Improvisation At The Piano
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- Product Number: 26255
- Publisher: Alfred
- Barcode: 038081289588
- Arrangement: Piano Solo
This unique text uses a step-by-step approach to guide the reader from fundamental concepts to advanced topics in improvisation. Each subject is broken into easy to understand segments, gradually becoming more complex as improvisational tools are acquired. Designed for the classically trained pianist with little or no experience in improvisation, it uses the reader's previous knowledge of basic theory and technique to help accelerate the learning process. Included are more than 450 music examples and illustrations to reinforce the concepts discussed. These concepts are useful in all improvisational settings and can be applied to any musical style. For pianists interested in jazz, there are three chapters dedicated to introducing jazz improvisation, which can be used as the basis for further study in this idiom. Teachers using this text can go online to www.improvisationatthepiano.com to download lesson plans, ask specific questions about improvisation, and view answers to the most frequently asked questions about this book. 232 pages.
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Living in the Language
- Chapter 10 Melodic Manipulation
- Part 2: Skipping
- Chapter 11 Melodic Manipulation
- Part 3: Upper & Lower Neighbors
- Chapter 12 Melodic Manipulation
- Part 4: Jumping
- Chapter 13 Repetition as a Creative Tool
- Chapter 14 Borrowing Inspiration
- Chapter 15 Putting the Tools to Work
- Chapter 16 When One Scale Won't Work
- Part 1: Transitional Thinking
- Chapter 17 Scales ? la Mode
- Chapter 18 When One Scale Won?t Work
- Part 2: Navigating by Chord Pairs
- Chapter 19 Additional Tools
- Chapter 2 Upper & Lower Neighbors
- Chapter 20 Putting It All Together
- Chapter 21 Does a Wrong Note Exist?
- Chapter 22 Harmonic Improvisation and Borrowing
- Chapter 23 Jazz Improvisation
- Part 1: Rhythm
- Chapter 24 Jazz Improvisation
- Part 2: Harmony
- Chapter 25 Jazz Improvisation
- Part 3: Forms
- Chapter 26 Improvisation through the Ages
- Chapter 3 Elaboration
- Chapter 4 Speaking to One Another
- Chapter 5 Spreading Your Wings
- Chapter 6 Scales 101
- Chapter 7 Scales 102
- Chapter 8 Which Scale to Choose?
- Chapter 9 Melodic Manipulation
- Part 1: Upside Down & Inside Out
- For Further Reading
- Foreword
- From the Authors
- Index
- Introduction
- SECTION 1: Foundations
- SECTION 2: Essential Tools
- SECTION 3: Advanced Tools
- SECTION 4: Other Styles of Improvisation
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