Jazz Play-Along Vol.52. Tous les niveaux des paroles inclus. Ici est vraiment une collection exceptionnelle de mélodies pour vous apprendre, avec l'accent sur la mélodie. Ecrit sur une période de trente-sept ans, ces chansons tous entrent dans la tradition de la grande chanson populaire. Comme d'habitude, Jazzmen sur l'yearsmade de chacun de ces chansons 'normes' par le biais de leur propres effectuant tradition. En particulier, les grands du jazz comme John Coltrane, Tommy Dorsey, Sarah Vaughn et Benny Carter ont bénéficié des chansons d'assez bien pour enregistrer les dernières décennies. Quel bettersement pour la valeur mélodique et harmonique de ces grandes chansons ? Joignez-vous à notre section rythmique passionnant pour une visite rafraîchissante écrit de grande chanson américaine. Cette section rythmique exceptionnelle comporte Rob Schneiderman, piano - Rufus Reid, basse - Akira Tana, Lorraine drweet / Rép International / Recueil / Tout Instrument

For the Beginning Pianist-Accessible to novices of all ages these 21 easy-to-play melodies for the piano include George Gershwin's 'I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise ' 'Alexander's Ragtime Band' by Irving Berlin Jerome Kern's 'They Didn't Believe Me ' and 'Bethena' by Scott Joplin. Additional selections include 'Frankie and Johnny ' 'Hello! Ma Baby ' 'Ja-Da ' 'Indiana ' ''Taint Nobody's Business If I Do ' and other jazz standards.Suitable for the true beginner these arrangements are simpler and more melodic than other versions. They include suggestions for fingering and are arranged in order of increasing difficulty.Dover Original.

A Logical Method for Enhancing Your Jazzabilities-Book 2 of a two-volume series that presents the fundamentals of jazz in a logical and accessible way primarily through short progressive exercises. Ideal for classically-trained pianists in traditional lessons who may be a little cautious to learn jazz as well as for players simply wishing to expand their existing “jazzabilities”! Book 2 explores concepts in greater depth and introduces the most important aspects of jazz theory in a style that's easy to grasp. Also useful for pianists interested in participating in a school jazz program. The online audio tracks are indispensable to the series in particular the fun and practical Q&A improv exercises.The book features 7 fully-fleshed original pieces: Jersey Jump • Beale Street Boogie • Bayou Blues • The Mississippi Magpie Rag • New Orleans Nocturne • South Side Stomp • Monkin' the Blues.

It's Never Too Late To Play Christmas gives players the chance to explore their favourite Christmas songs in jazzy easy-to-play arrangements. The pieces are suitable for those who have learnt for approximately one year or have reached Level 14 of the It's Never Too Late To Play Piano tutor by Pam Wedgwood. The pieces are gently progressive gradually extending players' technique through playing pieces they love!Contents: Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! (Cahn/Styne) We Wish You A Merry Christmas (Traditional) Past Three O'Clock (Traditional) In Dulci Jubilo (Traditional) White Christmas (Berlin) Il EstNe Le Divin Enfant (Traditional) Coventry Carol Traditional) Ding Dong Merrily On High (Arbeau) Walking In The Air (Blake) In The Bleak Midwinter (Holst) Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town (Coots/Gillespie) Quem Pastores Laudavere (Traditional) Christmas Song (Wells/Torme) The Virgin Mary Had A Baby Boy (Spiritual) Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful) Silent Night (Gruber) Winter Wonderland (Duet) (Smith/Bernard)

Pianoworks Duets 2 is the perfect resource for developing pianists to explore duet-playing. They'll develop balance playing in time and sight-reading while learning attractive and accessible arrangements in a huge variety of styles and genres including 'Spring' from Vivaldi's The Four Seasons Joplin's exuberant rag 'The Easy Winners' and the traditional Scottish song 'Afton Water'. In addition the collection contains several new and original gems by Alan Bullard the co-author of this celebrated series. 21 duets with parts of equal standard compiled and arranged for beginner to intermediate pianists (approx.Grades 3-5) Wide range of styles including Classical Romantic jazz folk and contemporary CD contains backing tracks of each part to allow solo practice Useful tips on style and technique and background information on every piece Perfect companion to Pianoworks Book 2 and Pianoworks Collection 2

