Hal Leonard Jazz Piano Method

Author: Mark Davis
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1495051293
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 203

Book Description
(Piano Instruction). The Hal Leonard Jazz Piano Method is a comprehensive and easy-to-use guide designed for anyone interested in playing jazz piano from the complete novice just learning the basics to the more advanced player who wishes to enhance their keyboard vocabulary. There are lots of fun progressions and licks for you to play and absorb. The accompanying audio includes demonstrations of all the examples in the book! Topics include essential theory, chords and voicings, improvisation ideas, structure and forms, scales and modes, rhythm basics, interpreting a lead sheet, playing solos, and much more!

Hal Leonard Jazz Piano Method - Book 2

Author: Mark Davis
Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
ISBN: 9781540039682
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 96

Book Description
Piano/Electronic Keyboard Instruction

Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 2, "Latinesque" - Jazz Piano Exercises, Etudes, and Tricks of the Trade You Can Use Today

Author: Scot Ranney
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1365724808
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 54

Book Description
Scot Ranney's ""Jazz Piano Notebook"" series is a collection of jazz piano books written by Scot Ranney and other professional jazz pianists. The authors of these books share their favorite jazz piano ideas in the form of a dozen or so jazz piano sheet music exercises, grooves, chord progressions, improvisation ideas, jazz theory, and anything else they find interesting based on their years of performing on stage, composing, and practicing. Volume 2 is called ""Latinesque"" because more than half of the book focuses on Calypso jazz piano. There are exercises, progressions, and grooves, including an exploration of a calypso groove inspired by Monty Alexander. The intention of this book is to help you improve your chops and creativity, and to strengthen that connection between what you hear internally and what your fingers are playing. Level: Easy to difficult depending on the piece. Minimum requirements: Know how to read piano sheet music and be willing to practice. Paperback version.

The Jazz Piano Book

Author: Mark Levine
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 1457101440
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 431

Book Description
The most highly acclaimed jazz piano method ever published! Over 300 pages with complete chapters on Intervals and triads, The major modes and II-V-I, 3-note voicings, Sus. and phrygian Chords, Adding notes to 3-note voicings, Tritone substitution, Left-hand voicings, Altering notes in left-hand Stride and Bud Powell voicings, Block chords, Comping ...and much more! Endorsed by Kenny Barron, Down Beat, Jamey Aebersold, etc.

Seven Studies in Pop Piano

Author: Bill Hilton
Publisher: Carrier Books
ISBN: 9780956220417
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
Seven Studies in Pop Piano is a collection of short piano pieces that will help you learn the styles used by major pop pianists. The studies range from easy to intermediate. Each one comes with notes explaining the techniques used, the underpinning theory and harmony, and suggestions on how to develop your own improvisations.

The Jazz Theory Book

Author: Mark Levine
Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."
ISBN: 1457101459
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 725

Book Description
The most highly-acclaimed jazz theory book ever published! Over 500 pages of comprehensive, but easy to understand text covering every aspect of how jazz is constructed---chord construction, II-V-I progressions, scale theory, chord/scale relationships, the blues, reharmonization, and much more. A required text in universities world-wide, translated into five languages, endorsed by Jamey Aebersold, James Moody, Dave Liebman, etc.

You Can Teach Yourself Jazz Piano

Author: Uri Ayn Rovner
Publisher: Mel Bay Publications
ISBN: 9780786632299
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 120

Book Description
This book is the perfect introduction to jazz piano for those who are already somewhat proficient as pianists but aspire to playing in the jazz style. The author emphasizes the importance of chords in playing jazz music and offers a comprehensive dictionary of traids, dominant sevenths, half and fully diminished seventh chords, plus ninth, and thirteenth chords. Chord symbols and voicings as well as modal and blues scales are also addressed. The last half of the book includes a generous "fakebook" and a "songbook" consisting of several of the author's progressively arranged compositions.

Jazz Piano

Author: John Valerio
Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
ISBN: 9780793571758
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
(Piano Method). This book provides a step-by-step approach to learning basic piano realizations of jazz and pop tunes from lead sheets. Systems for voicing chords are presented from the most elementary to the advanced along with methods for practicing each system. Both the non-jazz and the advanced jazz player will benefit from the focus on: chords, chord voicings, harmony, melody and accompaniment, and styles.

Jazz Conception

Author: Jim Snidero
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 48

Book Description

Berklee Music Theory

Author: Paul Schmeling
Publisher: Berklee Press Publications
ISBN: 9780876391105
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Teaches the concepts of music theory based on the curriculum at Berklee College of Music.