Prepare and enhance your developing students' abilities to interpret and read varied jazz styles with this outstanding collection of etudes! This method was conceived for use with students having intermediate level playing skills as well as advanced students or teachers looking to expand their understanding of reading and playing jazz charts. These etudes are both fun to play and teach, providing a motivating element for practice and lesson sessions. There is written text at the end of each etude along with recorded demonstrations on the CD to help provide an understanding of the musical styles and concepts. Six of the selections are swing style etudes and the additional six etudes are an array of bossa nova, funk, and jazz/rock styles. This book will improve your individual players' comprehension of styles and will reap huge benefits for your entire jazz ensemble!
Here is a complete book of jazz technique studies and exercises for all instrumentalists. This text deals with many technique issues jazz musicians encounter in the real world, including chord scale exercises, motif exercises, finger busters, extended motif exercises, and ideas for improvisation.
This book, with CD, breaks down the components of ride cymbal patterns by providing examples, exercises and notated samples for the drumset. Paralleling the history of jazz drumming, this progresses into other styles and patterns, while adding new sounds and techniques.
Here is an exciting and unique way to learn and practice basic jazz style. Each set includes 15 solo etudes based on blues and standard chord progressions demonstrated by some of the most respected jazz musicians along with a world-class rhythm section. The recording features two separate versions of each etude: one with the soloist and rhythm section and one with the rhythm section only. Play with or without the soloist on the CD and learn basic jazz style first hand!
Effective Etudes for Jazz contains 18 songs in the swing idiom that are progressive in difficulty and are based on chord changes to popular standards. Each tune has a chord reference chart and includes annotations below the staves for recognition of commonly used motifs and the use of non-harmonic tones. Designed for practice, auditions and performances, this collection will help players learn to interpret the swing style and recognize the chord changes to each of the songs presented. The compact disc included with each book contains soloist and rhythm section tracks for modeling, and rhythm-section-only tracks for practice and performance. This is a most excellent resource for intermediate to advanced players who want to learn improvisation and style!
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