This book written by Dan Haerle (one of the most respected jazz keyboard educators ever) is a very straight ahead, no fluff instructional look at learning how to improvise on a piano or keyboard.
The volume we offer here is actually 3 original books combined into one: Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced Concepts. It covers about the whole gamut of improvising as a keyboard player - both right hand melodic instruction as well as left hand chord instruction.
I'll warn you it isn't "pretty" from a purely visual design and layout standpoint, as it is a fairly old book (copyrighted in 1978) and the typography and engravings are not what we are used to seeing these days. But the fact that it is still around and is used by so many improvisation students is testimony to the information being absolutely top-notch.
Contents:
Book One - Basic Concepts
- Creating Melodies
- Using The Left Hand
- Pianistic Approaches To Soloing
- Chord Progressions For Study
Book Two - Intermediate Concepts
- Developing Melodies
- Basic Scale Choices
- Rhythmic Conception
- Different Treatments Of The II-V-I Progression
Book Three - Advanced Concepts
- Factors Affecting Scale Choices
- Approaches To Harmonic Conception
- Melodic Implications Of Tri-Tone Substitution
- Superimposition Of Scale Forms
- Scale Generation Of Unconventional Voicings
110 Pages |
