Composer: Tim Richards

Exploring Jazz Piano - Volume 1

Publisher: Schott
Category: Keyboard & Piano/Vocal/Guitar
Series: Schott
Format: Softcover Audio Online

Volume 1 introduces the intermediate pianist to the basic chord-types used in jazz, from major and minor triads to seventh and ninth chords. Other topics include: Chord/scale relationships, modes, broken chord and scale patterns, pentatonic and blues scales, walking bass lines, Latin rhythms and bass lines, the diatonic cycle, secondary dominants, II V I sequences, horizontal and vertical improvisation, tritone substitution, two-handed voicings, rootless voicings, technical exercises and fingering, accompaniment styles, ear-training, discography (suggested listening). 28 pieces by the author appear alongside special arrangements of well-known jazz standards, including: Autumn Leaves · Fly Me to the Moon · In a Sentimental Mood · Mannenberg · On Green Dolphin St (Part 1) · Ornithology · Song for My Father · Straight No Chaser · Take the A Train. Also included are transcribed solos by Thelonious Monk and Horace Silver, an invaluable source of authentic jazz techniques.

Inventory # : 49030450
UPC: 841886001510
ISBN: 1847615066
Width: 9"
Length: 12"
Height: 0.72"
Product Weight: 2.1 lbs.
Number of Pages: 256