These transciptions are a loosely chronological collection of recordings of artists from the Delta to Chicago. The songs include tunes that were the blues 'hits' in their days - such as Robert Johnson's "Traveling Riverside Blues" - and well-known classics - like "Baby What You Want Me to Do, " by Jimmy Reed. In addition, there are undiscovered (but no less brilliant) rarities like "South Carolina Rag, " by Willie Walker, and Lonnie Johnson's "Away Down in the Alley Blues." Together, the songs offer a sampling of blues history. Some of the techniques covered in this collection including playing in five tunings and nine keys, bottleneck playing, syncopated picking styles, and a wide range of harmonic and melodic ideas.

INSTANT KEYBOARD authors know there's an easier way for people to have fun learning to play the piano. Old-fashioned music lessons can be confusing, so we went through our playing and teaching experience to find the bare minimum you need to start you having fun playing your favorite songs, INSTANTLY. 10 reason you'll LOVE INSTANT KEYBOARD: INSTANT KEYBOARD gets right to the heart of what you need to know to play. INSTANT KEYBOARD lets you play piano at the very first lesson. INSTANT KEYBOARD gives you so many choices: You can start at Chapter 1 and have fun playing by ear - something everybody wants, but most teachers don't teach. Or you can skip to Chapter 3 and read music immediately. You can keep your left hand simple, with easy single notes. Or you can use our secret weapon in Chapter 9: Easy INSTANT tricks to sound professional. You don't even need a piano to start learning with INSTANT KEYBOARD - you can just tap a rhythm and mime playing on a table. INSTANT KEYBOARD makes the whole process of learning to play painless, with our easy, step-by-step course that reveals insider tricks. INSTANT KEYBOARD is bursting with popular songs - all in the same easy key! INSTANT KEYBOARD shows you how play along with your singing in a professional way. INSTANT KEYBOARD includes bonus INSTANT Scale and INSTANT Chord charts so you can easily play any songs in any key. The main thing about INSTANT KEYBOARD is that it allows you to play INSTANTLY and have fun, while teaching you the basics you need to know about music - with bonus challenges if you're in the mood.( INSTANT KEYBOARD is a bridge to other books in this series, like INSTANT Keyboard II, INSTANT Classics, INSTANT Jazz and Improvisation, INSTANT Songwriting, INSTANT Guitar, and more.

Includes: The Desert Song * Stouthearted Men * Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise * Silver Moon. Twenty-nine classics in all.