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Piano – Studies and exercises (Jazz)
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- Books on the music business: music trade - vocational guidance
- How to write songs: popular music writing and publishing
- Music modes: musical intervals and scales
- Music theory: music theory
- Public domain CDs: Search by author for Extreme Music Library
- Public domain song titles: public domain songs for lists of music published in the U.S. before 1923. See also the Music Copyright Guide for more about how to find public domain music in the Multnomah County Library
- Scores with accompaniment on CD: recorded accompaniments
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