Beginning Jazz Piano: An Introduction to Swing, Blues, Latin, and Funk

An introduction to swing, blues, latin and funk Part 1: Everything You Need To Get Started. Par RICHARDS TIM. Beginning Jazz Piano s'adresse aux joueurs ayant peu de connaissances préalables et qui aiment explorer la musique liée au jazz. Avec de nombreux morceaux harmonieux - ses propres compositions, des mélodies du jazz classique et de nouvelles mélodies de chansons de jazz connues - Tim Richards initie les joueurs au blues, au funk et à la musique latine, en expliquant les techniques les plus importantes pour la main droite et la main gauche. L'éducateur expérimenté et auteur des méthodes Blues Piano et Jazz Piano, acclamés par la critique, suit également les exigences du catalogue d'examens de l'ABRSM, entre autres, ce qui fait de cette méthode une ressource indispensable pour étudier et pratiquer. Le volume 1 (ED 23374) explique de manière simple comment jouer spontanément et librement au-dessus des harmonies. En commençant par des accords parfaits à la main gauche, des gammes pentatiques et des arpèges ainsi que la gamme de blues sont expliqués ici et essayée avec des pièces concrètes. Truffé de rythmes typiques et de grooves de basse allant du swing au latin, le volume 2 (ED 23379) aiguise ensuite l'appétit pour le piano comme instrument d'accompagnement et montre également comment arranger une mélodie dans un contexte de jazz. Les deux volumes sont de même niveau de difficulté et peuvent être utilisés consécutivement ou en parallèle. Les fichiers audio comprennent des versions complètes et des pistes play-along, avec Tim Richards au piano, une ligne de basse supplémentaire et une batterie. La fonction interactive 'Replay' est particulièrement recommandée, non seulement pour les autodidactes : En coopération avec 'MusicGurus', fournisseur de cours en ligne de haute qualité, des partitions interactives de tous les morceaux sont accessibles en ligne gratuitement, ce qui facilite la pratique et garantit un succès rapide d'apprentissage. / Niveau : facile à moyen / Méthode / Piano

An Introduction to Swing, Blues, Latin and Funk Part 2 - Harmony, Improvisation, Accompanying

A clearly written tutor book aimed at the classical pianist seeking a concise and coherent introduction to jazz piano. The book is divided into two sections:Section One concerns basic harmony beginning with a preparatorychapter on scales intervals and triads. It is followed by chapters on jazz chords three-part harmony accompaniment styles and basic jazz theory.Section Two is a study of advanced harmony beginning with reharmonisation. Itis followed by chapters on four and five-part harmony upper structure triads block chords pentatonic harmony and the influence of classical piano music on jazz.This book represents the culmination of hundreds of hours spentteaching jazz piano and should be an enjoyable course of study for anyone who loves jazz piano and who wants to make steps towards understanding the vast array of harmonic possibilities open to the improvising pianist.

Une introduction à l?histoire des grands pianistes de jazz, où chaque morceau, chaque arrangement est l?occasion de faire connaissance avec un compositeur.

Par COCKER JERRY. Revised edition. Since 1900, when jazz - a uniquely American music form - began to evolve, much of its allure and artistic growth has depended on the creative freedom and expressive force that improvisation allows its performers. Jerry Coker, himself a teacher, composer/arranger, and noted saxophonist, has written How To Listen To Jazz to fill the need for a laymans guide to understanding improvisation and its importance in the development of this artistically rich yet complex musicform. Without relying on overly technical language or terms, Jerry Coker shows how you can become a knowledgeable jazz listener - whether you are an aspiring musician, student, jazz aficionado, or new listener. In addition to looking at thestructure of jazz and explaining what qualities to look for in a piece, the author provides a complete chronology of the growth of jazz, from its beginnings in the rags of Scott Joplin, the New Orleans style of the 1920s made famous by Bessie Smith, Bix Beiderbecke and Louis Armstrong, the Swing Era with Benny Goodman, and Art Tatum, Be-Bop, post Be-Bop, to the greats of Modern Jazz, including Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, and Wes Montgomery. Also including a list of suggestedrecordings, a section on the improvised solo, and a complete glossary of jazz terms, How To Listen To Jazz offers you a complete introduction to the entire jazz experience. . . the music and those who make it. / Librairie en anglais / Théorie / Livre

Following the very successful piano method published in two volumes between 1958 and 1962 the three-volume European Piano Method represents a new textbook which takes into account the development of modern piano pedagogy.7 Winning Features of the Emonts Method:1 Songs from many European countries2 Pupils begin to play without music notation3 Improvisation and playing on the black keys4 Development of listening skills and aural awareness5 Simple and logical learning structure6 Lots of duets7 Attractive full-colour illustrationsVolume 3The third volume of The European Piano Method is not strictly speaking a piano method but rather a collection of meterial and suggestions forthe advanced tution of now slightly older players.The author has therefore concentrated on selecting pieces from the vast wealth of the piano repertoire and grouping them according to specific structural criteria. With this approach technical aspects (playing chord thirds sixths and other intervals) go hand in hand with musical themes (expressive touch extending rhythmic awareness cantabile playing with pedal). These developmental processes should suffuse each other: in the technical procedures on the one hand control over quality of tone clarity and articulation should not falter; the pieces from the piano repertoire on the other hand should gain creative power through everincreasing technical skills.The appendix of Volume 3 contains further 'yellow pages' with ideas for improvisation. the subjects are: Ostinato Bass Patterns Song Accompaniement Completing Melodies Improvising over Chord Progressions Seventh Chords Introduction to Jazz Harmony.

Jazz Viola Wizard Jr. is designed for beginning and intermediate middle and high school violists in the tradition of the parent method Jazz Fiddle Wizard - a breakthrough approach for string playerswho want to learn to improvise within the jazz style. No step is left out in this sequentially arranged introduction to the role of rhythm call and response articulation scales and chord changes in jazz improvisation. Theexercises are turned into catchy tunes arranged to work in any configuration of string groups. That is three-part arrangements for each tune may be played with any number of like instruments or in conjunction with Jazz FiddleWizard Jr. and Jazz Cello Wizard Jr.. Suitable as a self-instruction book or for use in private and/or group string instruction Jazz Viola Wizard Jr. contains Piano accompaniment parts as well asaccess to online audio recording that provides a full rhythm section accompaniment for every exercise and tune. The appropriate tone and style are modelled by the author's performances of more than 50 sample exercises andimprovised solos.