Yourself to Play Guitar Beginner’s Kit includes the Alfred’s Teach Yourself to Play Guitar method with DVD. This method starts with the fundamentals of playing the guitar and teaches an array of musical styles, including rock, heavy metal, blues, country, jazz, and folk. The DVD correlates to all the lessons in the book. Also included is Alfred’s Guitar TAB Pad, which includes four staves of standard notation and TAB on 32 double-sided sheets. Additional features include a digital clip-on chromatic tuner that makes tuning on-the-go quick and easy, and a set of three guitar picks for clear-sounding strumming and picking.

Alfred’s Kid’s Guitar Course Beginner’s Kit includes the #1 best-selling guitar method for kids, Alfred’s Kid’s Guitar Course Book 1, with corresponding CD and DVD. This award-winning (“Best Product of the Year”—Disney’s iParenting Media Award) method is the easiest guitar method ever for kids ages 5 and up. Children will earn to play chords and melodies, read music, and perform songs. Also included is Alfred’s Kid’s Guitar Movie & TV Songbook (book and audio CD) with arrangements of favorite movie and TV songs. Additional features include Alfred’s Kid’s Guitar Course Music Writing Book (which contains 32 pages of 5 staves each with wide spacing), Alfred’s Kid’s Guitar Course Notespeller, and Alfred’s Kid’s Guitar Flashcards.

Alfred’s Teach Yourself to Play Guitar Beginner’s Kit and Alfred’s Kid’s Guitar Course Beginner’s Kit are both valued at over $60.00 and are now available for $39.99 at music retail stores and at alfred.com.

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Los Angeles, CA--January 2014 The leader in educational music products announces the release of Guitar Picture Chord Encyclopedia. For serious guitarists, this book lists every chord you could ever need, eliminating the need to ever purchase another chord reference book again.

Co-written by Alfred Music editors Link Harnsberger and Nathanial Gunod, the Guitar Picture Chord Encyclopedia is a comprehensive collection of over 3,100 chords that feature crystal-clear photographs, chord frames, and standard music notation. Chord fingerings are shown along with note names, and chords are listed both alphabetically and chromatically for easy reference. Chord construction, intervals, inversions, altered chords, and music theory are explained using simple language to give the reader a complete understanding of the chords.

“Simply stated, this encyclopedia is the most complete chord reference product for guitarists on the market. Speaking as a musician and a guitarist, this is the book I reference when I want to find something fast,” said Ron Manus,Alfred Music CEO. “It has many more chords and pages than any other chord picture product on the market, and offers multiple ways to search and find information, making it extremely convenient for guitarists to find what they are looking for.”

The Guitar Picture Chord Encyclopedia is now available for $19.99 at music retail stores and at alfred.com.

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2014 Alfred Music announces the release of Joni Mitchell Complete So Far, Mitchell’s first ever, fully complete and artist approved song collection. Joni Mitchell is widely regarded as one of the most influential and revered songwriters of the 20th Century and this collection features167 songs that span Mitchell’s entire ground-breaking career.

This collectible hardcover 512 page book features 167 songs drawn from Joni’s 18 landmark studio albums. The songs and lyrics are transcribed accurately and include Joni’s critical guitar tunings with more than 40 cataloged in the book. Joni’s guitar tunings have seduced and mystified her guitar fans for well over 40 years. This book shows how to play her songs with her unique tunings and chord fingerings. With the help of those tunings and fingerings, these highly harmonically complex songs suddenly fall naturally on the guitar. As Joni says, “If you think my chord fingerings are difficult then you’re probably playing them wrong.”

“Joni’s category-defying style seamlessly links the worlds of acoustic music with rock, jazz and classical impressionism,” said Aaron Stang, the book’s long-time editor. “Her lyrical sense, phrasing and poetic imagery are as visual as they are musical. The music of Joni Mitchell defies any attempt at neat classification and throughout her career has consistently broken all existing boundaries.”

The book includes a beautiful full color photo section featuring over 40 photos from the legendary classic-rock era photographer Henry Diltz; an incisive foreword on her unique guitar style and an extensively cross-reverenced tuning Index for those in search of a deeper understanding of her approach to guitar.

Joni Mitchell Complete So Far is now available at music retail stores and at alfred.com..

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2014 Alfred Music announces the release of six new educational resources for ukulele players of various levels.

