| Jazz Piano Technique: Exercises, Etudes & Ideas for Building Chops Contributor(s): Valerio, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1423498151 ISBN-13: 9781423498155 Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $21.24 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Instruction & Study - General |
| Dewey: 786.2 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.9" W x 11.8" (1.45 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: (Keyboard Instruction). This one-of-a-kind book applies traditional technique exercises to specific jazz piano needs. Along with warm-ups, etudes isolate each technical problem within a jazz context. This allows for improvisation, directly addressing the needs of the jazz player. Practicing is not only pragmatic, it's fun Topics include: scales (major, minor, chromatic, pentatonic, etc.), arpeggios (triads, seventh chords, upper structures), finger independence exercises (static position, held notes, Hanon exercises), parallel interval scales and exercises (thirds, fourths, tritones, fifths, sixths, octaves), and more The book includes 45 recorded examples that are accessed online via download or streaming. |