Berklee-Music - Piano solo

Play jazz piano with new facility and expression as Ray Santisi one of the most revered educators at the Berklee College of Music and mentor to Keith Jarrett Diana Krall Joe Zawinul and thousands of others reveals thepedagogy at the core of Berklee's jazz piano curriculum. From beginning through advanced levels Berklee Jazz Piano maps the school's curriculum: a unique blend of theory and application that gives you a deep practicalunderstanding of how to play jazz. Concepts are illustrated by the accompanying practice CD where you'll hear how one of the great jazz pianists and educators of our time applies these concepts to both jazz standards and originalcompositions and how you can do the same.You will learn:Jazz chords and their characteristic tension substitutions in many voicings and configurationsModes and scales common in jazzTechniques forcomping developing bass lines harmonizing melodies melodizing harmonies and improvisationPractice techniques for committing these concepts to your muscle memoryVariations for solo and ensemble playingAdvancedconcepts such as rhythmic displacement approach-chord harmonization and jazz counterpoint.

Berklee piano, professeur de Suzanna Sifter va vous apprendre à enrichir votre jeu avec des harmonies de jazz avancé. Ce cahier vous aidera à jouer avec un son jazz contemporain, d'interpréter des feuilles de plomb, et l'utilisation supérieure à structure triades d'élargir votre palette de maquettes. En considérant les tensions en termes de ces triades, vous développerez un moyen organisé et intuitif de l'utilisation de structures plus avancées dans votre lecture. Ces exercices pratiques et des descriptions concises vous aidera à développer votre vue et de créer des maquettes-voicings plein et coloré pour tous types d'accords. Le CD d'accompagnement vous permet d'entendre et de pratiquer ces techniques avec un quartet de jazz! / Piano

This book/DVD pack teaches expressive virtuosic and healthy piano technique for contemporary and classical styles. Through integrated written directions and video examples you will see exactly how to move your fingers wrists arms feet body and breath to achieve maximum expressive effect and technical facility. Developed by Berklee Piano Dept. Chair Stephany Tiernan as a continuation of the groundbreaking work of Mme. Margaret Chaloff thisapproach to piano technique has been used by thousands of pianists worldwide. The DVD demonstrates each technique in isolation and in the context of playing repertoire in jazz rock new age Latin and classical styles.

Enrich your playing with advanced jazz harmonies.This workbook will help you play with a contemporary jazz sound interpret leadsheets and use upper-structure triads to expand your comping palette.By considering tensions in terms of upper-structure triads you will develop an organised and intuitive means of using more advanced structures in your playing.These practical exercises and concise descriptions will help you develop your sightcomping and create full and colourful voicings for all chord types.The accompanying audio lets you hear and practice these techniques with a jazz quartet.

Learn the essentials of accompanying soloists and playing in jazz ensembles. Comping is the practice of using chords to accompany a melody. Whether supporting a soloist playing in an ensemble or performing solo this bookwill help you to use chords effectively and appropriately to create a rich jazz sound and enhance the sonority of your whole ensemble. It begins with triads and voice leading and progresses through altered seventh-chord spreadvoicings for two hands covering many different techniques for using harmony and rhythm. The accompanying audio tracks let you practice with a small jazz combo. Suitable for all major jazz styles.

Improvisation is the art of real-time composition. This book will guide you through exploring some of the many possible scale choices that can be used with chords and chord progressions giving you a greater range of expression.Topics include the basics of chord-scale theory modes and how to use them the blues scale symmetrical scales and more. The accompanying CD features demonstration and play-along tracks to really drive each lesson home.