The Library of Congress has almost every title in the Piano by Ear and Guitar by Ear libraries. They also have the new courses - Intro to the Bass Guitar and Intro to the Banjo for the Visually Impaired - as well as the courses Intro to the Guitar and Intro to the Piano for the Visually Impaired. These materials are available for an inter-library loan with local libraries who participate in the National Library Service for the Visually Impaired and Physically Handicapped.

The items that they DO NOT have are


Guitar by Ear
Cowboy Song - Thin Lizzy (level 2) with demo and backing tracks
Don Quixote - Luis Villegas (level 2) with demo and backing tracks
Let It Ride - Bachman-Turner Overdrive (level 2) with backing tracks
Puff The Magic Dragon - Peter, Paul and Mary (level 1) with backing tracks
Malaguena - level one classical guitar solo
Jesus Just Left Chicago - ZZ Top (level 2) with backing tracks
Opus 59 No. 1 by Carcassi - late level 1 guitar solo
1st Position Scales 1 (level 1) 2 octave scales for C, G, D, A, Am, Em, Bm, F#m
1st Position Scales 2 (level 1) 2 octave scales for E, B, F#, F, C#m, G#m, D#m, Dm
1st Position Scales 3 (level 2) 2 octave scales for Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gm, Cm, Fm, Bbm
Palm Muting - An essential technique (level 1) $10.95 tape or CD
Peaceful Easy Feeling - The Eagles (level 1 and 2)
Apache - Jorgen Ingmann (All four guitar parts) level 1 and 2 with demo and backing tracks
Supernatural - Sara Evans (level 2) with demo and backing tracks
Lodi - Creedence Clearwater Revival (level 1) with demo and backing tracks
Love Song Intro - in the style of Tesla
Raunchy - Int the style of the Ventures! Level 1 with demo and backing tracks
Better is One Day - flat pick solo with backing tracks
I Won't Have To Cross Jordan Alone - level 2 neo-classical/fingerstyle solo
Tis' So Sweet to Trust in Jesus (Pete Huttlinger) level 2 solo
Patience - Guns N' Roses (level 2) with full demonstration
Europa - Santana (level 2 & 3) with demo and backing tracks
Mediterranean Breeze - Nova Menco (level 2) with demo and backing tracks
Always on my Mind (Level 1 flat pick solo) with backing tracks
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (Level 1 flat pick solo) with backing tracks
Walk, Don't Run (Ventures) level 1 with demo and backing tracks
Technicolor Dreams (Status Quo) level 1 with demo and backing tracks
Here Comes The Sun (Sollscher) level 3 neo-classical solo
Hideaway (Stevie Ray Vaughan) with demo and backing tracks - level 2
Puttin' On The Ritz (flat pick solo with backing tracks) level 2
Guitar Course 2 (the sequel to Intro to the Guitar for the Visually Impaired) $39

Piano by Ear
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - Beginner solo with backing tracks
Are You Washed - Late beginner piano solo
Jingle Bell Rock - Late beginner piano solo with backing tracks
Brick - actual piano part from the Ben Folds recording (late beginner level) includes backing tracks
Strangers in the Night - Intermediate piano solo with backing tracks
Lawdy Miss Clawdy - actual piano part from the Elvis recording (late beginner level) includes backing tracks
Up Where We Belong - Late intermediate piano solo with backing tracks
From Where I Am - (Enya) late beginner piano solo 
Amazing Grace - Intermediate Level Piano Solo
Caro Mio Ben - Level One Classical (Giordani)
Unfinished Symphony Theme - Level One Classical (Schubert)
Egyptian Dance - Level One Classical (Sait-Saens)
Ninth Symphony Theme - Level One Classical (Beethoven)
Minuet - Level One Classical (Bach)
Grace Flows Down (Beginner Piano Solo with demo and backing tracks)
Grace Flows Down (Intermediate piano solo)
What Child is This - late beginner piano solo
The First Noel - Late beginner solo with backing tracks
Away in a Manger - Late Beginner Piano Solo
Angels We Have Heard on High - Late Beginner Solo
A Window To The Past - from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Advanced Solo)
One For My Baby (Actual Piano Accomp part with tracks) Advanced Level
Because of You - (Late Beginner Piano Solo with backing tracks)
Teddy Bear - actual piano part (Late beginner) with practice tracks
The Reason (Late Beginner Piano Solo with backing tracks)
Fly (Late Beginner Piano Solo with backing tracks)
There You'll Be (Late Beginner Solo with backing tracks)
The Notebook (Late Beginner Piano Solo)
Better is One Day (late beginner solo with backing tracks)
Theme from "The Molly Maguires" (late beginner solo with backing tracks)
Puttin' On The Ritz - Int piano solo with backing tracks
Huggin' and Chalkin' - Int solo with backing tracks
Midnight Blue - Early Intermediate solo with backing tracks

Bass by Ear
Don Quixote - Luis Villegas (level 2) with demo and backing tracks
Let It Ride - Bachman-Turner Overdrive (level 1) with backing tracks
Puff The Magic Dragon - Peter, Paul and Mary (level 1) with demo and backing tracks
Peaceful Easy Feeling - (level 2) with backing tracks
Lodi - Creedence Clearwater Revival (level 1) with backing tracks
Mediterranean Breeze - Nova Menco (level 1) with backing tracks
Limelight - Rush level 2 with demo and practice tracks

SAX COURSES
Intro to the Tenor Sax for the Visually Impaired $45
Intro to the Soprano Sax for the Visually Impaired $45


The Guitar by Ear and Piano by Ear lessons are available in tape format in the Music Section of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. Because of the on-going purchasing of "by ear" lessons by the Library of Congress, anyone who wants to learn using Guitar by Ear and Piano by Ear products can do so by simply contacting their library. Also, those who are blind or visually impaired can get cassette players on a permanent check out through the Library of Congress as well.

To find out more about this service go to
National Library Service

For a state by state list of cooperating libraries go to
NLS Libraries