BUDDY GRECO THE PIANO PRO
Subtitle: ARRANGED FOR PIANO/VOCAL, SOLO PIANO & PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT IN THE PROFESSIONAL STYLE (ADVANCED)
Publisher: CHARLES HANSEN
Published: 1973
Place of publication: NEW YORK, NY  10023
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 88
Description: AT LAST, HERE IS A POPULAR PIANO BOOK DESIGNED TO MAKE THE AMATEUR PIANIST SOUND LIKE A PRO. WHETHER PLAYING A PIANO SOLO OR ACCOMPANYING A VOCALIST.  SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME, "WHY CAN'T I MAKE A PIECE OF SHEET MUSIC SOUND THE WAY A PROFESSIONAL PIANIST MAKES IT SOUND?"  THE ANSWER IS THAT SHEET MUSIC IS NOT ARRANGED WITH THE CHORD VOICINGS, SUBSTITUTIONS AND FILLS THAT PROFESSIONALS HAVE INVENTED FOR THEMSELVES THROUGH YEARS OF PRACTICE.

THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN TO HELP YOU GET THAT PROFESSIONAL SOUND.  IF YOU ANALYZE THESE SOLOS AND ACCOMPANIMENTS AFTER YOU PLAY THEM, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DEVELOP A PRO STYLE WITH EVERY SONG YOU LEARN.  CHUCK HOOVER, MY MUSICAL DIRECTOR, WHOM I CONSIDER TO BE THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS, HAS WORKED WITH ME FOR MANY MONTHS TO HELP PRODUCE THIS BOOK.  WE BOTH BELIEVE WHOLE HEARTEDLY THAT IT WILL HELP A GREAT MANY PEOPLE, OF ALL AGES AND MUSICAL TASTES, TO GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR APPROACH TO THE PIANO AND GIVE THEIR PLAYING THAT SOUND OF "THE PIANO PRO."
Table of contents: title: FEELINGS   2; title: I WRITE THE SONGS   6; title: FORWARD 7; title: INDEX 8; title: FOR A LITTLE WHILE   18; title: GREENSLEEVES   21; title: HOW CAN I LIVE WITHOUT YOUR LOVE   36; title: MAGGI    30; title: MAKE UP YOUR MIND    40; title: MY FUNNY VALENTINE   13; title: NEARER MY LOVE TO YOU   24; title: TENDERLY   16; title: TRY TO REMEMBER   33; title: WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN   26; title: HOW HIGH THE MOON   52; title: IT'S IMPOSSIBLE   60; title: THE LADY IS A TRAMP   44; title: LOVE THEME FROM "THE GODFATHER"   54; title: LOVER   56; title: ON A CLEAR DAY (YOU CAN SEE FOREVER)   64; title: THEME FROM "LOVE STORY"   47; title: AROUND THE WORLD   74; title: MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF   68; title: MIDNIGHT SUN   71; title: NEVER SAY GOODBYE   82; title: PROUD MARY   78; title: SHE NEVER MENTIONED LOVE   86