Format : Sheet music + Audio access
A simple fun way to learn the basics of improvisation!-Easy Improvisation is a great way to learn the basics of improvising on your own with friends or with the whole band! Musicians are given guidance to play along in parts to play along with written-out solos or to improvise on their own. The audio tracks include demonstration of the music on the page or just the background rhythms and chords. 30 different styles are included: rock 'n' roll hip-hop jazz EDM country Bossa Nova calypso cha-cha reggae and more. Use sample solos and other tips to start improvising today!
SKU: AP.1-ADV14705
UPC: 805095147056. English.
With Reading Key Jazz Rhythms: Flute Book & CD set by Fred Lipsius, you will learn essential jazz rhythms first hand from world-class professionals! Reading Key Jazz Rhythms is a collection of 24 easy to medium level jazz etudes, and 24 simplified guide tone versions of the etudes. They are ideal for learning the basic language of jazz, swing phrasing, and articulation. A perfect tool for preparing for the jazz ensemble or for any other ensemble/orchestra which performs jazz related music (pops orchestras, musical, studio, movie scores, concert and marching bands, etc.). Each etude is based on a specific rhythm or a combination of rhythmic figures. Some etudes sound like very lyrical improvised jazz solos, while others are more like a melody to a standard. On the accompanying CD the soloist demonstrates the 24 melodious etudes together with a professional rhythm section. You can also improvise along with the play-along tracks using the chord symbols. The guide tones are the essential or defining notes for each given chord type. So if improvising is new to you, and you find yourself getting lost, you can always return to a guide tone and play rhythmically around it. Any etude and its corresponding simplified guide tone version can be played together as a duet (with or without the CD accompaniment) with your teacher or a friend.
SKU: AP.1-ADV14724
UPC: 805095147247. English.
Jazz Conception is a new and exciting way for players at all levels to learn the language of jazz! Each book/audio-set features 21 solo etudes based on chord changes to standards and blues.The same 21 etudes transposed and adapted for the main jazz instruments.See and hear how a well known soloist phrases and articulates and play along with or without the soloist on the audio tracks.Play along with one of today's finest, swinging New York rhythm sections: Mike LeDonne on piano, Dennis Irwin on bass, and Kenny Washington on drums.Start out fairly easy, then get progressively more difficult.Use the etudes as a bridge to solos of the masters that are usually more complicated and involved.Learn melodies and lines that will give you a solid jazz vocabulary and musicality.Use the book/audio-set for private lessons, for self-study, or in any combination up to a full jazz ensemble, including flute and clarinet.If you are more advanced you may want to use the book to develop your sight reading abilities, for transcribing the etudes (then check against the book) or for just having fun playing along with a great jazz rhythm section.Use as an improvisation study, learning how to construct a swinging, logical solo - works especially well in combination with the Study Guide.The Jazz Conception Series is also perfectly suited for the class room. It can be used to develop younger students jazz style in a big band or small group. In an improvisation class the teacher can use the etudes as studies in improvisation. The Study Guide provides an analysis of each etude, along with practice assignments for each etude.
SKU: AP.1-ADV14764
UPC: 805095147643. English.
For jazz phrasing, interpretation and improvisationA new and exciting way for flute players to learn and practice basic jazz style.This book/audio set features 15 solo etudes based on blues and standard chord progressions, demonstrated by Jim Snidero on flute along with a world-class rhythm section: Mike LeDonne, piano; Peter Washington, bass; and Kenny Washington, drums. The recording features two separate versions of each etude: one with the soloist and rhythm section and one with the rhythm section only. See and hear how the soloist phrases, play with or without the soloist and learn basic jazz style first-hand.
SKU: AP.1-ADV14784
UPC: 805095147841. English.
Intermediate Jazz Conception: Flute is another addition to the popular series of etude books created by Jim Snidero, featuring some of the finest jazz musicians in the world. This Book & CD set includes 15 etudes based on standards, modal tunes and blues, demonstrated by a soloist with the incredibly swinging rhythm section of Dave Hazeltine on piano, Peter Washington on bass, and Kenny Washington on drums. New to Intermediate Jazz Conception is an appendix dedicated to style and improvisation, including a scales syllabus, nomenclature, and over 95 lines and ideas extracted for the study of improvisation! The recording features two separate versions of each etude; one with the soloist and rhythm section and one with the rhythm section only. Hear how the soloist performs the etudes, play with or without the soloist on the CD, and learn about both jazz style and improvisation from some of the best. Other series available by Jim Snidero include Easy Jazz Conception and Jazz Conception. English/German Edition.
SKU: AP.1-ADV14852
UPC: 805095148527. English.
The Easy Funk Play-Along series for wind and brass instruments now also contains parts for the rhythm section. Now it is possible to provide live accompaniment to a varied wind ensemble consisting of flutes, clarinets, saxophones, trumpets, and/or trombones (4 parts in each book) on piano/keyboards, guitar, electric bass, and percussion---ideal for school and music school ensembles.
SKU: AP.1-ADV14827
UPC: 805095148275. English.
Single and group use. Easy Funk Play-Along by Ed Harlow contains 10 catchy riffs and tunes for beginners! You can play the melodies along to the fantastic play-along tracks, provided by The Boston Horns. The background parts and rhythmic hits can be played by your teacher or up to three more friends. For group use, combine the editions for flute, clarinet, alto sax, trumpet, tenor sax, and trombone at will, and set up your rhythm section with additional parts available for guitar, piano, electric bass, and drum set. For beginning improvisers. Each piece has a written solo which can be played to the play-along tracks or with a live rhythm section. If improvising is new to you, this is the ideal book to work with. Learn the pentatonic scale provided for each piece and your solos will sound great!
SKU: KN.42106
UPC: 822795421064.
This beautiful straight eighth ballad is the perfect showcase for your alto saxophone soloist. The pensive melody and rich harmony combine to create a wonderful change-of-pace chart at the medium easy level. While there is a short section that may be improvised, the solo part is entirely written and no improvisation is required. Scored for 12-17 players, optional parts are included for flute, clarinet, horn in F, tuba and vibes. Duration 4:10.
SKU: KN.42106S