Jazz Piano Basics - Book 1

The Player's Guide to Authentic Stylings-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!

A Logical Method For Enhancing Your Jazzabilities-Book 1 of a two-volume series that presents the fundamentals of jazz in a logical and accessible manner primarily through short progressive exercises. Ideal for traditional lessons as well as for anyone wishing to expand their “jazzabilities”. May also be especially useful for those interested in participating in a school jazz program. The online audio tracks are indispensable to the series in particular the fun yet practical Q&A improv exercises.Concepts covered include:• Improvisation• Swing rhythms• Common jazz chords and scales• Accompaniment techniques•12-bar blues and much more!

Every musician should have a basic understanding of how and why pianists voice chords in certain ways. This book, designed by a horn player, addresses and explains the basics of authentic, hip sounding chord voicings in simple, non-pianistic language. YouÂ’ll be comping on your own over Standards in a short period of time. Includes written voicings over many of the most popular Aebersold play-a-long tracks, so you can comp with bass and drums backing you up! No piano skills are required to use this book effectively. Play great jazz voicings today!

For All Musicians-An encyclopedia of Jazz theory for all musicians. This one-of-a-kind book encompasses a wide scope of jazz topics for beginners and pros of any instrument. This extensive and comprehensive method works in three ways: as an encyclopedia for ready reference as a thorough methodology for the student and as a workbook for the classroom complete with ample exercises and conceptual discussion. Lessons and topics include:The basics of intervalsJazz harmonyScales and modesII-V-I cadencesHarmonic analysisPiano voicings and voice leadingModulations modal interchange and reharmonizationJazz piano compingJazz tune formsArrangingtechniques ImprovisationTraditional Jazz fundamentalsPractice techniques...and much more!

The Perfect Way To Rediscover The Piano-Did you used to play the piano? Would you like to play again? Play it again: Piano uses real pieces from the piano repertoire to teach specific techniques and tips getting you playing fluently once again. This is the second book which is for the more confident ?former? piano player or for those continuing their journey from Book 1. The level of pieces in this second book progresses from around UK grades 5 to 8 (intermediate to late advanced). ?I used to play the piano??Aimed at ?returning? players who have spent some time away from the keyboard Play it again: Piano gives you the confidence to revisit this fulfilling pastime and go beyond what you previously thoughtyou could achieve.Each of the 21 pieces in Book 2 is accompanied by two full pages of easy-to-understand practice tips all designed to get your fingers speeding comfortably across the keys once again! There are more comprehensive Piano Technique and Theory sections at the front and back of each book so you can also delve deeper to regain a fuller understanding of music and technique. A refresher course for all abilities each book is arranged in 4 progressive sections with Book 1 moving from ?Elementary? to ?Intermediate? and Book 2 taking you from ?Late Intermediate? to ?Late Advanced?. Dip in and out wherever your level of playing suits: this two-book course starts with simple and elegant miniatures and concludes with the famously showy Prelude in C-sharp minor by Rachmaninoff! Confident pianists could start with Book 2 but there is a wealth of delightful repertoire and valuable practice tips in Book 1 it?s always useful to go ?back to basics?. From Schumann to shuffles. Baroque Classical and Romantic works sit alongside Jazz Ragtime contemporary or traditional pieces at every level so each lesson brings something different and you?ll learn to play in a range of styles some of which may be new to your fingers. If you often find yourself saying ?I used to play the piano?? but wish you still did then Play it again:

Saxophone Basics is a landmark method. It starts at absolute beginner level and progresses to about Grade 2 presenting a wonderful variety of classical jazz and pop pieces combined with exercises quizzes rhythm boxes and hot tips. The pupil's book is suitable for all saxophones.This new edition of the teacher's book for Tenor/B flat Saxophone contains all the piano and saxophone accompaniments as well as useful teaching tips.

Introduce your young singers to the basics of vocal jazz with three original songs illustrating a specific jazz concept. With teacher's notes this is an excellent introduction to an original American art form. This is the third book of this series.

A Basic Guide for Early Intermediate Pianists-Whether the goal is to be a classical or a jazz performer improvisation is a deep intense way to learn the rules of music. Good improvisers become native speakers of musical language and not just readers of notes.This book is especially geared to the classically-trained late elementary/early intermediate Pianist (and their teacher) who wants to grasp the basics of improv.Siskind guides student and teacher through fun easy exercises along with helpful tips and guidelines.

The Bass has been called 'the most important instrument in any band.' The Bass player must create interesting lines under the chord changes keep the 'time flow' or 'pulse' steady and keep the form of the song together. Walking Jazz Lines For Bass is designed to help bassists create beginning to advanced walking patterns (smooth-sounding lines) that can be used in jazz blues R&B gospel Latin and country music. Byexplaining the basics of intervals chords and scales the author builds a framework for understanding bass line patterns. This book presents one- and two-measure patterns that can be used in playing the blues rhythmchanges the II-V-I progression and 20 popular jazz standards. Walking Jazz Lines For Bass is written in standard notation with chord symbols. The audio gives you the opportunity to play with one of thefinest rhythm sections around. It is in stereo with the bass and drums on the left and Piano and Drums on the right. Since the examples in the book are presented both with sample Bass lines and as chord progressions only you caneither follow along with the Bass or practice your own lines with the audio as your accompaniment. Access to online audio is included.

Team Woodwind: Clarinet is designed for everyone who wants to learn to play the Clarinet. Starting from the absolute basics like how to put the Clarinet together and what to do with the reed this book assumes no prior knowledge. The Team Woodwind series is not a ‘method’ rather a collection of music which can be flexibly tailored to suit each student.Apart from studies scales and arpeggios Team Woodwind: Clarinet contains over 50 well-known titles selected from the worlds of pop jazz and the shows as well as traditional and folk material and includes fun pieces such as Over the rainbow The PinkPanther and ’Star Wars’ main theme. Study option notes on the foot of most pages help the individualised teaching approach while comments on technique and theory are included throughout where relevant to guarantee a smooth learning experience.Improvisation composition and ensemble playing with other Woodwind instruments Piano or any of the instruments from the Team Strings Team Brass Team Recorder and Team Percussion series is encouraged. Upon finishing this book students will be able to play sophisticated tunes alone with other Clarinets or other instruments at approximately Grade 4 standard. An accompanying CD with over 75 digital backing tracks is included for individual or group use.