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Be a Guru with these 50 New Sessions. On Sale Now!

Posted on Jan 06, 2010 by Monica.

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Calling all guitar lovers! Get your Guru on this month by taking advantage of our annual sale!

All Guitar Guru Sessions are now priced at twenty-five percent off. Sale ends at midnight on January 31st.

The prices for Guitar Guru Sessions typically range from $6.95 through $9.95, and depend upon the length of the Session. At twenty-five percent off, you can pick up your favorite Sessions priced between $5.21 and $7.46.

About Guitar Guru: Guitar Guru provides interactive song sessions designed to help teach you how to play your favorite songs on guitar.

Our song-based learning software acts as your personal guitar teacher, allowing you to interact with the song to help you learn fingering, techniques and more. Each Guitar Guru Session is accompanied by a guitar tab for your song.

Our Top 50 Picks for Guitar Guru

2009 was an awesome year for Guitar Guru, because we were able to fulfill a number of your requests. We’ve added new interactive guitar lessons for several songs performed by your favorite artists including: Dave Mathews, Guns n’ Roses, John Mayer, Metallica and several others.

In this list, we highlight fifty brand new sessions for some amazing songs. Check them out:

Dammit by Blink-182

Everyday by Buddy Holly

Accidentally In Love by Counting Crows

Leader of the Band by Dan Fogelberg

Crash Into Me by Dave Matthews Band

Free Ride by Edgar Winter Group

Times Like These by Foo Fighters

Juke Box Hero by Foreigner

21 Guns by Green Day

Welcome to the Jungle by Guns ‘n Roses

Hold My Hand by Hootie & the Blowfish

Closer to Fine by Indigo Girls

Bad Things by Jace Everett / from ‘True Blood’

Banana Pancakes by Jack Johnson

Jane Says by Jane’s Addiction

Big Green Tractor by Jason Aldean

I’m Yours by Jason Mraz

Waiting on the World to Change by John Mayer

Don’t Stop Believin’ by Journey

I Kissed a Girl by Katy Perry

All Summer Long by Kid Rock

Use Somebody by Kings of Leon

Me and Bobby McGee by Kris Kristofferson

Funkytown by Lipps, Inc.

Dixie Chicken by Little Feat

Enter Sandman by Metallica

Beat It by Michael Jackson

The Climb by Miley Cyrus

Gotta Be Somebody by Nickelback

Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne

Love Is a Battlefield by Pat Benatar

So What by Pink

1, 2, 3, 4 by Plain White T’s

Super Freak by Rick James

Unfaithful Servant by Robbie Robertson

The Joker by Steve Miller Band

Fat Lip by Sum 41

White Horse by Taylor Swift

Up on Cripple Creek by The Band

Surfin’ Safari by The Beach Boys

A Hard Day’s Night by The Beatles

Slide by The Goo Goo Dolls

Louie, Louie by The Kingsmen

Today by The Smashing Pumpkins

The Boys Are Back in Town by Thin Lizzy

Sober by Tool

Fight the Good Fight by Triumph

Jump by Van Halen

Check Yes Juliet by We the Kings

Play That Funky Music by Wild Cherry

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Download your Christmas Gift from All of Us at Musicnotes.com

Posted on Dec 25, 2009 by Monica.

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Download free Christmas sheet music as our gift to you from all of us here at Musicnotes.com. Click anywhere on the image below to get your free gift, available in sheet music, guitar tab and Guitar Guru formats.

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Scrooge the Musical, Guitar Guru $4.95 Sale and More in The Whole Note

Posted on Dec 04, 2009 by Monica.

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Based on the holiday classic A Christmas Carol written by Charles Dickens, SCROOGE: the MUSICAL brings this cautionary tale about a cranky old man who needs to reconnect with his fellow man to the big stage. Several characters, including some unusual ghosts, visit Scrooge to try to teach him a very important lesson. This holiday Broadway musical is often on stage this time of year, so be sure to check your area for show times.

Are you a Broadway sheet music fan? You can now download arrangements of sheet music from SCROOGE: the MUSICAL. Songs include I Hate People, Christmas Children, Thank You Very Much and many more!

Songs from the Winter Holiday 2009 Suggest-a-Song Contest!

Newsletter Frosty We’d like to extend a HUGE “Thank You” to all of you who suggested a song for our Winter Holiday 2009 Suggest-a-Song Contest! Our staff has started to review your suggestions and we have already added some of your requests, some of which were suggested several times!

