Creative Chords, Book 1

Par BOLING MARK. Pianistes sont les principales sources d'inspiration pour de nouveaux développements dans la compilation de la guitare jazz. Pourtant les guitaristes ont été lents à développer un vocabulaire comping avec sophistication harmonique, voiceleading subtil et rythmique de la flexibilité au niveau des meilleurs pianistes contemporaines. Cet ouvrage vise à remédier à la situation en articulant un vocabulaire comping dans le contexte de six des airs plus souvent jouées dans le jazz : 12-bar blues, les changements de rythme, blues mineur, une mélodie modale et un couple de normes. Les comps sont écrites en notation et tablature et comprennent des rythmes avec mouvement avant, chords construits en quatrième intervalles voicings structure constante parallèle, polychords, barre oblique chords, etc.. Le focus est sur l'élaboration d'une approche contemporaine de la rythmique, phrasé, voicings chord, voiceleading, substitution de la corde et reharmonization. Un enregistrement de CD ainsi que de jouer de la guitare comps avec basse et batterie aide à obtenir les sons et les rythmes dans votre oreille. La théorie de la façon dont les concepts comping sont appliqués... / Niveau : Intermédiaire à Avancé / Jazz - Rhythm/Backup / Recueil / Guitare

The Piano Improvisation Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the practical skills and theoretical issues involved in mastering all forms of Piano improvisation including classical jazz rock and blues.Whereas most books offer little more than models for imitation and exercises for practicing this one adopts an approach specifically designed to encourage and enable independent creative exploration. The book contains a series of graded tutorial sections with musical examples on CD as well as an appendix listing useful scales chords voicings and progressions across all keys a bibliography and a discography.In addition tosections outlining how melody harmony rhythm texture and form work in improvised Piano music giving distinctive emphasis to the interconnectedness of classical and jazz improvisation there are sections devoted to explaining how ideas can be developed into continuous music and to exploring the process of finding a personal style.

Par SMITH GAIL. This piano method for beginners by experienced author and teacher Gail Smith makes music interesting and fun while covering the important skills needed to become a great pianist. Appropriate for beginners ages 8 and up, it is inclusive, integrating theory, scales, and exercises step by step with a variety of musical styles. It is practical and educationally sound. Each book develops the gifts and creativity of all students using improv techniques, folk songs, original songs, a duet, hymns and much more in one book per level. Gail Smith's signature palindrome exercises build sight-reading skill. --Using this method book makes teaching easier than ever. --There are a variety of songs for the student to play as they progress along. --Scales, chords, and exercises are included throughout each book. --Theory lessons and musical terms are interspersed with lesson material. --Students will enjoy the selections that are designed to maximize their ability. --Each book ends with a final quiz and a certificate of completion. / Niveau : Débutant / All Styles - Methods / Méthode / Piano

Younger students will enjoy this creative approach to playing simple Guitar chords. Chords are taught with exercises that build upon each other and eventually lead the student to playing logical and common chord progressions.These progressions include I-iii-vi-ii-V-I and twelve bar blues in many different keys. Chords are shown in chord diagram form with detailed illustrations showing finger positions in relationship to the fretboard. Openchords for folk music as well as power chords for rock music are presented clearly and easily in this text. A complete easy chord chart and capo chart is provided at the end of the book for easy reference. Examples and exercisesare presented in strum bar notation. Includes access to online 52-minute video.

Perfect for teachers and students this book covers critical chord concepts theory and applications all in a logical and easy-to-use way. Includes information on basic open string chords barre chords jazz chords chordsubstitutions and much more with lots of clear drawings and charts.

