A comprehensive guide to some of the best Jazz Riffs for Piano and Keyboard instruments. This book is ideal for most levels of musicianship from the beginner/intermediate student who is interested in understanding and playing the blues to the more advanced players that need new ideas to help stimulate their creativity. An accompanying CD is included with every example.

This informative volume provides a chord reference for any pianist wanting to learn to play jazz. Starting with the most basic intervals the text explains how chords are built and how they are used in different performancesettings. After covering the basics advanced chord types such as 9ths 11ths 13ths drop voicings and the blues chord are presented and explained. The functions of chords are described as are substitutions clusters andpolytonal clusters. Numerous charts are provided which can be helpful for practicing and for quick and easy reference as to which can be used with given bass notes. The Melody Harmonization Charts show chords based on fourths.Learning to use these chords will help the pianist play with more harmonic variety color and interest.

Following the very successful piano method published in two volumes between 1958 and 1962 the three-volume European Piano Method represents a new textbook which takes into account the development of modern piano pedagogy.7 Winning Features of the Emonts Method:1 Songs from many European countries2 Pupils begin to play without music notation3 Improvisation and playing on the black keys4 Development of listening skills and aural awareness5 Simple and logical learning structure6 Lots of duets7 Attractive full-colour illustrationsVolume 3The third volume of The European Piano Method is not strictly speaking a piano method but rather a collection of meterial and suggestions forthe advanced tution of now slightly older players.The author has therefore concentrated on selecting pieces from the vast wealth of the piano repertoire and grouping them according to specific structural criteria. With this approach technical aspects (playing chord thirds sixths and other intervals) go hand in hand with musical themes (expressive touch extending rhythmic awareness cantabile playing with pedal). These developmental processes should suffuse each other: in the technical procedures on the one hand control over quality of tone clarity and articulation should not falter; the pieces from the piano repertoire on the other hand should gain creative power through everincreasing technical skills.The appendix of Volume 3 contains further 'yellow pages' with ideas for improvisation. the subjects are: Ostinato Bass Patterns Song Accompaniement Completing Melodies Improvising over Chord Progressions Seventh Chords Introduction to Jazz Harmony.

8 Original Piano Solos for Today's Pianist-Eight original piano solos for today's pianist in varying styles from contemporary to jazz to classical and suitable for the intermediate to advanced player. With You in Mind was produced by popular demand to accommodate the fans' demands for a set of original piano solos. On the accompanying CD you will find Dan himself performing each solo as only he can do. One of the foremost personalities in the field of printed music Dan Coates has been providing teachers and professional musicians with quality piano arrangements at all levels since 1975. He has been an arranger with the world-famous group Up with People performed at the opening ceremonies for the 1984Summer Olympics and has accompanied such artists as Dusty Springfield and Charlotte Rae.

Le livre de 2 Drop est la première publication d'explorer l'approche de la corde bloc 4-note au jeu de piano jazz - utilisé par Piano maîtres tels que Kenny Barron, MyCoy Tyner, Barry Harris, Cedar Walton et Bill Evans. Educateur de renommée mondiale et de la pianiste Mark Leives le lecteur complète, étape par étape, commence à avancé Masterclass sur cette approche à son doublage chords. Comprend des chapitres sur : l'approche de base 2 Drop - Advanced techniquessoloing et ' compilation dans 2 Drop - techniques de la pratique - PLus a CD o tous les exercices de la démonstration ! Il s'agit d'un aperçu précieux de l'esprit harmonique de certains des plus grands joueurs de piano du monde. / Piano

Bohuslav Martinu (1890-1959) was a prolific Czech composer writing many large scale works. The composer moved to Paris in 1923 where he began experimenting in a variety of composition styles. Sonatine for Trumpet and Piano was composed in 1957 and is adaptable to both the B flat and C Trumpet. Martinu himself was a violinist but he liked to experiment and the mid-1950s saw him move to Nice in France where he began writing Sonatas for wind and brass. Sonatine for Trumpet exemplifies the composer's influence of Stravinsky Debussy and jazz music. The piece is excitingly virtuosic in its use of flutter tonguing complex rhythms chromaticism and ensemble between the Trumpet and Piano. As a varied substantial work for the Trumpet repertoire Martinu's Sonatine is essential to the advanced trumpeter.

Ten pieces for Piano duet that explore the styles of Latin Spiritual and Jazz and feature elements of syncopation as well as some wonderfully addictive melodies!Suitable fo the intermediate to advanced Piano student. Includes a CD of recorded demonstrations with seperate tracks of the teacher and pupil parts.

For solo Piano. This first volume for advanced beginners offers a wonderful introduction to Ragtime and Jazz as well as syncopation and different articulations.The pieces range from light-hearted pieces like 'Kwela ' the Zulu term for dance to soulful and spiritual pieces like 'Dusk.' This volume includes performance notes for each piece.

French composer and teacher Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) was a prolific composer of the 20th century as a member of 'Les Six'. His compositions remain highly regarded the Ballet  Le Train Bleu being no exception. Milhaud's compositions are influenced by jazz and polytonality as exemplified in Le Train Bleu. Composed in 1924  Le Train Bleu is a Ballet based on a scenario by Jean Cocteau and composed for the Ballets Russes. The title is taken from a night train called The Blue Train which transported wealth passengers from Calais to the Mediterranean Sea. In hisreduction for Piano Milhaud makes use of variation in articulation complex rhythms chromaticism accidentals harmonics altering tempos variation in dynamics and a wide tessitura amongst other aspects. Milhaud's Le Train Bleu is essential to all advanced pianists seeking modern and exciting repertoire.

Par MILHAUD DARIUS. French composer and teacher, Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) was a prolific composer of the 20th Century as a member of 'Les Six'. His compositions remain highly regarded, Four Faces being no exception. Milhaud 's compositions are influenced by jazz and polytonality, as exemplified in Four Faces. The fourth of Four Faces, The Parisian Woman, is an alternative, exciting piece for advanced violists. Composed in 1943, Milhaud makes use of harmonics, complex rhythms, ornamentation, altering time signatures and clefs, double stops, variation in dynamics and a wide tessitura, among other aspects. Milhaud 's Four Faces is essential to all aspiring violists. / Répertoire d'Examen / Répertoire / Alto et Piano

Later Intermediate to Advanced Level-So hip so cool and so rewarding to play! Monkin' the Blues is Baumgartner's nod to one of his favorite jazz idols. Key: B-flat Major.

Building on the success of his Sonatine de Giverny for piccolo (114-41088), Daniel Dorff gives us FLASH!, the much-anticipated sequel. This piece hits the ground running and keeps up a flashy, quick pace, allowing players to show off their chops with plenty of jazzy flourishes. FLASH! has already been programmed for performances by piccolo legend Walfrid Kujala. It will also be performed by young virtuoso Kate Prestia-Schaub at the 2009 National Flute Association convention and the 2009 International Piccolo Symposium. For the advanced player. Duration: 6'30