‘Zat You, Santa Claus? by Louis Armstrong
Medley of Sleigh Ride and Marshmallow World by Kristin Chenoweth
Home on Christmas Day by Kristin Chenoweth
When the River Meets the Sea by Paul Williams from EMMET OTTER’S JUG-BAND CHRISTMAS

We will be awarding a twenty five dollar gift certificate to the first commenter who suggested one of these titles sometime early next week. Watch the blog for more updates as we continue to review your Winter Holiday 2009 song suggestions! Thank you so much for your recommendations!

$4.95 Sale on all Christmas Guitar Guru Sessions!

From now until midnight, December 25, 2009, enjoy an average $2.00 savings on all of our Christmas Guitar Guru Sessions! Typically our Guitar Guru Sessions are $6.95 each, our limited-time sale price on these Christmas songs is only $4.95!

Enjoy the low price of $4.95 on all Christmas Guitar Guru Sessions from now until midnight, December 25, 2009!

Remember, each guitar lesson also comes with a corresponding guitar tab, too. Here are a few popular Christmas Guitar Guru Sessions included in the sale:

In addition to these popular Christmas songs, we also have a broad selection of Guitar Guru Sessions that are Traditional Christian Christmas hymns, too. Choose from Guitar Guru Sessions like:

If you want to learn how to play guitar or a new Christmas song, be sure to browse our Christmas Guitar Guru Sessions to see what songs we have available.

That’s all the Christmas sheet music news we have for right now, but be sure to stay tuned for next week!

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Free Estudio Brillante Guitar Tab and Headset Give-A-Way

Posted on Oct 02, 2009 by Monica.

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Classical Guitarist Spanish guitarist-composer Francisco Tarrega wrote ESTUDIO BRILLANTE in the late 19th Century. This incredibly difficult etude was based on a sonatina by French violinist-composer Jean-Delphin Alard. In addition to Tarrega’s performing and teaching ability, he also arranged many pre-existing works for guitar by composers such as; Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and Chopin.

Even though he only wrote less than a hundred pieces for the guitar, the short compositions are enjoyed by many guitarists. Within the music world, many consider Tarrega to be an important founding figure for the classical guitar genre. Other works by Tarrega include how most famous work, RECUERDOS DE LA ALHAMBRA, and LAGRIMA, a popular guitar tab for beginners.

Your free download of ESTUDIO BRILLANTE includes an interactive Guitar Guru Session plus free printable guitar tab, and is available through October 31st.

Download your free guitar tab and Guitar Guru Session for ESTUDIO BRILLANT today. For more recommendations on classical pieces for guitar, we recommend browsing our selection of classical guitar tab.

Guitar Guru Headset Give-A-Way (for PC)

From now until the end of October, comment on this blog post for your chance to win a Guitar Guru headset. To enter, all you have to do is comment below telling us about the song that you had the most fun learning how to play.

What can you do with your Guitar Guru headset? From learning how to play songs from The Beatles Rock Band to our new features in Guitar Guru 3.0, a headset enhances your overall guitar song learning experience. Guitar Guru features voice command functionality for the PC, so using a headset allows you to keep your hands on your guitar while you’re learning how to play your song. We tested a bunch of different headsets for Guitar Guru yet one stood out among all the brands we tested. This Plantronics headset offers noise-canceling, excellent sound quality, and has a retail value of $24.95.

Be sure to comment on this post for your chance to win! Contest ends midnight on October 31st. Limited to one entry per customer. One lucky winner will be contacted via email by November 2nd, 2009, so be sure to provide a valid email address in the comment field. We respect your privacy, and will not use your email address for any other purpose than this contest.

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Great Song Requests and Vocal Method Book Sales in The Whole Note

Posted on Sep 18, 2009 by Monica.

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From sheet music for songs from Glee to filling your song requests and adding sheet music for songs from The Beatles: Rock Band, we have had a very busy past couple of weeks. We are thrilled to announce several new songs that we’ve been working on. Some of these songs are older; some are “brand new.”

For example, we have sheet music for Meet Me On The Equinox from Death Cab for Cutie. This song is the first song announced for the movie NEW MOON, the sequel to TWILIGHT. The song Magic by Selena Gomez, on the other hand, is a song from the 70s that many of you have asked for.

Here is a list of some other great songs that we’ve been adding to fulfill your song requests:

For those of you that prefer Christian sheet music, we’d also like to point out a few songs that we’ve added for your requests, too.

If you’re interested, please feel free to add your sheet music requests through our song suggestion tool.

