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Jerald Simon composed all 17 of these cool songs as part of his COOL SONGS subscription program on his website. Each of these piano solos feature original techno-pop and rock/symphonic/score-like sounding pieces composed by Jerald to help motivate teen piano students to keep playing the piano with fun sounding pieces. These are the titles of each piano piece from the book. Every single piece comes with three MP3s (all included in your purchase/download of the PDF book or Spiral Bound book from this website). 1. Super Sonic Boom 2. New Wave 3. New Heights 4. Hybrid Hero 5. Synthesis 6. Sonic 7. Starlight Serenade 8. Sonic Fusion 9. Power Play 10. Eclectic 11. Hard Core 12. Platinum 13. Road Trip 14. Flashback Friday 15. Takin' it Easy 16. Devotion 17. Staycation

Jazzed about Christmas contains 18 fun and easy to play, teacher friendly Christmas favorites. The arrangements are for the early intermediate piano student. Each arrangement is in the key of C. The songs are fun and upbeat. The book has lessons that teach students how to jazz up songs using the Christmas favorites as an example. The 18 Christmas favorites are: 1. Jingle Bells2. Jolly Old Saint Nicholas3. Up On the House Top4. Deck the Halls5. Joy to the World6. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen7. Hark the Herald Angels Sing8. O Christmas Tree9. Angels We Have Heard On High10. Silent Night11. The First Noel12. Good King Wenceslas13. Bring a Torch Jeannette, Isabella14. I Saw Three Ships15. Still, Still, Still16. Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies17. The Holly and the Ivy18. We Wish You a Merry Christmas

Level: Intermediate - AdvancedPage Count: 32Jingle those Bells contains 7 fun piano solo arrangements of "Jingle Bells" for intermediate to advanced piano students. The book has lessons that teach students how to jazz up songs using the Christmas favorite as an example. This is a single use license. The 7 Christmas arrangements of Jingle Bells are: 1. The Jingle Bell Ballad2. New Age Jingle Bells3. Broken Russian Jingle Bells4. Boogie Woogie Jingle Bells5. Barrel House Blues Jingle Bells6. 80s POP Jingle Bells7. 50s ROCK Jingle Bells

I hope you enjoy "Hymns of Exaltation." This book contains 8 instrumental piano hymn arrangements. There are 72 pages in this piano/vocal intermediate - advanced level piano book. This book includes all of the lyrics so performers can sing along with the accompaniment. You will enjoy playing and singing these hymns as you have never heard them performed like this before. Each of the hymns is presented in lesson format to help teach the theory used in arranging each of the hymns. The book is broken down into 8 individual lessons - one for each of the 8 hymns arranged in this book: (1) "For the Beauty of the Earth"(2) "Be Still My Soul"(3) "Nearer My God to Thee"(4) "I Stand All Amazed"(5) "Abide with Me"(6) "I Need Thee Every Hour/Lead Kindly Light"(7) "More Holiness Give Me", and>It is the hope of the author and publisher that each of these hymn arrangements will uplift, inspire, comfort, and empower the performers and the listeners. Hymns are magnificent, because they help us focus on that which is of most worth to us. As we listen to the melodies, we think of the inspired words of each hymn. They help us do our best each as we strive to do our part to help those around us. The order of the hymn selections in this book has a deliberate order. As we look at the beauty of this earth, our souls are stilled. We have imperfections, but we strive to be nearer to God. By doing so, we stand amazed and ask God to abide with us. We need Him and His light in our lives, because He gives us more holiness. We hear His voice and come to Him because He loves us and we are His.

Piano teachers, piano students, and parents of piano students continually search for fun and exciting piano music their students can't wait to play. The search is over with Music Motivation(R) and the music composed by Jerald Simon! Jerald Simon is a popular pianist, composer, author, and performer/motivational speaker, who composes fun piano music that piano students love playing and performing for family and friends. Simon is well-known for his COOL SONGS Series which features over 200 of his fun, original piano music - most of which include accompaniment MP3 minus tracks to help piano students learn to play the piano the fun way. He is also well known for his Essential Piano Exercises Series, as well as his popular Music Motivation(R) company. In "Wintertide," Simon has composed 10 new original intermediate - advanced level piano solos that range in style from contemporary, classical, and new age, to a cinematic, score-like sound. With titles such as: "Wintertide," "Clarity," "Cloud Nine," "Heaven's Vault," "Celestial Sphere," "Eden's Gate," "Arcadia," "Azure Sky," "Afterworld," and "Kingdom Come," piano students are captivated by the melodious and harmonious music. This piano music is ideal for late intermediate - advanced level piano students. Throughout the book, students play intermediate level piano music that sounds and appears more advanced than it really is. These pieces were composed to express the movement of wintertime across the piano keys. Most of the pieces range all over the piano keys in various key signatures. You can listen to the music from this book on Pandora, Spotify, iTunes, Amazon.com, and all streaming sites.

