Jazz Inventions for Keyboard

Jazz Inventions for Keyboard
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Publisher : Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages : 128
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ISBN-10 : 073903538X
ISBN-13 : 9780739035382
Rating : 4/5 (8X Downloads)

Book Synopsis Jazz Inventions for Keyboard by : Bill Cunliffe

Download or read book Jazz Inventions for Keyboard written by Bill Cunliffe and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 2005-11 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pianists all know the benefits of playing the "Two-Part Inventions" of J. S. Bach. Now, world-respected jazz pianist and composer Bill Cunliffe has written his own "inventions" that will benefit every player's understanding and performance of jazz. These great-sounding etudes explore the specific harmonic, melodic, and technical challenges faced by jazz keyboardists, including the ii-V and ii-V-I progressions, outlining changes, chord-tone ornamentation, playing in octaves, tonic patterns, block chords, polytonality, stride piano, and left-hand walking bass. Pieces feature chord symbols, explanatory notes, and preparatory exercises, and each invention is performed on the CD by Bill Cunliffe. 123 pages. " . . . perfect for daily warm-up, explores the harmonic and melodic intricacies of jazz, each etude targets a specific technical skill and includes performance notes, inventions gradually become more challenging and the harmonic progressions are varied and very musical . . . a musical feast." -International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE)


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