Award-winning pianist, composer and entertainer Jason Lyle Black has been commissioned to arrange a series of medleys in his distinctive style for a new Hal Leonard songbook, Disney Medleys for Piano Solo.
Featuring over 35 songs from 10 classic Disney films, Disney Medleys contains many of the iconic songs that have helped Disney become one of the most dominating forces in movies. From medelies from the recent Disney hit movie Moana, featuring the songs “How Far I’ll Go,” “We Know the Way,” and “You’re Welcome,” to a medley featuring “The Bare Necessities” and “I Wanna Be Like You (The Monkey Song)” from the classic hit The Jungle Book, Disney Medleys has everything needed to enjoy Disney tunes. Additional medleys include songs from: Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Hercules, The Lion King, The Little Mermaid, Mary Poppins, and Mulan.
In addition to the 10 medleys featured in the book, arranger notes from Black are also included. The piano solo arrangements are available for $16.99.
The Fretboard Roadmaps App for Guitar aims to help bring practical music theory information explained in a way that the layperson can understand. The app displays the fretboard diagrams from Fretboard Roadmaps, while also giving access to grids, tablature/music and licks. Additionally, video and audio samples can be accessed through the app to show how Roadmaps can be used to play chords and progressions anywhere on the fretboard and in any key, play lead and rhythm anywhere on the fretboard in any key, play a variety of lead guitar styles, expand chord vocabulary and understand different chord types, and learn to think musically the way the pros do.
Fretboard Roadmaps App for Guitar is available for iOS. A lite version is available for free, and the full version is available for $15.99.
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