Jazz Piano Technique: Exercises, Etudes & Ideas for Building Chops (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781423498155)

(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.

Author: John Valerio
ISBN-10: 1423498151
ISBN-13: 9781423498155
Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
Language: English
Published: 01/01/2013
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 11.80h x 8.90w x 0.50d