Up to 25% Off Vocal Method Books

Are you a vocalist who wants to improve your skills? How about a singer who wants to improve your sight-reading? Whenever we talk about things like How To Find Your Vocal Range or offer some Sheet Music Sight-Reading Tips, you often tell us how much you appreciate the information. To help you become a better singer, we’re putting a great selection of vocal method books on sale.

From now through midnight, September 30th, enjoy up to twenty-five percent off select vocal method books. The price is automatically deducted from the books you want to buy; there’s no minimum purchase nor do you have to enter a coupon.

Included in our sale are vocal method books like The New Voice (How to Sing and Speak Properly) or the The Contemporary Singer (Elements of Vocal Technique) which we’ve pictured on the left. The New Voice method book has more of an emphasis on singing mechanics and is originally $15.95, but it’s on sale for $12.76, while The Contemporary Singer is perfect for vocalists wanting to appear on stage. We also recommend the book Sight-Sing Any Melody Instantly, for those of you who want to improve your skills in that area.

To take advantage of this sale, we invite you to visit our vocal method books page to browse our recommended titles.

Take 10% Off Guitar Guru Sessions

We recently had some fun promotions for Guitar Guru, like our huge $10,000 give-a-way, but we’re not done yet! From now until midnight, September 30th take ten percent off of your favorite Guitar Guru Sessions. Just enter code GG3TEN at checkout to take advantage of the savings. Limit one per customer.

You might want to check out some of the hot new Sessions we’ve added. This Guitar Guru Session of Yesterday by The Beatles has already hit our top five! With the release of the remastered CDs and BEATLES: ROCK BAND, Beatlemania seems to have literally struck a chord with guitarists. Check out these Guitar Guru Sessions for The Beatles to see some of the new Sessions we’ve added.

If you’re not sure what you want to play, here’s a few more suggestions from a broad range of musical styles for you:

Well that’s all the time we have for this week’s edition of The Whole Note. Until next time, make sure you tighten those strings and flex your fingers!

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Musicnotes.com Launches Guitar Guru 3 with $10,000 Give-a-way in Guitar Guru Sessions

Posted on Sep 02, 2009 by Bill Aicher (Director of Marketing).

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Madison, WI – September 2, 2009 – Musicnotes, Inc., the market leader in downloadable sheet music, announced today it recently launched Guitar Guru 3, the latest major upgrade to Musicnotes’ popular Guitar Guru software platform.

To celebrate this release, Musicnotes.com is giving away $10,000 in Guitar Guru Sessions starting Thursday, September 3rd 2009 at 3:00 p.m. CDT.

Guitar Guru provides an enhanced interface to help guitarists and bass guitarists learn to play their favorite songs through downloadable Guitar Guru Sessions. Currently, the ever-growing catalog features over 1,500 songs including artists such as Metallica, Jason Mraz, Green Day, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Muse, Ozzy Osbourne and more!

Some of the new features in Guitar Guru 3 include:

Better, More Contemporary Look and Feel

Tempo Change with Correct Pitch

Precision Audio-Syncing

PC only

The $10,000 in Guitar Guru Sessions will be given out to the first 1,000 customers in $10 increments.

For more details on how you can be a part of this Guitar Guru Give-a-way, visit www.musicnotes.com/guitarguru at 3:00 p.m. CDT on Thursday, September 3rd.

About Musicnotes: Musicnotes, Inc. offers an online catalog of almost 100,000 digital sheet music titles, built on the strength of content agreements with Alfred Publishing, EMI Music Publishing, Faber Music Ltd, Sony/ATV Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group, Disney Music Publishing, Cherry Lane Music Company, Peermusic, Word Music, EMI Christian, Bug Music and many others. Musicnotes is included in Internet Retailer Magazine’s list of the Top 500 Online Retailers and was recently selected by Internet Retailer as a “Hot 100″ site for 2009.

In 2008, Musicnotes.com purchased and re-launched MXTabs.net, turning it into the web’s first “free and legal” guitar, bass and drums tab community.

On the Web: http://www.musicnotes.com and http://www.mxtabs.net.

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Alfred Music Publishing and Musicnotes.com Partner to Honor Les Paul’s Memory with a Free Guitar Lesson Download of “Over the Rainbow”

Posted on Aug 27, 2009 by Bill Aicher (Director of Marketing).

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Musicnotes.com has partnered with Alfred Music Publishing to offer music lovers everywhere a free Guitar Guru Session and guitar tab download of “Over the Rainbow” to honor Les Paul’s memory.

