Mark Harrison

Thorough preparation for the FCE Use of English paper, providing in-depth coverage and extensive exam practice.

Another title in this popular series of 'Tests that teach', designed to help improve students' exam performance and increase language competence at Proficiency level. Fully Revised for the Cambridge ESOL Proficiency 2013 exam, there is now an option to buy this testbuilder to include access to Macmillan Practice Online.

This is the definitive guide to playing boogie-woogie piano for beginners, by the world-renowned author and educator Mark Harrison. Youll get started right away, learning some essential boogie-woogie patterns which sound great either playing solo or with a band! The material is organized and explained in the clearest possible way, and all of the twenty-three music examples are very authentic and fun to play. All fingerings for the music examples are also provided.Once you have purchased this book, you can then email us to receive a FREE download of mp3 recordings and pdf versions for all of the music examples in the book. Most of the recordings include play-along tracks with a rhythm section, so you can have fun jamming along with the band!Here is an overview of the sections contained in this book:Section One - Starting Out with the Left Hand PatternSection Two - Adding Triads in the Right HandSection Three - The Twelve-Bar Boogie-Woogie ProgressionSection Four - Creating Right Hand Patterns from TriadsSection Five - Working with Four-Part ChordsSection Six - Varying the Left Hand PatternSection Seven - More Right Hand Patterns from Four-Part ChordsSection Eight - More Left Hand Patterns and Right Hand RhythmsSection Nine - Right Hand Triplets and Rhythmic DisplacementsMark Harrison is one of the highest-rated contemporary music educators and authors in the world today. His instruction books are endorsed by Keyboard Magazine, Jazz Times, and Performing Musician Magazine, and are used at numerous music colleges and universities. Marks books have helped many thousands of musicians in over twenty countries worldwide.

This group of study books progresses from elementary to intermediate level. Each book in the series can be used as a grammar reference and exercise book on its own

Two sets of five complete practice tests.

This is the definitive guide to blues piano for beginners, by the world-renowned author and educator Mark Harrison. Youll get started right away, learning some essential left-hand and right-hand patterns to use on your first (or next) blues piano gig! The material is organized and explained in the clearest possible way, and all of the twenty-three music examples are very authentic and fun to play. All fingerings for the music examples are also provided.Once you have purchased this book, you can then email us to receive a FREE download of mp3 recordings for all of the music examples in the book. Most of the recordings include play-along tracks with a rhythm section, so you can have fun jamming along with the band!Here is an overview of the sections contained in this book:Section One - The Basic Blues Left Hand PatternSection Two - Adding Triads in the Right HandSection Three - The Twelve-Bar Blues ProgressionSection Four - Using Triad InversionsSection Five - Working With Four-Part ChordsSection Six - Varying the Left Hand PatternSection Seven - More Right and Left Hand CombinationsSection Eight - Improvising with the Tonic Blues ScaleSection Nine - Improvising with the Relative Minor Blues ScaleSection Ten - Combining Blues Scales and Adding Drone NotesMark Harrison is one of the highest-rated contemporary music educators and authors in the world today. His instruction books are endorsed by Keyboard Magazine, Jazz Times, and Performing Musician Magazine, and are used at numerous music colleges and universities. Marks books have helped many thousands of musicians in over twenty countries worldwide.