Piano teachers, piano students, and parents of piano students continually search for fun and exciting piano music their students can't wait to play. The search is over with Music Motivation(R) and the music composed by Jerald Simon! Jerald Simon is a popular pianist, composer, author, and performer/motivational speaker, who composes fun piano music that piano students love playing and performing for family and friends. Simon is well-known for his COOL SONGS Series which features over 200 of his fun, original piano music - most of which include accompaniment MP3 minus tracks to help piano students learn to play the piano the fun way. He is also wellknown for his Essential Piano Exercises Series, as well as his popular Music Motivation(R) company. In "Sweet Melancholy," Simon has composed 11 new original intermediate - advanced level piano solos that range in style from contemporary, classical, and new age, to a cinematic, score-like sound. With titles such as: "Sweet Melancholy," "Shadows," "Majestic," "Promised Land," "Blessing," "Through a Child's Eyes," "Life Everlasting," "Lavender Sunsets," "Dreamland," and "Enchantment," piano students are captivated by the melodious and harmonious sweet melancholy sound. This piano music is ideal for late intermediate - advanced level piano students. Throughout the book, students play intermediate level piano music that sounds and appears more advanced than it really is. Simon creates compelling melodies around familiar chord progressions. Students will enjoy playing ascending and descending triplets, blocked and broken octave intervals, and octave chords. Within the music, students will see how Simon incorporates familiar chords and scales in a new and exciting way. Through the music, Jerald hopes to convey a range of emotions from tender and sweet to bitter and overwhelming. The melodious and harmonious pieces transport the piano students and the listener to a state of sweet melancholy. These are the names of the 11 pieces from the book: 1. Sweet Melancholy2. Shadows3. Majestic4. Sun Shower5. Promised Land6. Blessing7. Through a Child's Eyes8. Life Everlasting9. Lavender Sunsets10. Dreamland11. Enchantment

Piano teachers, piano students, and parents of piano students continually search for fun and exciting piano music their piano students can't wait to play.The search is over with Music Motivation(R) and the music composed by Jerald Simon!Jerald Simon is a popular pianist, composer, author, and performer/motivational speaker, who composes fun piano music that piano students love playing and performing for family and friends. Simon is well-known for his COOL SONGS Series (musicmotivation.com/coolsongs) which features over 200 of his fun, original piano music - most of which include accompaniment MP3 minus tracks to help piano students learn to play the piano the fun way. He is also well known for his Essential Piano Exercises Series (essentialpianoexercises.com/pdf/series) as well as his popular Music Motivation(R) website and company (musicmotivation.com/).In "Adventure Awaits," Simon has composed 13 new original intermediate level piano solos that range in style from contemporary, classical, and new age, to a cinematic, score-like sound, intermixed with pop and rock elements, rhythms, themes, and characteristics. With titles such as: "Adventure Awaits," "The Journey," "Forward March," "Dreams of the Heart," "Onward," "The Forgotten Battle," "Let the Games Begin," and more, piano students are captivated by the melodious and harmonious adventure filled themes.This piano music is ideal for intermediate level piano students. Throughout the book, students play intermediate level piano music that sounds and appears more advanced than it really is. Simon creates compelling melodies around familiar chord progressions. Students will enjoy playing ascending and descending triplets, blocked and broken octave intervals, and octave chords. Within the music, students will see how Simon incorporates familiar chords and scales in a new and exciting way. Through the music, Jerald hopes to portray the fancies of fairy tales and conquests, the struggles of battles and quests, and the dream to continue on the journey while marching forward with fortitude, strength, and a fearless call of heroism. The music beckons the piano player to embrace the champion's creed, to experience the forgotten battles, and to embark upon the adventure that awaits.