Now through midnight on September 2, 2009, visitors to Musicnotes.com can download a free, interactive Guitar Lesson (including matching guitar tab that’s worth $7.95) for “Over the Rainbow.” This particular arrangement was arranged by Grammy award-winning artist Aaron Stang, from Alfred Music Publishing to match the performance recorded by Les Paul and Chet Atkins and featured on the album, ‘Masters of the Guitar – Together.’

“Les Paul closed every show at the legendary jazz club Iridium in New York City with an instrumental version of this song,” said Tim Reiland, Chairman of Musicnotes.com. “This song has a very emotional meaning for musicians everywhere.”

In lieu of payment, Musicnotes and Alfred Music Publishing encourage users who choose to download the song to send donations to the Les Paul Foundation, 236 W. 30th St., Seventh Floor, New York, N.Y. 10001.

The free download is available online at http://www.musicnotes.com/free (now through midnight, September 2, 2009). Be sure to watch a video of Les Paul playing Over the Rainbow on YouTube!.

Image courtesy of http://www.flickr.com/photos/tfa/ / CC BY-SA 2.0

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June Deals and Summer Steals!

Posted on Jun 12, 2009 by Monica.

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Summer may be the perfect time to get outside and play, but it’s also a good time to practice your instruments. Because we don’t want you to forget your music lessons, we’re offering a few deals this month that we think you’ll really enjoy. All of these sales end at midnight on June 30th, so take advantage of our June deals while you can!

Sheet Music Portfolios on Sale at 20% Off!

To protect your digital sheet music, we offer these sheet music portfolios designed to help you organize and play your favorite songs. What makes our portfolio so special? Not only can you personalize these portfolios, we’ve tested them to ensure that they’ll lay flat on your piano or music stand so you’ll be able to keep your fingers on your keyboard.

Comes with 12 clear inserts, but you can also order our portfolio refills or put in your own inserts to expand your storage capacity. Our Musicnotes.com sheet music portfolios may hold between 25 to 35 inserts; each insert can hold two sheets for approximately 50 to 70 sheets of music.

Our Musicnotes.com digital sheet music portfolio is normally $7.95, but is now on sale for $6.36 through the end of June! Order your digital sheet music portfolio today!

Grab a Guitar Guru Headset at 20% Off

Last month, we offered a special sale on every Guitar Guru Session we had in our inventory. For our June deals, we’re offering reduced shipping and 20% off our Guitar Guru headsets for the PC. Our Guitar Guru headset will allow you to work with our voice command feature available for the PC and keep your hands on your guitar!

We tested a bunch of different headsets for Guitar Guru yet the one that stood out offers noise-canceling, excellent sound quality. Your Plantronics Guitar Guru headset typically ships in one business day.

Normally, our headset retails for $24.95 plus shipping. Take 20% off our Guitar Guru headset for a price of $19.96 and get $2.95 shipping to U.S. addresses! Order your Guitar Guru Headset today!

Submit your June Entry for our YouPerform Contest!

Remember, voting for our May YouPerform Contest will end in just a few days and one lucky winner will get chosen. Hope you’re practicing one of our free sheet music downloads or any of our other Musicnotes Editions for our contest.

Prize is $100 gift certificate to Musicnotes.com, so be sure to join this month’s contest group on YouTube! and read our Musicnotes.com YouPerform contest rules!

June Coupon for 15% Off your Next Digital Order!

Last but not least, celebrate the beginning of summer with this great discount! Take 15% off your next digital order — including our Guitar Guru Sessions — through midnight on June 30th. Just insert coupon code MNSUN when you check out to take advantage of this limited time offer! Limit one coupon per customer.

Take advantage of these great deals while you can, because they’re not going to be around forever. Keep your eyes on the summer sky and don’t forget to practice, practice, practice!

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Last Chance to Take $1 Off all Guru Sessions!

Posted on May 28, 2009 by Monica.

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This is your last chance to take $1 off every Guitar Guru Session we have in our catalog. Sale ends midnight on Sunday, May 31st.

We’ve got some great Sessions we’ve added over the past, few weeks to help you on your quest to learn guitar. Whether you’re into country songs like When You Say Nothing at All by Alison Krauss or modern rock Sessions like She Talks To Angels by The Black Crowes, we have hundreds of your favorite songs to choose from including your rock-and-your favorites. Choose Sessions by The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Eagles, The Beatles and many more!

Here’s some hot new Guitar Guru Sessions you can now try:

Know Your Enemy by Green Day
1, 2, 3, 4 by the Plain White T’s
I’m Yours by Jason Mraz
and the hot new song Use Somebody by Kings of Leon.