Media Type : Book Level : Beginning Musical Genre : Children Number of pages : 24 Finally! A chord book written for the young beginner (or even beginners of any age) showing a creative and simple way to learn and play ukulele chords. Chords are taught beginning with the most essential to more advanced. Chords are presented with exercises that build upon each other and eventually lead the student to playing logical and common chord progressions. These progressions include I-iii-vi-ii-V-I and twelve bar blues in many different keys. Chords are shown in chord diagram form with photographs showing finger positions in relationship to the fretboard. Examples and exercises are presented in strum bar notation. - Extra large chord diagrams and photos for easy learning - Chords are taught beginning with the most essential to more advanced - Chords are presented with exercises that build upon each other - Great for ukulele beginners of all ages

Practical Approaches to Grading-If grading music students in any creative course for credit is a challenge how much more difficult is it to grade something as personal and nebulous as jazz improvisation? Should students be evaluated on their creativity in soloing or simply on technical skills such as chords and scales? What are the objectives in an improv course and how can they be graded? The instructors whose responses are presented in this book represent over 700 years of combined experience teaching jazz improvisation - over 400 of those years for credit.

Finally! A chord book written for the young beginner (or even beginners of any age) showing a creative and simple way to learn and play ukulele chords. Chords are taught beginning with the most essential to moreadvanced.Chords are presented with exercises that build upon each other and eventually lead the student to playing logical and common chord progressions. Chords are shown in chord diagram form with photographs showingfinger positions in relationship to the fretboard. Examples and exercises are presented in strum bar notation.

Finally! A chord book written for the young beginner (or even beginners of any age) showing a creative and simple way to learn and play banjo chords. Chords are taught beginning with the most essential to more advanced. Chords arepresented with exercises that build upon each other and eventually lead the student to playing logical and common chord progressions. Chords are shown in chord diagram form with photographs showing finger positions in relationshipto the fretboard. Examples and exercises are presented in strum bar notation. •

Learn the Guitar in a creative new way. Par PELLS TIM / FRANKE JENS. Learn the Guitar in a creative new way: Playing music that makes you feel good, right from the outset. Passport to Play Guitar is a tutor series which is focused on learning to play the guitar through listening, reading and playing together, and is suitable for both classical and acoustic guitarists. The sheet music includes TAB alongside the standard notation. The books use music drawn from styles and cultures from all around the world, including Blues and Jazz from North America; Folk and Traditional music from Europe, Africa and Latin America; and pieces inspired by the people and places that the authors have encountered on their travels. Audio files

This second Music by Me continues to foster the creative joy of the first. Book Two has the seven familiar units (rhythm melody harmony bass patterns musical form modern music and review) each divided into four parts: Tool of the Trade Let's Explore Improvise! and Compose Your Own. Humorous and light touches remain such as 'Breakfast Food Rhythms' and 'The Three Bears Improv' with more recognizable theory such as 'Dominant Detective' and 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Chords'.

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

For more than a century, violinists have played jazz, swing, blues and similar improvisational styles. With its rich tone, considerable range, and bowed rhythms and phrasing, the violin offers a unique opportunity for a creative and personal statement as a musician. This book presents a broad sampling of the styles of major jazz violinists, from blues to bebop, from jug band to jazzgrass, from big-band swing to Texas swing. Tunes represent the styles of Stéphane Grappelli, Joe Venuti, Stuff Smith, Eddie South, Mark O'Connor, Benny Thomasson, Jean-Luc Ponty, and Darol Anger. Helpful jazz theory sections with exercises alternate with tunes that show how the theory works in practice. This book has two objectives: first, to present a broad, roughly chronological sampling of major jazz violinists and the styles associated with them, and secondly, to introduce the basics of jazz theory as applied to the violin. Whether consciously or intuitively, through critical listening or by practicing jazz patterns and exercises, the more knowledge of jazz you acquire, the better you will be able to think about the content of your playing without being bound by technical and theoretical aspects. This anthology was written to help provide that foundation. Interspersed with pragmatic jazz theory lessons, you'll find 28 original tunes in the style of various jazz violin luminaries. The book ends with an extensive discography of recommended jazz recordings with a violin focus. Mandolinists as well as other instrumentalists will find a wealth of useful information in this outstanding collection. Delightful broadcast-quality recordings of the repertoire are available online. Includes access to online audio. Written for intermediate to advanced violinists.