Musicians who wish to learn the ukulele need to look no further than Alfred Music’s Complete Ukulele Method. The first book and DVD in the Complete Ukulele Method is perfect for beginning players, as well as more seasoned players who wish to enhance their knowledge. Beginning Ukulele teaches everything to get started on the instrument, including chords, strumming, picking basic music theory, and reading tablature (TAB) and standard music notation. Intermediate Ukulele takes instruction to the next level, teaching new grooves, the blues, how to play melodies and chord-melodies, and jazz. The power-packed conclusion to this series, Mastering Ukulele, teaches how to arrange chord-melody solos using the entire ukulele fretboard. It instructs the technique of triplet strums, bursts, split strums, and fan strokes. Each books features fun songs in a variety of styles including rock, blues, Hawaiian, fiddle tunes, and finger style.The accompanying DVD features instructor and 6-time GRAMMY® Award winner Daniel Ho.

It’s Ukulele Time provides a simple and effective approach to learning the ukulele. It begins with the absolute basics of ukulele playing, such as how to properly hold the instrument. The clear layout, large illustrations, and detailed photos make learning to play easy. Whether a player is learning with others in a group class or by themselves, this book gives a to-the-point introduction to playing the ukulele. Songs include “Aloha Oe,” “Over the Rainbow,” and “Down in the Valley,” and many more.

Alfred’s Ukulele Chord Chart is a convenient chart that lists all the basic ukulele chords in every key. All chords are clearly shown using chord frames, which indicate frets, fingerings, and the note names in every chord. Major, minor, seventh, diminished, augmented, major 6th, minor 6th, and ninth chords are given. A chord accompaniment guide is also included, which shows the three principal chords, the relative minor chords, and alternate chords for each key.

The Ukulele Chord Encyclopedia lists over 1,600 chords alphabetically and chromatically for quick reference. On each page, chord variations are arranged in a logical order—beginning at the bottom of the ukulele neck and progressing to the top of the neck. This helps facilitate locating the chords in different positions over the entire fretboard. The Chord Theory chapter makes it easy to understand intervals and how chords are constructed.

The Complete Ukulele Method, It’s Ukulele Time, Alfred’s Ukulele Chord Chart, and the Ukulele Chord Encyclopedia are now available at music retail stores and at alfred.com.

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2014 Alfred Music announces the release of several personality songbooks with piano/vocal/guitar arrangements, including Gloria Estefan: The Standards, The Band Perry: Pioneer, and The Who: Sheet Music Anthology.

Few artists have turned out as many powerhouse albums as Gloria Estefan. With her newest release, The Standards, she has captured the essence of some of the most popular and timeless songs and transformed them into entirely new experiences for the listener. With Gloria Estefan: The Standards, pianists are able to explore the rich harmonies in each original arrangement, as performed by the artist. “Call Me Irresponsible,” “Embraceable You,” “You Made Me Love You,” and “I’ve Grown Accustomed to His Face,” are four of the 15 classics that are represented in this songbook for piano, voice, and guitar.

The Band Perry: Pioneer is the album-matching song folio that contains the piano/vocal/guitar sheet music for every song on The Band Perry’s latest album, Pioneer. 12 songs are included in this songbook, including “Better Dig Two,” “Don’t Let Me Be Lonely,” and “Pioneer.”

Fans of the iconic band The Who have long waited for a collection that contains the band’s most famous and powerful songs. The greatest and most keyboard-dominated songs of The Who’s career are now available in this piano/vocal/guitar collection, The Who: Sheet Music Anthology. Included in this collection is a compendium of 27 songs spanning decades and 10 albums from one of rock’s most prolific and legendary band of musicians. Titles include “Quadrophenia,” “The Acid Queen,” “We’re Not Gonna Take It,” and “My Generation.”

Gloria Estefan: The Standards, The Band Perry: Pioneer, and The Who: Sheet Music Anthology are now available at music retail stores and at alfred.com.

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2014 Alfred Music announces the release of The Complete Blues Guitar Method 2nd Edition. The second edition of this popular series features new licks in the styles of some of the hottest contemporary blues artists, like Joe Bonamassa and Gary Clark, Jr., and includes brand new videos hosted by expert educator and guitar virtuoso, Jared Meeker.

