You Can Teach Yourself Jazz Piano (Book + Online Audio)
This book is the perfect introduction to jazz piano for those who are already somewhat proficient as pianists but aspire to playing in the jazz style. The author emphasizes the importance of chords in playing jazz music and offers a comprehensive dictionary of triads, dominant sevenths, half and fully diminished seventh chords, plus ninth, and thirteenth chords. Chord symbols and voicings as well as modal and blues scales are also addressed. The last half of the book includes a generous fakebook and a song ...more
Product Number:
96876M
Format:
Book + Online Audio
Skill Level:
Intermediate
Notation Type:
Standard Notation
Pages:
120
Binding:
Squareback Saddle Stitched
Size:
8.75 x 11.75
ISBN:
0-7866-9346-0
ISBN13:
978-07866-9346-7
Series:
You Can Teach Yourself
Publisher:
Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Date Published:
12/15/2015
This book is the perfect introduction to jazz piano for those who are already somewhat proficient as pianists but aspire to playing in the jazz style. The author emphasizes the importance of chords in playing jazz music and offers a comprehensive dictionary of triads, dominant sevenths, half and fully diminished seventh chords, plus ninth, and thirteenth chords. Chord symbols and voicings as well as modal and blues scales are also addressed. The last half of the book includes a generous fakebook and a songbook consisting of several of the authors progressively arranged compositions. Includes access to online audio.

All For One        
Anywhere        
Apple Betty        
Blues Montgomery        
Borneo Bay (A Jazz Waltz)        
Choc'late Cake        
Elite Syncopations       Scott Joplin
Far Away Places        
Fender Bender        
Fiero        
Fiesta        
Fiver        
Flap Jacks        
Highway 1        
Hong Kong Farewell        
Inch O' Blues        
Jambo        
Just Like Before        
Kaplooey Louey        
Kiss Me        
Last Train To Edison        
Manitoulin        
Maraca        
Miss Turee        
Moonlight In Your Eyes        
Namorada        
Oh, When The Saints Go Marchin' In      
One Two Three        
Pop Quiz        
Powder Room Rag        
Quarter Of        
Sally Mander        
Sesame Rag        
Slap Jack        
Something Doing       Scott Joplin & S Haydn
St. James Infirmary      
The Happy Dee Homemaker Show        
The Hesitating Blues       W.C. Handy
Verna        
You Basket!        
You're Wrong        
Zambezi      

 
Audio Sample
Series: You Can Teach Yourself
Get the extra files for your Mel Bay book by clicking the "Download Extras" button below.

downloadextras
The .zip file contains all of the extras you will need to help you learn from your Mel Bay book. Once it is downloaded to your computer, double-click the file to open. You can find out more about .zip files here.

If you are having trouble opening or downloading this file, please contact us.
Book + Online Audio
PRICE:
$ 14.99
PRICE: 
$14.99
Jazz Piano Ad-Lib Phrases

Author : by Akimitsu Iwase
Format : Book
Anyone Can Improvise

Author : by Matt Dennis
Format : eBook