Exploring Jazz Piano – Volume 1
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- Author: Tim Richards
- Format: Book with Audio Download
- Instrumentation: Piano
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- Size: 9 x 12.0 inches
- Pages: 256
Description
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.