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How to Practice Jazz

Author : Jerry Coker

Publisher : Jamey Aebersold Jazz Incorporated

Page : 74 pages

File Size : 12,4 MB

Release : 1990

Category : Music

ISBN : 9781562240011

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Book Description

An essential book for every jazz musician wishing to organize their practice time and priorities. Ever feel like you have a million things to practice, but you don't know where to start? Jerry condenses his decades in jazz education into a usable, practical book that highlights some of the best ways of dividing your practice time so that you can focus on the essentials, instead of just running over the same scales and tunes with no real direction. Includes a list of most of the Jazz play-along recordings available (by track) and analysis of each. Paperback.



The Jazz Piano Book

Author : Mark Levine

Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Page : 431 pages

File Size : 18,30 MB

Release : 2011-01-12

Category : Music

ISBN : 1457101440

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The most highly acclaimed jazz piano method ever published! Over 300 pages with complete chapters on Intervals and triads, The major modes and II-V-I, 3-note voicings, Sus. and phrygian Chords, Adding notes to 3-note voicings, Tritone substitution, Left-hand voicings, Altering notes in left-hand Stride and Bud Powell voicings, Block chords, Comping ...and much more! Endorsed by Kenny Barron, Down Beat, Jamey Aebersold, etc.



Jazz Piano Masterclass: The Drop 2 Book

Author : Mark Levine

Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Page : 124 pages

File Size : 32,79 MB

Release : 2011-01-12

Category : Music

ISBN : 1457101408

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The most comprehensive book ever written on how to create the 4-note, block-chord approach to jazz piano playing used by masters like McCoy Tyner, Bill Evans, Barry Harris, Cedar Walton, etc. In this book, world-renowned pianist and educator Mark Levine provides a step-by-step, beginning to advanced, masterclass on how to create, practice and extend this most useful appraoch to jazz chord voicings.



The Virtuoso Pianist

Author : Charles Louis Hanon

Publisher :

Page : 0 pages

File Size : 34,18 MB

Release : 1900

Category : Piano music

ISBN :

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Patterns for Jazz

Author : Jerry Coker

Publisher : Alfred Music Publishing

Page : 184 pages

File Size : 28,95 MB

Release : 1970

Category : Improvisation (Music)

ISBN : 9780769230177

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The Serious Jazz Practice Book

Author : Barry Finnerty

Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Page : 274 pages

File Size : 13,29 MB

Release : 2011-01-12

Category : Music

ISBN : 1457101343

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Book Description

All musicians need to thoroughly learn their scales, chords, intervals and various melodic patterns in order to become complete musicians. The question has always been how to approach this universal task. Guitar legend Barry Finnerty (Miles, The Crusaders, Brecker Bros., etc.) provides in this book a rigorous practice regime that will set you well on the road to complete mastery of whatever instrument you play. Endorsed by Randy Brecker, Mark Levine, Dave Liebman, etc.



Patterns for Jazz: A Theory Text for Jazz Composition and Improvisation

Author : Jerry Coker

Publisher : Alfred Music

Page : 188 pages

File Size : 45,90 MB

Release :

Category : Music

ISBN : 9781457493836

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Book Description

Patterns for Jazz stands as a monument among jazz educational materials. Condensed charts and pertinent explanations are conveniently inserted throughout the book to give greater clarity to the application of more than 400 patterns built on chords and scales -- from simple (major) to complex (lydian augmented scales).



The Jazz Theory Book

Author : Mark Levine

Publisher : "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Page : 725 pages

File Size : 18,48 MB

Release : 2011-01-12

Category : Music

ISBN : 1457101459

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Book Description

The most highly-acclaimed jazz theory book ever published! Over 500 pages of comprehensive, but easy to understand text covering every aspect of how jazz is constructed---chord construction, II-V-I progressions, scale theory, chord/scale relationships, the blues, reharmonization, and much more. A required text in universities world-wide, translated into five languages, endorsed by Jamey Aebersold, James Moody, Dave Liebman, etc.



Hal Leonard Jazz Piano Method

Author : Mark Davis

Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation

Page : 203 pages

File Size : 18,18 MB

Release : 2015-09-01

Category : Music

ISBN : 1495051293

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(Piano Instruction). 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!