When you act "as if"you are foretelling your fate, your future is already known.Act as if it is possible, and the seeds of fulfillment are sown.from the poem "Act as If..." from the book: The "As If" Principle by Jerald SimonThe "As If" Principle (motivational poetry) by Jerald Simon features 222 original motivational poems written by Simon to inspire and motivate men, women, businesses, organizations, leaders, mentors, advisers, teachers, and students. The poems were written to teach values and encourage everyone everywhere to do and be their best.The poems were written over a 20 year period and contain motivational advice about never giving up. It's about doing what it takes, believing in yourself and your own abilities and believing in others. The poems focus on such topics as: Honor, courage, success, strength, will power, leadership, possibilities, confidence, goal setting, optimism, rising above mediocrity, character, never doubting ourselves, being productive, learning from adversity, doing what it takes, being happy, seeing the good in others, forgiving, seeing our own potential and the potential in others, learning life's lessons, righting wrongs, becoming a self starter, learning to control our thoughts, words, and deeds, and many more.Here is the first poem from the book: "The 'As If' Principle" Act as If...by Jerald Simon(from the book: The "As If" Principle)Copyright (c) 2012 by Jerald SimonAll Rights ReservedAct as if you are confident - even if you are not.Confidence, you will find, is a state of mind, the fulfillment of attitude evolving with time.True confidence is a trait of character, not a boastful or prideful talk.Always act with sincere humility, then with true confidence you will walk.Act as if you are affluent, even when you're the beggar in need.Wealth you will find, will often leave you behind, if it's attainment will make you unkind.True wealth is not measured with money, but with love, and knowledge and health.Act as if you're least of all men, and then you shall find true wealth.Act as if you are noble, even if your nobility's numb.Act as if you are a servant, even if your own kingdom has come.When you act "as if"you are foretelling your fate, your future is already known.Act as if it is possible, and the seeds of fulfillment are sown.Copyright (c) 2012 by Jerald SimonAll Rights Reserved-------------------Here is another poem from the book: Where Are the Men?by Jerald Simon (from the book: The "As If" Principle)Copyright (c) 2012 by Jerald SimonAll Rights ReservedWhere are the men who valiantly fought, for freedom and virtue and truth?Where are the men who are honest at heart, who are pure as the innocent youth?Where are the men who openly weep with women when they mourn?Where are the men who are strong as an ox, and gentle as a newborn?Where are the men of character, stalwart, faithful, and true?Where are the men who love their wives and never their vows would undo?Where are the men of substance, of honor, and pride, and self worth?Where are the men with courage, to stand up and challenge the earth?Where are the men with manners, with morals, and values, and heart?Where are the men unafraid to be men who are willing to do their part?Where are the men who are manly men, gentle, noble, and true?Where are the men who know what it means to be men? Are there really so few who know what real men do?Let us be men, courageous men unafraid to do our part.Let us be stalwart, faithful, and true, with morals, and values, and heart.Let us be men with standards, convictions, faith, and love.Let us be good men and great men, with assistance from above.Copyright (c) 2012 by Jerald SimonAll Rights Reserved

Cool Songs for Cool Kids (Primer Level) features 21 fun and "Cool" sounding piano pieces composed specifically for beginning pre-teen and teenage piano students - especially teenage boys. Each of these "Cool Songs" were composed by Jerald Simon during actual piano lessons with many of his own teenage piano students to help motivate and inspire them to learn music theory the fun way - through original "Cool Songs".The songs are:1. Blue Lagoon2. H2O - Ready, Set, Go!3. The Unicorn that Got Away4. Keep On Keeping On5. Rhythmically Impaired6. Walkie-Talkie War Cry7. Ghost Town Giggles8. Big Ben Strikes Again9. The 5th Avenue Frolic10. The Sinking Submarine11. Down and Out12. Let 'em Have it!13. The Pizza Party Patrol14. Ferris Wheel15. Western Winds16. Point and Click17. Oh-Vation18. Little Piece19. Revenge of the Piranhas20. The Cocker-Spaniel Catastrophe21. Have Mercy

