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Country Piano: Hal Leonard Keyboard Style Series

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The town I grew up in never had a lot of country music played, but as I get older, that I all I ever hear! This book by Mark Harrison has allowed me to get feel for what real country music is. I have a few of the other books in this series and find them all great! This book includes important information about scales and chords, patterns walking up and down, comping, traditional and modern country, arpeggio styles, "fretted piano" techniques, fills, and licks...anything that is used in any type of country. It goes through traditional country waltz, western swing, bluegrass, honky-tonk, Nashville country waltz, classic country rock, country rock ballad, country pop "easy listening", country gospel, country blues, and more. The book moves quickly but provides the information that is important for those of us looking to play. It comes with a very handy CD which allows to hear what it's supposed to sound like. I highly recommend this book.

I have had this book for a while, along with Harrison's Blues piano book. They are laid out extremely well. They are straightforward and present clear concepts in several keys to choose. It is one of the best books I have ever seen for teaching oneself music, and I have used lots of them. This really gave me a clear understanding of playing country style piano in several different forms. Very, very useful.