Thanks to everyone who got their Guru on this past month. We hope you’re enjoying our Guitar Guru Sessions and you’ll get a lot of use out of the guitar tab that’s included with each Session.

Click Here to Browse our Guitar Guru Session Store Page.

The average price of a Session for Guitar Guru is $6.95, and each song comes with a corresponding guitar tab that is yours to keep. Every Session from our inventory is automatically discounted before you check out, so you’ll see the price (e.g. $5.95 on Sale!) when you select the Session you want to purchase.

Stay tuned for more hot, new Sessions for the songs you want to learn on guitar! If you haven’t tried out Guitar Guru yet, check out this YouTube! video describing how it works on a PC!

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Sessions to Help You Be Your Own Guitar Guru!

Posted on May 21, 2009 by Monica.

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Think you’re well on your way to becoming a rock-n-roll guru? While the Guitar Guru Session for Stairway to Heaven remains our most popular Session, we’ve got a few surprises for you in our catalog that will challenge even the most experienced guitarist.

The nice thing about our Guitar Guru Sessions, is that you can choose songs to challenge yourself and your guitar playing skills. If you want to get better at playing the guitar, you’ll want to find songs that are more difficult than what you can master right now. For example, if you can play the “Advanced” Sessions that we offer, you might want to check out these Guru picks we’ve dubbed “Guitar God” for all you gurus out there.

These songs are guaranteed to qualify you as a “Guitar Guru.” Don’t forget, you get the tab along with the session so you can play these songs long after you learn them, too! Check back with us on Tuesday, May 26th for a new Green Day session and few other surprises.

Session Title	Performer	Genre
Time Warp	Brad Paisley	Country
Erotomania	Dream Theater	Metal
Peter Gunn	Henry Mancini	Jazz
Eugene’s Trick Bag	Steve Vai	Modern Rock
Groaning the Blues	Eric Clapton	Blues

Remember, our $1 off every Guru Session sale ends at midnight on May 31st, 2009 so don’t be afraid to grab an extra Session or two while the price is right. If you’ve got a song you want to learn how to play, you can suggest a Guitar Guru Session to us, too. Till next time, hope you’re having fun learning guitar!

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May Guitar Guru Sale, YouPerform Contest Voting, Free Download in The Whole Note

Posted on May 01, 2009 by Monica.

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This month we’d like to help you play like a rock-n-roll guru!

We’ve taken off $1.00 on every Guitar Guru Session in our catalog, offering you the chance to learn your favorite songs! Choose from blues Sessions like The Thrill is Gone or classic rock Sessions like Barracuda.

Here are a few other Guitar Guru Session favorites that you’ve enjoyed:

Rank	Session Title	Performer
1.	Stairway to Heaven	Led Zeppelin
2.	Hotel California	The Eagles
3.	Sweet Home Alabama	Lynyrd Skynyrd
4.	Wish You Were Here	Pink Floyd
5.	Wanted Dead or Alive	Jon Bon Jovi

No coupon code is required for you to enjoy this limited time offer, which is good through the entire month of May.

Want more Guru? Each week we’ll be getting behind-the-music to feature some of your favorite artists and performers that define what a “rock-n-roll” guru is all about. For more about how this software can help you learn your favorite song, visit Guitar Guru Sessions online or download your free Guitar Guru Session on our free sheet music page and give Guru a try!

Download Old McDonald Had a Farm for Free!

Did you know that “Old McDonald Had a Farm” has a song history spanning over two hundred years? Some music scholars speculate that the song’s history may be traced to an early 18th century opera called “The Kingdom of the Birds,” but it wasn’t until the early 20th century that “Old McDonald” evolved to the song as we know it today. Initially published in 1917, this beloved nursery rhyme has been translated into several languages and has been recorded by dozens of performers around the world.

Download free sheet music for Old McDonald Had a Farm through the end of May. Don’t forget, this song is eligible for your entry into our Musicnotes.com YouPerform Contest for May 2009. Just join our May 2009 contest group on YouTube! and submit your performance for a chance to win!

Vote Now for Your April 2009 Contest Winner!

Speaking of contests, will you help us decide your favorite YouPerform contest winner for April? We have three entries this month, and we’d love to get your vote. Hope you’re considering entering next month’s contest, we’d love to hear you sing or play!

Don’t forget to check out our Musicnotes.com YouPerform Contest rules page to find out how you can submit your video for May!