100 Left Hand Patterns Every Piano Player Should Know: Play the Same Song 100 Different Ways, Paperback

100 Left Hand Patterns Every Piano Player Should Know (Play the Same Song 100 Different Ways) by Music Mentor Jerald Simon, is one of the books from the Music Motivation(R) Series. This book was created to help piano students of all ages and skill levels learn how to improvise and arrange music of their own. The 100 left hand patterns introduced in this book can help piano students, piano teachers, and music professionals take their piano playing to the next level by learning how to play the same song 100 different ways. Use these 100 left hand patterns in this book to arrange the 100 songs from the FUN Fake Book or use the left hand patterns to arrange any music you'd like to play. You can even use the 100 left hand patterns introduced in this book to compose music of your own. It's all about creating, arranging, improvising, and composing music you want to play. The left hand patterns taught in this book have been divided up into four different groups: 1. Basic Left Hand Patterns, 2. Jazz, Blues, and Boogie-Woogie Left Hand Patterns, 3. Rock and Pop Left Hand Patterns, and 4. New Age and Contemporary Left Hand Patterns. I only included 100 left hand patterns, but there are so many more patterns you can create. See what you can come up with and take your piano playing to the next level This book is divided into two sections: 1. 100 Left Hand Patterns, and 2. The FUN Fake Book featuring 100 songs in Fake Book Format (where the right hand melody is shown with corresponding chords notated above each measure - the piano player fakes, or improvises, their own left hand pattern using the 100 left hand patterns taught in the book). Here is a list of some of the 100 songs found in this FUN Fake Book: Section 1 (Children's Songs):1. Mary Had a Little Lamb2. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star3. Pop Goes the Weasel4. The Enemy Weensy Spider5. This Old Man6. Three Blind Mice7. Row, Row, Row Your Boat8. Skip to My Lou9. London Bridge is Falling Down10. She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain11. Old Macdonald12. Free Jacques13. BINGO14. My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean15. The Farmer in the Dell16. Alouette17. Green Sleeves (and What Child is This?)18. Rockaby Baby19. Lullaby20. Reveille21. It's Raining, It's Pouring22. Head, Shoulders, Knees & Toes23. The Wheels on the Bus24. If You're Happy and You Know it 25. I Love the Mountains26. Chopsticks27. A Tiskit, A Tasket28. John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt29. Camptown Races30. The Mulbry Bush (Mulberry Bush)31. For He's a Jolly Good Fellow32. The Muffin Man33. Home on the Range34. Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?35. The Old Gray Mare36. Polly Wolly Doodle37. Take Me Out to the Ball Game38. Ten Little Children (to the tune of Ten Little Indians)39. Buffalo Gals40. A Bicycle Built for TwoSection 2 (American Folk/Patriotic Songs):41. Oh Susanna42. Good Night Ladies43. I've Been Working on the Railroad44. O My Darling Clementine45. The Marine's Hymn46. Anchor's Aweigh47. You're A Grand Old Flag48. The Battle Hymn of the Republic49. America the Beautiful50. The Star-Spangled Banner51. My Country, 'Tis of Thee52. When Johnny Comes Marching Home53. When the Saints Go Marching In54. Yankee Doodle55. The Army Goes Rolling AlongSection 3 (Christmas Music):56. Jingle Bells57. Jolly Old Saint Nicholas58. Up On the House Top59. Deck the Halls60. Joy to the World61. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen62. Hark the Herald Angels Sing63. O Christmas Tree64. Silent Night65. Angels We Have Heard on High66. Still, Still, Still67. Bring a Torch Jeannete, Isabella68. Good King Wenceslas69. The Holly and the Ivy70. The First Noel71. Go Tell It on the Mountain72. I Saw Three Ships73. I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day74. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy75. Away in a Manger76. We Wish You a Merry Christmas 4: Classical Music5: Gospel/Spiritual Music