Compiled and edited by David Blackwell Piano Mix 2 is packed full of brilliant music that has been specially arranged for Easy Piano. Featuring a diverse range of styles and genres from centuries ago to the present day to help pianists progress from Grades 2 to 3.   The repertoire in Piano Mix 2 reflects the type of music in the ABRSM Piano syllabuses. In Piano Mix 2 the pieces are mostly at Grade 1 standard helping pianists progress to Grade 2 towards the end of the book. The series has been compiled and edited by David Blackwell with arrangements by Alan Bullard NikkiIles Christopher Norton and Tim Richards to name a few. Every arrangement is enjoyable to play because it fits well under the pianist’s hands while remaining faithful to the original work.   Well-known music includes 19th-century favourites Scheherazade and the Trout ballet music from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker and The Muppets theme tune. There are also lots of unsung melodies to be discovered like China’s Kangding Love Song and a traditional Scottish piece called Roaring Jelly. From the Orchestra to the opera and from folk to jazz there’s a world of music at your fingertips!   Jupiter is included in ABRSM Piano Grade 2 syllabus 2017-2018

Description A First Book Of Jazz: 21 Arrangements For The Beginning Pianist Accessible to novices of all ages, these 21 easy-to-play melodies for the piano include George Gershwin's I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise, Alexander's Ragtime Band by Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern's They Songlist After You've Gone [Layton, Turner] Alexander's Ragtime Band [Berlin, Irving] Baby Won't You Please Come Home [Warfield, Charles] [Williams, Clarence] Ballin' The Jack [Smith, Chris] Bethena [Joplin, Scott] Darktown Strutters' Ball [Brooks, Shelton] Frankie And Johnny [Traditional] Hello! Ma Baby [Howard, Joseph E.] [Emerson, Ida] I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise [Gershwin, George] Indiana [Hanley, James F.] Ja-Da [Carleton, Bob] Lady Of The Evening [Berlin, Irving] Nobody But You [Gershwin, George] Oh Johnny, Oh Johnny, Oh! [Oleman, Abe] Rialto Ripples [Gershwin, George] Rose Room [Hickman, Art] [Williams, Harry] Some Of These Days [Brooks, Shelton] 'Taint Nobody's Business If I Do [Grainger, Porter] That's A Plenty [Pollack, Lew] They Didn't Believe Me [Kern, Jerome] When My Baby Smiles At Me [Munro, Bill]

Noted jazz pianist, composer, recording artist and educator Andy LaVerne has drawn from his decades of experience playing with master musicians from Getz to Lovano to create this comprehensive compendium of contemporary moving voicings. Quartal, quintal, drop 2, dominant 7b9/diminished, triadic, whole tone and chromatic performance proven voicings pioneered by McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock, and Andy himself are presented and fleshed out in all twelve keys. This book picks up where others leave off, enabling you to replace static chords with voicings that move melodically, dramatically, and gracefully over the entire range of the keyboard. Firmly rooted in contemporary jazz theory, the emphasis is on practical performance applications. Andy ties it all together with illustrations of comping choruses for five standard jazz tunes. Chords in Motion satisfies a long awaited need in actual comping situations, and shows you how to move chords through varying harmonic rhythms. FINALLY ? a book that gives you moving voicings, and sets them in motion in all twelve keys. Chords in Motion is a valuable resource for all keyboardists, arrangers, and instrumentalists. Activate, animate, and energize your comping with this encyclopedic volume. 156 pages, spiral bound for easy opening. Andy carries the flame of jazz piano tradition and just great music. He always inspires me. Chick Corea This is a great book! I am going to sit down and play through this!! I am always telling my non-piano playing students how important it is to work with (and internalize) the sounds that we live with all our lives as Jazz musicians. Coltrane spent years sitting at the piano and so should all of us!!! John Patitucci Berklee College of Music One thing about Andy?he is complete as can be and has been consistently so for years in both his teaching materials and playing. He is completely knowledgeable in such a way that when I play with him, I know he KNOWS!! Plus he is one of the smoothest and polished of players around. Great book?encyclopedic in content. Dave Liebman Founder, Artistic Director, International Association of Schools of Jazz (IASJ) I've played and recorded with Andy LaVerne many times over the years and in many different settings and he's always come up with the hippest, most interesting chords in the most musical way! His way of playing and looking at chords inspires me as a drummer and his rhythm section partner to play things that are in turn inspiring to the rest of the band. This book, helps musicians, understand, in a clear thoughtful presentation, how to go about getting this together. Billy Drummond Jazz Drummer, Educator, Juilliard, NYU Chords in Motion is an outstanding and comprehensive guide by Andy LaVerne, whose encyclopedic knowledge, decades of experience and brilliance as a performer and educator make this an invaluable handbook of modern jazz piano harmony. Its user-friendly, intelligent design enables musicians to expand their harmonic palette and potentially transform their playing, writing and arranging. Chords in Motion is an invaluable contribution to jazz musicians! Lynne Arriale Jazz Pianist, Composer, Educator, Associate Professor of Jazz Piano, Director of Small Ensembles, University of North Florida Chords in Motion is exactly the book I'd expect from Andy LaVerne. It's clear, openhearted and inspiring, as has been every conversation I've had with Andy over the years. Long a fan of his playing, I have enjoyed this look behind the curtain at how Andy LaVerne formulated his signature style. One other thing -- any pianist, no matter his/her approach, will gain insight into what will surely be new and exciting musical directions. Pete Malinverni Jazz Pianist, Educator, Director of Jazz Studies, SUNY Purchase College Conservatory of Music What a great resource for expanding the harmonic palette! Chords in Motion is a must have for the aspiring young jazz pianist as well as the seasoned veteran. Another winner from Andy! Paul Schmeling Jazz Pianist, Educator, Chair Emeritus, Piano Department, Berklee College of Music In Chords in Motion, I recognize chords and sounds that have inspired me to compose and play: harmony from the music of Chick Corea, Herbie Hancock and McCoy Tyner. This book is well organized, and from the beginning gets you playing. Each chord structure is explained and developed. There is plenty to practice. I especially like the exercises using contrary motion, arpeggiation