Ghosts and Goblins and Freaks and Ghouls is a collection of 10 fun and scary original Halloween piano solos composed by Jerald Simon. This piano music is intermediate level and you can watch individual video tutorials on each of these pieces by visiting Jerald's YouTube page at youtube.com/jeraldsimon (search for the Ghosts and Goblins and Freaks and Ghouls by Jerald Simon playlist).The music is also available as an album you can download from any online music store. The album, also titled, Ghosts and Goblins and Freaks and Ghouls, has additional instrumentation and sound effect that have been added with the piano music. Here is a description of the album: These scary instrumental Halloween selections are perfect to play on Halloween night as trick or treaters knock on your door. A fun and frightful repertoire of scary sounds and moaning melodies.This album is the perfect music to play at home on Halloween night for Halloween parties, haunted houses, corn mazes, and all other frightful moments of fear. The melodies were created to cause tension, unrest, nervousness, and a feeling of eeriness in the air. The upbeat rhythms add a fun flair to the unsettling music and make this album an absolute must for all things Halloween

Cool Songs for Cool Kids (book 2) features 21 fun and Cool sounding early intermediate - intermediate level piano pieces composed specifically for teenage piano students - especially teenage boys. Each of these Cool Songs were composed by Jerald Simon during actual piano lessons with many of his own teenage piano students to help motivate and inspire them to learn music theory the fun way - through original Cool Songs.The songs are:1. Boot Camp Boogie2. Tick-Tock Click 'n Clock3. The Spy Kid4. Renegade Rogue5. Paparazzi Polka6. Wishful Thinking7. The Kick Box Kid8. Sweet Serenity9. Fancy That10. Smooth Sailing11. Third Time's the Charm12. Bored Game Blues13. Amazed14. Keepin' it Real15. Slip 'n Slide Summertime16. Pogo Stick Punch Out17. The Gigabyte Guru"18. Chillaxing19. Suspense Thriller20. Je Ne Sais Quoi21. Skillz

What are essential piano exercises and why should we learn them? Are you a piano teacher? A piano student? A parent or guardian of a piano student? Are you the next great arranger, composer, or musical mega star? If you said yes to any of these questions, then you need to know the essential piano exercises that will take your piano playing ability to the next level. Piano students need to learn the fundamental basics of playing the piano. There are many music books out there that teach scales, modes, and chords. This book introduces piano students to intervals, pentacles, tetrachords, scales (major and minor), chords (triads, SUS chords {sus 4 and sus 2}, augmented {aug.}, diminished {dim.}, 6th, minor 6th, major 7th, minor major 7th, dominant 7th, minor 7th, minor 7th (flat 5), minor 7th (sharp 5), diminished 7th), chord progressions, and fun, cool piano exercises in all key signatures and inversions. This book follows the Music Motivation Mentorship Map created by Jerald Simon (founder of Music Motivation - musicmotivation.com, who is the creator of the COOL SONGS Club (coolsongsclub.com). The Music Motivation Mentorship Map is a guide and piano music blue print to guide piano students from beginning level - advanced levels (apprentice for 1st and 2nd year students), maestro (for 2nd - 4th year students), and virtuoso for 4th year and above students). This Music Motivation Mentorship Map lists the recommended repertoire from Jerald's COOL SONGS Series (a series of 5 books featuring FUN and Cool Sounding piano pieces from primer level to late intermediate level). The guide also lists recommended music terminology students should learn, key signatures, music notation, rhythms, intervals, scales, chords, arpeggios, inversions, technique, sight reading, ear training, music history, improvisation, and composition ideas. Essential Piano Exercises Every Piano Player Should Know presents essential piano exercises starting in pentascale position using C D E F and G and continuing on with all major pentascales, all minor pentascales, all diminished pentascales, and introduces exercises in every key signature following the circle of fifths. All of the exercises featuring the chords demonstrate the chords in every key signature - blocked and broken in root position, first inversion, second inversion, and third inversion (when playing four note chords) moving up in half steps through every key signature. After presenting the traditional and essential piano exercises, Jerald presents a section featuring FUN and COOL exercises you won't find anywhere else. Jerald also explains why it is important to learn intervals, scales, and chords and then demonstrates what you can do once you have learned the theory. Jerald refers to it as the practical application of music theory. He often calls it "Putting FUN back into Piano FUNdamentals" (emphasis on the word FUN). Take your piano playing to a whole new level with these exercises in every key signature. Piano teachers are thrilled with the amount of exercises presented in this book.

