Jazz Piano Technique Exercises Etudes & Ideas for Building Chops - (Book/online audio)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.35 (523 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1423498151 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-10-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"An Excellent Book" according to Joel Keith Denson. This book brings many different approaches to building technique which I have found very useful as a jazz pianist. The author seems to have narrowed down the multitude of piano exercises one might encounter to those which seem to be the most effective with an added jazz point of view. There are few books available which connect classical technique to a jazz concept, so this book is of great value to anyone hoping to take their technique to a higher level. No one book can solve every problem for a pianist or give them everything that . "Buy this book and the others from J Valerio." according to j guitar. If you buy and study hard all J Valerio's books you will become a great jazz piano player.You can't go wrong.This book prepares you to the others.All the books are really professional level.J Valerio is an amazing piano player.You will be able to play that sound you hear on the great jazz cds ( Bill Evans,H Hancock,K Jarret,M Tyner,etc.)No doubt!The cds with the books are amazing.If you buy the books and hear the cds,certainly will be excited to start playing.All the best from Rio de Janeiro Brazil.. Great for Intermediates (and Up?) (and Possibly Advanced Beginners who are interested in this kind of music?) Paul Reavley As an intermediate, non-jazz piano player: There is a ton of stuff in this book, quite a bit that I have not touched yet. But I love the 45 etudes at the end. There seems to be a wide range of potential proficiency covered, with some pieces requiring quite a bit of skill (as far as I can tell) to be played anywhere near the tempo demonstrated on the CD. Just about every one of the etudes is interesting to hear and practice even if played relatively slowly, and I would be happy to perform quite a number of them for anyone who would ca
(Keyboard Instruction). 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.. This one-of-a-kind book applies traditional technique exercises to specific jazz piano needs