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Blues piano A-Z, a beginner's guide to blues style, theory, and improv, by Jeremy Siskind

eng

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Blues piano A-Z

instrumental parts

by Jeremy Siskind

a beginner's guide to blues style, theory, and improv

Learning the blues can be like learning the ABCs. Because it's accessible, expressive, and fun, the blues is the perfect place for a pianist to first encounter jazz and popular music. Featuring 26 original pieces by Jeremy Siskind, plus guided improv exercises and a little blues and theory, Blues Piano A-Z promises to shepherd a traditional pianist from awkward experimentation to sophisticated playing!

The 12-bar blues -- Call and response -- New Orleans -- Improvisation -- Improv -- Boogie-woogie -- Licks and riffs -- Improv -- Blues notes -- Grace notes -- Improv -- Gospel -- Jazz -- Basslines -- Improv -- Shuffle -- Blues scale -- Scale patterns -- Improv -- Sweet scale -- Jump blues -- Double notes and turns -- Dominant seventh chords -- Chord symbol basics -- The tango -- Comping -- Improv -- Inversions -- Walking bass -- Improv -- Funk -- Eighth-note boogie-woogie -- Ascending leaps -- Improv -- Bebop -- Major seventh chord -- Improv -- Thelonious Monk -- Whole tone scale -- Modal blues -- Improv -- Hemiolas and tremolos -- New Orleans piano tradition

Blues piano A to ZBeginner's guide to blues style, theory, and improv