Essential Jazz Piano Exercises Every Piano Player Should Know is a book everyone can use to improve their understanding of jazz basics, blues scales, the ii-V-I chord progressions, modal jazz improv, other fun jazz chord progressions, and more. Essential Jazz Piano Exercises Every Piano Player Should Know was created as one of the resources for the members of the Essential Piano Exercises Course (essentialpianoexercises.com/). This book is dedicated to the many piano students, young and old, who have asked Jerald Simon over the years to release a book with all of the jazz piano exercises he feels are essential to help pianists learn how to improvise, arrange, and even compose in a jazz style. In this book, Jerald teaches the following: Key Signatures - page 6, Basic Music Intro/Review - page 12, Most Common Chords - page 22, Blues Pentascales - page 38, 12 Bar Blues - page 48, The Major Blues Scale - page 76, 2 - 5 - 1 (ii7 - V7 - I7) - page 88, Jazz Modes - page 98, Whole - Half - Half - page 105, Using the Chromatics Scale - page 110, Using Jazz Chords - page 116, The Boogie-Woogie - page 138, Using 7th Chords - page 170, Improv Lessons - page 198, Modal Jazz Improvisation - page 222, 9th Chords - page 237, Modulating from one Key to Another - page 244, Over 100 Measures of RH Riffs and Improv Patterns Created from the Minor Blues Scale - page 248, and Over 100 Measures of RH Riffs and Improv Patterns Created from the Major Blues Scale - page 252.Jerald also includes 33 original jazz pieces to help piano students learn jazz the fun way - by actually playing jazz music and seeing the practical application of the jazz theory they have learned. The entire book follows a pattern of: 1. Teaching the jazz music theory concept, 2. Presenting exercises that focus on implementing and applying the jazz music theory concepts, and 3. Demonstrating how the theory and and jazz exercises can be combined together to create actual jazz music by having the piano student play jazz music that was composed using the exact jazz theory concepts the student has just learned. Essential Jazz Piano Exercises Every Piano Player Should Know is part of the Essential Piano Exercises Series. The first book in this series is titled Essential Piano Exercises Every Piano Player Should Know. It was followed by 100 Left Hand Patterns Every Piano Player Should Know. This is the third book in the series. Other books in this series will soon be available as well (i.e. Essential New Age Piano Exercises Every Piano Player Should Know, Essential Pop Piano Exercises Every Piano Player Should Know, Essential Rock Piano Exercises Every Piano Player Should Know, 100 Chord Progressions Every Piano Player Should Know, 100 Improvised Licks Every Piano Player Should Know, etc.).

"Includes the FUN Fake Book (100 songs in Fake Book format)"--Title page.

Essential New Age Piano Exercises Every Piano Player Should Know is a book everyone can use to improve their understanding of new age basics, including left hand new age patterns, chord progressions, how to arrange, improvise, and compose in a New Age style, and learn original new age compositions for intermediate level piano students. Essential New Age Piano Exercises Every Piano Player Should Know was created as one of the resources for the members of the Essential Piano Exercises Course (https: //www.essentialpianoexercises.com/). This book is dedicated to the many piano students, young and old, who have asked Jerald Simon over the years to release a book about learning how to play, arrange, and compose in a new age style on the piano. The entire book follows a pattern of: 1. Teaching the new age music theory concept, 2. Presenting exercises that focus on implementing and applying the new age music theory concepts, and 3. Demonstrating how the theory and new age exercises can be combined together to create actual new age music by having the piano student play original new age music that was composed by Jerald Simon using the exact new age theory concepts the student has just learned. Essential New Age Piano Exercises Every Piano Player Should Know is part of the Essential Piano Exercises Series. The first book in this series is titled Essential Piano Exercises Every Piano Player Should Know. It was followed by 100 Left Hand Patterns Every Piano Player Should Know. The third book in the series is titled, Essential Jazz Piano Exercises Every Piano Player Should Know, and this is the fourth book in the Essential Piano Exercises Series. Other books in this series will soon be available as well (e.g. Essential Pop Piano Exercises Every Piano Player Should Know, Essential Rock Piano Exercises Every Piano Player Should Know, 100 Chord Progressions Every Piano Player Should Know, 100 Improvised Licks Every Piano Player Should Know, etc.). You can learn more about the Essential Piano Exercises Course at this link: https: //www.essentialpianoexercises.com/ - This course is often used with The COOL SONGS Series also created by Jerald Simon - https: //musicmotivation.com/coolson