KEYBOARD STYLES
Pedal Rock
By Stuart Isacoff

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Pedal Rock is part of our Music Workshop: a special eight-page section that gives you features such as Pop Pointers and Tricks of the Trade. 

There are answers to Questions From Our Readers, columns on Jazz Improvisation and Harmony, a Special Arrangement, an Organ Workshop and much more! Our readers have learned to unravel pop rhythms... accompany a singer... create substitute harmonies with the circle of fifths... and add color to their chords. 

The regular workshop feature "What's In A Song" tells the stories behind the hits. Did you know that New York Mayor Jimmy Walker wrote "Will You Love Me In December As You Do In May" to pay off his law school debts? Or that "The Sheik Of Araby," written to cash in on the film success of Rudolph Valentino, was based on music by Tchaikovsky? 

There are tunes specially selected by songwriting greats like Matt Dennis ("Angel Eyes," "Will You Still Be Mine," "Let's Get Away From It All"), for which you get unique, sophisticated harmonies to make you sound like a pro! 

And specially-commissioned arrangements - like the recent one of "Lullaby Of Birdland," beautifully crafted by its composer, George Shearing!