The Faber Music Jazz Piano Anthology: Piano: Instrumental Collection

A fun and simple introduction to playing jazz piano-Discover Pam Wedgwood?s exciting world of jazz piano! How to Play Jazz Piano is a fun and simple introduction for young players with a basic knowledge of how to play the piano (about Grade 2 standard). It includes an introduction to improvisation suggested listening ideas and covers swing syncopated rhythms basic chords and chord symbols scales and modes used in jazz. There are also plenty of great pieces in different styles online audio and Pam?s helpful advice and teaching tips every step of the way!

Jazz Piano Plus One is a folio of 14 original jazzy pieces composed by John Kember with optional upper and lower parts for your teacher or friend adding extra dimensions to your performance. Covering a range of styles and suitable for players of grade 3 upwards this set of pieces offers a variety of playing options with a melody the chords and the bass line all provided. Begin with the tune and then progress to adding the lower parts as your teacher provides the funky accompaniments. As your playing progresses you will be able to tackle and master all three layers of music creating your own definitive solo performance! There are extended exercises giving you a chanceto master left-hand comping adding bass lines and using rootless chords.

The Jazz Piano Player Collection contains fifteen well-known jazz standards arranged by John Kember for intermediate-level pianists. This varied collection for Piano solo features the favourites I Get A Kick Out Of You (Anything Goes) Summertime ( Porgy and Bess) I’ve Got You Under My Skin (Born to Dance) Come Rain Or Come Shine (St. Louis Woman) and more. 29 All of the songs in this book are in their standard keys and include chord symbols.  The CD features recordings of all the Piano arrangements performed by John Kember himself.

A great collection of original jazz study and study pieces spanning a host of jazz idioms from blues trad and big band to gospel ballad and more reflective styles. These carefully-graded studies explore systematically a broad range of techniques including left and right hand chord shapes larger hand stretches more complex rhythms blue notes ornaments and chromatic phrasing. Whether you are learning on your own or with a teacher Jazz Piano Studies is the ideal route to sylish jazz Piano playing.

Par WEDGWOOD PAM. Syncope cool, riffs funky et lisses, élégants tunes - de dynamique de nostalgique, série de Pam Wedgwood a tout. Jazzine plus sur est une collection vibrante de pièces originales dans un éventail de styles contemporains, taillé sur mesure pour les débutants (grade 2-0). Alors, faire une pause dans les classiques et obtenir dans groove comme vous de croisière de blues, Rock, jazz./ Recueil / Piano

A fun addition to the popular Up-Grade! Series 'Up-Grade! Jazz' is jam-packed with well-loved jazz hits in cool new arrangements. Specially selected for the pianist looking for something to bridge the gap between grades this selection for Grade 2-3 Pianists features hip classics alongside jazzy numbers by the inimitable Pam Wedgwood.

Piano Adventures?-The Piano Adventures?: Gold Star Performance Primer Level is an adventurous collection for the elementary pianist featuring changing moods keys and hand positions. The series offers performance pieces ???with a challenge.??? This collection may also be used as a graduation book to improve artistic technical and rhythmic skills before advancing to the next level.As the title Gold Star suggests these pieces are especially appropriate for recitals and other musical events. A broad range of styles are presented to enhance the young musician???s awareness of classical jazz folk and impressionistic sounds. Pieces need not necessarily be taught in theorder presented.The Gold Star Performance CD is a discovery in sound for both listening and play-along. Repeated listening with and without the score will familiarize students with diverse musical textures and sonorities a lively marching band the bass sounds of roaming pterodactyls or ringing French cathedral bells.The educational recordings provide more than student demonstration they provide settings in harmony style and rhythm which explore the expressive and dramatic qualities of the piano. Solo piano performances superlatively performed by Randall and Nancy Faber are included at the end of the CD.Gold Star characteristics of each piece are listed in the table of contents and a Gold Star music dictionary and certificate conclude the book.G-O-L-D Star Performance: a Guide Offering Lyricism and Drama at the Keyboard!