Rock Piano sensation Robert Wells has been touring his Rhapsody In Rock for over a decade to sell-out venues across the world. For the first time in print the Piano Concertos No I-IXhave been transcribed for you to learn and play and with the included download card you can even play along to specially-mixed orchestral accompaniment tracks. Produced in direct collaboration with theworld-renowned composer this Rhapsody In Rock Piano Concerto sheet music collection features scores for all nine concertos including The Overture The Nordic Touch The Royal The Ballet andThe Circus. The Rhapsody In Rock musical has been acclaimed for its blend of traditional classical styles hard rock sounds as well as boogie-woogie and jazz influences. All nine PianoConcertos are transcribed here allowing solo pianists to enjoy playing these fantastically fun compositions. The accompanying download card features specially-mixed orchestral accompanimenttracks for you to play along with. One is a classical track while the other is in a rock style so you can choose which one to play along with or just try both! These tracks are very simple to download to your computer and you'llhave great fun learning the scores as well as putting your own spin on them. The Piano Concertos I-IX were produced in direct collaboration with RobertWells himself who has written an extensive introduction to the songbook detailing his inspiration compositional process and some invaluable performance tips. Each Concerto also comes with a short introduction writtenby Wells in which he describes how the idea for that particular track came about or how the particular style developed. As explained in the songbook the note-for-note transcriptions will allow you to play the tunes

The Perfect Way To Rediscover The Piano-Did you used to play the piano? Would you like to play again? Play it again: Piano uses real pieces from the piano repertoire to teach specific techniques and tips getting you playing fluently once again. This is the second book which is for the more confident ?former? piano player or for those continuing their journey from Book 1. The level of pieces in this second book progresses from around UK grades 5 to 8 (intermediate to late advanced). ?I used to play the piano??Aimed at ?returning? players who have spent some time away from the keyboard Play it again: Piano gives you the confidence to revisit this fulfilling pastime and go beyond what you previously thoughtyou could achieve.Each of the 21 pieces in Book 2 is accompanied by two full pages of easy-to-understand practice tips all designed to get your fingers speeding comfortably across the keys once again! There are more comprehensive Piano Technique and Theory sections at the front and back of each book so you can also delve deeper to regain a fuller understanding of music and technique. A refresher course for all abilities each book is arranged in 4 progressive sections with Book 1 moving from ?Elementary? to ?Intermediate? and Book 2 taking you from ?Late Intermediate? to ?Late Advanced?. Dip in and out wherever your level of playing suits: this two-book course starts with simple and elegant miniatures and concludes with the famously showy Prelude in C-sharp minor by Rachmaninoff! Confident pianists could start with Book 2 but there is a wealth of delightful repertoire and valuable practice tips in Book 1 it?s always useful to go ?back to basics?. From Schumann to shuffles. Baroque Classical and Romantic works sit alongside Jazz Ragtime contemporary or traditional pieces at every level so each lesson brings something different and you?ll learn to play in a range of styles some of which may be new to your fingers. If you often find yourself saying ?I used to play the piano?? but wish you still did then Play it again:

Par SCHMITZ MANFRED. Cette collection de pièces originales pour début aux étudiants intermédiaires continue la tradition bien connu et même intitulées collections de Schumann, Khachaturian et autres compositeurs, sauf que cet album se concentre uniquement sur le jazz, rock, pop, blues, boogie woogie, ragtime et easy listening des pièces qui reflètent les populaires d'aujourd'hui, les styles de musique. Dans ce livre, les virages mélodiques stylistiquement uniques, des progressions de corde et anomalies rythmiques de chaque style sont enseignées dans une amusante façon à partir de morceaux plus facile. Les pièces sont ordonnés selon la difficulté facile à très difficile, permettant ainsi des étudiants de différents niveaux d'explorer la variété de style rencontrée dans la musique de tous les jours. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Contemporary - Solos / Recueil / Piano