The first book and DVD in The Complete Blues Guitar Method is intended for beginning blues and rock guitarists who want to get into the blues. Beginning Blues Guitar introduces basic blues theory, left-hand techniques, and the rhythm styles of Texas swing, slow blues, and minor blues. Additionally, it teaches the styles of blues greats like Muddy Waters and Buddy Guy. Users will learn call-and-response phrasing, intros, turnarounds, endings, and even blues improvisation.

Intermediate Blues Guitar is the second book in The Complete Blues Guitar Method series. This book and accompanying DVD is intended for guitarists that understand the basics of the blues and are ready to take the next step. Topics covered in this book are blues techniques, phrasing, R&B and blues-funk fills, non-scale tones, chord extensions and substitutions, and more. Also, students will continue to learn from examples in the styles of legendary players like B. B. King, Albert King, Eric Clapton, and Stevie Ray Vaughan.

The Complete Blues Guitar Method series concludes with Mastering Blues Guitar, book and DVD. This advanced method for blues guitarists is also great for rock players who want to add a blues edge to their sound. Mastering Blues Guitar features in-depth lessons on blues scales, composite scales, the Mixolydian mode, arpeggio superimpositions, the 8-bar blues, gospel blues, minor blues, and more. It covers the techniques and licks of some of the greatest players, including Big Bill Broonzy and John Lee Hooker.

Beginning Blues Guitar, Intermediate Blues Guitar, and Mastering Blues Guitar are now available at music retail stores and at alfred.com.

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2014 Home to the world’s largest and most extensive percussion music catalog, Alfred Music announces the release of the autobiography of Peter Erskine with No Beethoven.

Legendary drummer, Peter Erskine, was in the midst of the modern American jazz music scene as it underwent its most dynamic changes. No Beethoven chronicles the life and times of Erskine, with the legendary band Weather Report being the nexus to this first-hand account. This product contains multiple chapters dedicated to Weather Report and the musicians Joe Zawinul, Jaco Pastorius, and Wayne Shorter, plus the bands Step Ahead, Steely Dan, and artists such as Elvin Jones, Joni Mitchell, Freddie Hubbard, Diana Krall, Steve Gadd, producer Manfeld Eicher, and composers John Williams and Mark-Anthony Turnage. It also includes never-before published photographs and a revealing look at the creative process involved in performing on stage and in the recording studio.

“No Beethoven is among the best musical autobiographies I have read,” said Neil Peart, one of the world’s most recognized and renowned drummers. “Peter’s story is absorbing and compelling, full of well-drawn characters and incidents both humorous and serious. It flows with the same ease and naturalness as his drumming, and under that good- humored gloss, it conveys the same profundity of experience and ideas. This book should be a read not only by every drummer, but by every musician. Even dedicated amateurs of music will find it entertaining and worthwhile.”

No Beethoven is now available at music retail stores for $19.99 and at alfred.com.

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Los Angeles, CA—January 2014 The leader in educational music publishing announces the release of Music Publishing: The Complete Guide. This textbook is the definitive manual on music copyright, written by an attorney with over 30 years of experience in the music industry.

With subjects covering copyright, performing rights organizations, mechanical synchronization licensing, print licensing, songwriter and composer agreements, publishing administration and foreign sub-publishing, production music libraries, pitching and placement companies, and sampling, this book serves as a thorough guide for industry pros, lawyers, and music business and law students.

Additional features include a discussion on the historical perspective and current trends and revenue opportunities in the evolving digital marketplace. Easy-to-read narratives explain key points for all deals. Also, sample agreements are included and annotated in simple terms that explain oftentimes complex legal language. Links to copyright and publishing resources, listings of foreign performances and mechanical societies, and case studies from real world incidents are added features of this book.

With over thirty years of experience as an attorney in the music industry, Steven Winogradsky is a partner of Winogradsky/Sobel in Studio City, California, providing music business affairs and legal support for composers, songwriters, music publishers, recording artists, and television, film, video, and multi-media producers. In addition to entertainment law practice, the company handles music clearance and licensing in all media for many production companies as well as worldwide administration of the publishing catalogs for a number of clients. Winogradsky was named one of the Outstanding Instructors in Entertainment Studies and Performing Arts at UCLA Extension, where he has taught since 1997.

Music Publishing: The Complete Guide is now available for $79.99 at music retail stores and at alfred.com.

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