Ballad playing - performing the smoothest and most expressive of melodies - is indulgence pure and simple. Faber Music's Play Ballads books offer solo instrumentalists the inspirations of some of the greatest exponents of the form. Includes Elton John's Your Song, " Lionel Richie's "Hello, " Burt Bacharach's "What the World Needs Now" and Fox and Gimbel's "Killing Me Softly, " plus five lovely originals by John Kember.