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Instant Songwriting

by Nancy Howland Walker

These are the backing tracks to the book "Instant Songwriting: Musical Improv from Dunce to Diva"

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  1. Track 12 - One Verse Stern

    The Intro lasts until about 13 seconds into the song.

  2. Bonus Track 20 - Verse Chorus Fast (Walker)

  3. Bonus Track 19 - Verse Chorus Wonky (Walker)

  4. Bonus Track 17 - Verse Chorus Light Rock (Walker)

  5. Bonus Track 16 - Verse Chorus Ballad (Walker)

  6. Bonus Track 15 - Verse Chorus Latin Feel (Walker)

  7. Bonus Track 18 - Verse Chorus Swing (Walker)

  8. Bonus Track 14 - Verse Chorus Waltz (Walker)

  9. Bonus Track 13 - Tagline Ballad (Walker)

  10. Bonus Track 12 - Tagline Fast Country (Walker)

  11. Bonus Track 11 - Tagline Ballad (Walker)

  12. bonus Track 10 - Tagline Ballad (Walker)

  13. Bonus Track 8 - Two Verses or Chorus (Walker)

  14. Bonus Track 9 - Two Verses or Chorus Ballad (Tollenaere)

  15. Bonus Track 7 - Two Verses Rock (Walker)

  16. Bonus Track 6 - Two Verses Dixieland (Walker)

  17. Bonus Track 5 - Two Verses Guitar (Walker)

  18. Bonus Track 4 - One Verse Waltz (Goetschel)

  19. Bonus Track 3 - One Verse Mellow (Walker)

  20. Bonus Track 2 - One Verse Cool (Walker)

  21. Bonus Track 1 - One Verse Guitar (Walker)

  22. Track 54 - Stars and Stripes Forever (US Marine Corps Band)

  23. Track 53 - Song of the Angels (Stern)

  24. Track 52 - Harder Harmony Exercise (Walker)

  25. Track 51 - Easy Harmony Exercise (Walker)

  26. Track 50 - Beethoven's 5th (Skidmore College Orchestra)

  27. Track 49 - Sondheim Full Song (Descoteaux)

  28. Track 48 - Sondheim Full Song (Shivar)

  29. Track 47 - Sondheim Tagline (Spitznagel)

  30. Track 46 - Sondheim Double Verses (Descoteaux)

  31. Track 45 - Sondheim Double Verses (Webb)

  32. Track 44 - Sondheim Verse (Goetschel)

  33. Track 43 - Sondheim Verse (Shivar2)

  34. Track 42 - Sondheim Verse (Descoteaux)

  35. Track 41 - Sondheim One Verse (Shivar)

  36. Track 40 - Full Verse Chorus Bridge (Gilbane)

  37. track 39 - Full Verse Chorus (Ellis)

  38. Track 38 - Full Verse Chorus (Webb)

  39. Track 37 - Full Verse Chorus (Bouthiette)

  40. Track 36 - Full Verse Chorus (Spitznagal)

  41. Track 35 - Full Verse Chorus (Anderson)

  42. Track 34 - Two Choruses (Koshi)r

    Rock out!

  43. Track 33 - Two Choruses (Descoteaux)

  44. Track 32 - Two Choruses (Anderson)

  45. Track 31 - Two Choruses (Ellis)

    This is a waltz type of song, if you're counting beats.

  46. Track 30 - Two Choruses (Goetschel)

  47. Track 29 - Full Tagline (Kaufman)

  48. Track 28 - Full Tagline (Bouthiette)

  49. Track 27 - Full Tagline (Anderson)

  50. Track 26 - Full Tagline (Ellis)

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These are the backing tracks to the book "Instant Songwriting: Musical Improv from Dunce to Diva"

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Nancy Howland Walker

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