Piano Improvisation
These products will be a great aid to those who are wanting to start getting into soloing and moving into more advanced playing.
Here you can find a few select titles for those of you who have been requesting some more advanced materials.
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The Total Piano Jazz Improv Starter Pack
This is a great money saving package deal on 5 books that I've selected to give you a fantastic library for learning how to become a good jazz player and improvisor on piano.
It includes:
Jazz Piano Comping: From The Top
Jazz Piano Comping: At The Bridge
Patterns for Jazz
Jazz Improvisation for Keyboard Players-Complete Edition
Pentatonic Scales for Jazz Improvisation
Our price: $85.95
(CAN$88.53)
The Total Piano Jazz Improv Starter Pack
This is a great money saving package deal on 5 books that I've selected to give you a fantastic library for learning how to become a good jazz player and improvisor on piano.
It includes:
Jazz Piano Comping: From The Top
Jazz Piano Comping: At The Bridge
Patterns for Jazz
Jazz Improvisation for Keyboard Players-Complete Edition
Pentatonic Scales for Jazz Improvisation
Our price: $85.95
(CAN$88.53)
ScaleWand
You will now be able to easily play on your piano/keyboard over 200 scales, arpeggios and basic chords, instantly, by simply moving the scalewand up and down the keyboard to any root note. You can achieve scales in any key!
Our price: $19.95
(CAN$20.55)
Thats Jazz Book Three, Let It Rip
That's Jazz Book Three, Let It Rip (The last book in a three book series)
Book 3: Let It Rip, starts where Book Two leaves off. It moves ahead progressively into more challenging rhythms, with octave stretches and moving bass lines.
Our price: $9.95
(CAN$10.25)
Thats Jazz Book Two, Digging Deeper
That's Jazz Book Two, Digging Deeper (Second book in a three book series)
One of the most difficult aspects of learning to play jazz for beginning jazz players is to capture the unique rhythmic “feel” of the music.
This book is unique in that it emphasizes jazz rhythms through the eight jazz-oriented pieces.
Our price: $9.95
(CAN$10.25)
Thats Jazz Book One, Getting into It
That's Jazz Book One, Getting into It (First book of a three book series)
This book was written by one of our favorite guests on "The Piano Guy" show, Bradley Sowash and co-author of Play Piano in a Flash, The Next Step.
Our price: $9.95
(CAN$10.25)
Stride & Swing Piano
Author: John Valerio
Focusing on styles such as classic ragtime, early blues & boogie woogie, New Orleans jazz, stride and swing, this new book/CD teaches left- and right-hand techniques including chords, bass runs, patterns and more.
Key players of these styles – Scott Joplin, Jimmy Yancey, Pete Johnson, Jelly Roll Morton, James P. Johnson, Fats Waller, Teddy Wilson and Art Tatum – are prominently referenced.
Includes 14 full songs to play, and an accompanying CD that contains 84 examples to help you along!
Our price: $17.95
(CAN$18.49)
Smooth Jazz Piano
Author: Mark Harrison
Artist: Various
This comprehensive book and CD package will teach you the basic skills you need to play smooth jazz piano.
From comping to soloing, you'll learn the theory, the tools, and the tricks used by the pros.
The accompanying CD features 89 examples in the book performed either solo or with a full band.
The individual chapters contain specific information on the CD tracks and how to use them.
Our price: $17.95
(CAN$18.49)
Scales for Jazz Improvisation
This is another "classic" improv book written by Dan Haerle. I would recommend it for any improvisation student's library. A practice method for all instruments.
It is a complete reference of all the scales players use when improvising. In addition it can act as a great practice tool when used to drill through all the scales in a given family.
Our price: $16.99
(CAN$17.50)
Pentatonic Scales for Jazz Improvisation
Still a favorite after 14 years, this book has become another standard in the field of jazz improv education.
More than a pattern book, this 80-page book lays out the theory behind the use of pentatonic scales in jazz, and follows with 12 pages of transcribed solos and 40 pages of exercises.
Our price: $16.99
(CAN$17.50)
Patterns for Jazz
This book is kind of a "bible" for beginning jazz players. Through the methodical practice of the different patterns in the book, you will gain the musical "vocabulary" needed to begin your wonderful journey down the road of improvisation.
For all Treble Clef Instruments
Our price: $25.99
(CAN$26.77)
Jazz Improvisation for Keyboard Players - Complete Edition
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.
It contains 3 books
Book One: Basic Concepts
Book Two: Intermediate Concepts
Book Three: Advanced Concepts
Our price: $23.95
(CAN$24.67)
An Introduction to Jazz Chord Voicing For Keyboard
Here's the book/CD set that will get you the nitty-gritty info you need to learn how to use voicings to move beyond the basic LH chord - RH melody technique.
A TON of valuable info for the money.
The first 10 pages alone are worth the whole price.
Our price: $19.95
(CAN$20.55)
Intermediate Jazz Piano Comping - At The Bridge
This book is meant to pick up where 'Jazz Piano Comping: From The Top' left off. It provides authentic piano voicings for jazz piano accompaniments.
by Tom Anderson
All of the song examples are on Volume 54 of the Jamey Aebersold Play-a-long Series.
Our price: $14.95
(CAN$15.40)
Jazz Piano Comping - From the Top
Introduces jazz piano playing from the very beginning! From chord symbols to comping, this book will get any player started and let them make sense of the jazz language.
by Tom Anderson
Our price: $14.95
(CAN$15.40)
