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UNITED STATES

In the United States the National Library Service has almost all of Bill Brown’s “Intro to” courses and “By Ear” song/lessons in cassette format. The titles they currently 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 demo and 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 solo

1st Position Scales 1 - C, G, D, A, Am, Em, Bm, F#m scales 2 octaves in 1st position (level 1)

1st Position Scales 2 - E, B, F#, F, C#m, G#m, D#m, and Dm scales 2 octaves in 1st position (level 1)

1st Position Scales 3 - Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gm, Cm, Fm, and Bbm scales 2 octaves in 1st position (level 2)

Palm Muting - An essential technique (level 1)

Peaceful Easy Feeling - The Eagles (level 1 and 2) with demo and backing tracks

Apache - Jorgen Ingmann (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 (level 1.5)

Raunchy - in the style of the Ventures! Level 1 with demo and backing tracks

Better is One Day - Flat Pick solo with backing tracks (level 1)

I Won’t Have to Cross Jordan Alone - neo-classical/fingerstyle solo (level 2)

Tis’ So Sweet to Trust in Jesus - Pete Huttlinger (level 2) fingerstyle solo

Patience - Guns N’ Roses (level 2) with full demo

Europa - Santana (level 2 & 3) with demo and backing tracks

Mediterranean Breeze - Nova Menco (level 1) with demo and backing tracks

Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (level 1) flat-pick solo with backing tracks

Walk, Don’t Run (The 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 (demo and backing tracks included) level 2

Puttin’ On The Ritz - Flat pick guitar solo with backing tracks (level 2)

Guitar Course 2

 

Piano by Ear

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy - Beginner Solo with Backing Tracks

Unforgettable (2nd Ed.) Late Intermediate Solo with backing tracks

Are You Washed - Late Beginner Piano Solo

Jingle Bell Rock - late beginner solo with backing tracks

Brick - Ben Folds (actual piano part) late beginner with demo and 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

Up Where We Belong - Late Intermediate Solo with backing tracks

Only Time (Enya) - Intermediate piano solo

From Where I Am (Enya) - late beginner piano solo

Amazing Grace - Intermediate Piano Solo

Caro Mio Ben - Level One Classical (Giordani)

Unfinished Symphony Theme - Level One Classical (Schubert)

Egyptian Dance - Level One Classical (Saint-Saens)

Lullaby - Level One Classical (Brahms)

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 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 Piano Solo

A Window To The Past - Advanced solo from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

One For My Baby - Actual piano accompaniment part with tracks (Advanced Level)

Because of You - Late Beginner Piano Solo with backing tracks

Teddy Bear - Late Beginner  (Actual Piano Accompaniment part from the Elvis recording)

The Reason - Late Beginner 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 solo with backing tracks

Huggin’ and Chalkin’ - Int 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 demo and backing tracks

Puff The Magic Dragon - Peter, Paul and Mary (level 1) with demo and backing tracks

Peaceful Easy Feeling - The Eagles (level 2) with demo and backing tracks

Lodi - Creedence Clearwater Revival (level 1) with demo and backing tracks

Mediterranean Breeze - Nova Menco (level 1) with demo and backing tracks

Limelight - Rush level 2 with demo and practice tracks

 

Flute By Ear

Ancient of Days
Angels We Have Heard on High
Away in a Manger
Breathe, This is the Air
Come, Now is the Time to Worship
The Christmas Song
The First Noel
Here I Am To Worship
I'll Fly Away
Jingle Bells
O Holy Night
Send the Light
Silent Night
This is the Air I Breathe
White Christmas

 

Banjo by Ear

Blackberry Blossom

Cumberland Gap

Pike County Breakdown

Wreck of the Old 97

Home Sweet Home

Dixie Hoedown

Old Dangerfield

Little Darlin' Pal of Mine

Train 45

Red Wing

Whiskey Before Breakfast

The Banks of the Ohio

Bury Me Beneath the Willow

Amazing Grace

I Saw the Light

Wabash Cannonball

This Land is Your Land

Oh Susanna

When the Saints Go Marching In

The Ballad of Jed Clampet

Kentucky Mandolin

Old Joe Clark

 

Sax by Ear

Intro to the Tenor Sax $45

Intro to the Soprano Sac $45

 

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

 

 

UNITED KINGDOM

The Royal National Institute For the Blind (RNIB) just received almost the entire Guitar by Ear and Piano by Ear library in a CD format and a few other courses. The items they currently DO NOT have are ..

 

Guitar by Ear

The RNIB has all of the Guitar by Ear titles

 

Piano by Ear

The RNIB has all of the Piano by Ear titles

 

Bass by Ear

Don Quixote - Luis Villegas (level 2) with demo and backing tracks

Let It Ride - Bachman-Turner Overdrive (level 1) with demo and backing tracks

Puff The Magic Dragon - Peter, Paul and Mary (level 1) with demo and backing tracks

Peaceful Easy Feeling - The Eagles (level 2) with demo and backing tracks

Lodi - Creedence Clearwater Revival (level 1) with demo and backing tracks

 

Flute By Ear

The RNIB has all of the Flute by Ear titles

 

Banjo by Ear

The RNIB has all of the Banjo by Ear titles

 

Sax by Ear

The RNIB has all of the current Sax by Ear (alto) song/lessons titles.

 

Courses

The RNIB now carries all of the current “Intro to” courses for the visually impaired.

You can get these lessons on loan from the RNIB National Library Service  (contact 0161 406 2524), or get in touch with ..

 

Megan Chivers

Music Librarian

Megan.chivers@rnib.org.uk

 

 

CANADA

The CNIB carries all of the available courses and several Piano by Ear and Guitar by Ear song/lessons on CD.

 

The Piano by Ear titles that they currently carry are ..

Ave Maria                               Blues & Boogie                      EZ Solos Christmas 1          EZ Solos Christmas 2

Fur Elise                                  Intros & Endings                    Jesu, The Joy of Man’s Desiring

Love Story                              Minuet in G (Bach)              Moonlight Sonata                  My Heart Will Go On         

Piano Improv 1 & 2              Unforgettable                          Rustic Dance                           Scales & Chords 1 & 2       

Silent Night                             Tennessee Waltz                    Unforgettable                          Wind Beneath My Wings   

Your Cheatin’ Heart            

 

The Guitar by Ear titles that they currently carry are ..

Acoustic Delta Blues 1, 2, 3 & 4                                         Another Brick in the Wall   Ave Maria (Schubert)         

Bar Chord Course 1 & 2      Blues Guitar 1 & 2               EZ Blues Solos 1                   Bold as Love                          

Eruption                                    Chicago Blues Guitar 1       Five Long Years                    Guitar Course 2

If (by Bread)                           Tears in Heaven                     Three Octave Scales             24 Great Licks                       

24 More Great Licks            Voodoo Child                         Worship Guitarist 1 & 2

 

These are available from the CNIB at www.CNIB.ca or by calling 1-800-563-2642