Jazz Piano from Scratch
Price: £19.95
Grade(s)/Level(s): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Instrumentation: Book & CD
Format: Book & CD
Extent: 208 pages
ISBN: 9781860960154
- a complete step-by-step guide to playing jazz with confidence and style
- guides the complete beginner through the early stages and in playing first solos
- builds confidence in rhythm, melody and harmony and puts these together in different jazz styles
- contains many activities to develop skills
- full-length CD illustrates the points made and provides an exhilarating backdrop to your work
- an indispensable companion to the Associated Board’s jazz piano exams, with Part III dealing with the exam in detail
Series: Jazz Piano
Contents
- Part 1 Starting out, Chapters 1-6
- Part II Moving On, Chapters 7-12
- Part III Preparing for the Exam, Chapters 13-17
Publication Date: 27th March 1998
Reviews
Press reviews
‘Jazz Piano From Scratch is a much needed and very intelligently organized book for the beginning student or jazz piano teacher. I think it will inspire students to practice and continue study since the exercises are quite a lot of fun!’ Randy Brecker
‘. . . brilliant, lucid and thorough going.’ Piano
‘The book is intensely practical and contains many excellent activities.’ Music Teacher
‘ “This is real recognition that jazz has equal musical value to the whole of the Western classical tradition”, says Richard Michael (jazz musician and music teacher). “Unlike others who pay ample lip-service to this fact, the Associated Board is putting its money where its mouth is.”’ The Scotsman
