Exploring jazz piano : harmony / technique / improvisation. 1 / Tim Richards.
By: Richards, Tim (Pianist) [author]
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BookPublisher: London : Schott, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Description: 240 pages : illustrations, music ; 31 cm + 1 CD ( 4 3/4 in.).Content type: text | performed music Media type: unmediated | audio Carrier type: volume | audio discISBN: 190245524X.Subject(s): Improvisation (Music) | Piano music (Jazz) | Piano -- Methods (Jazz)DDC classification: 786.2165 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Cork School of Music Library CD | 786.2165 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00209742 | |
| General lending | MTU Cork School of Music Library Lending | 786.2165 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00208959 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
(Schott). Volume 1 introduces the intermediate pianist to the basic chord-types used in jazz, from major and minor triads to seventh and ninth chords. Other topics include: Chord/scale relationships, modes, broken chord and scale patterns, pentatonic and blues scales, walking bass lines, Latin rhythms and bass lines, the diatonic cycle, secondary dominants, II V I sequences, horizontal and vertical improvisation, tritone substitution, two-handed voicings, rootless voicings, technical exercises and fingering, accompaniment styles, ear-training, discography (suggested listening). 28 pieces by the author appear alongside special arrangements of well-known jazz standards, including: Autumn Leaves * Fly Me to the Moon * In a Sentimental Mood * Mannenberg * On Green Dolphin St (Part 1) * Ornithology * Song for My Father * Straight No Chaser * Take the A Train. Also included are transcribed solos by Thelonious Monk and Horace Silver, an invaluable source of authentic jazz techniques.
Major triads -- Minor triads -- Seventh chords -- Functional harmony and modes -- Ninth chords.