This comprehensive introduction to jazz, blues, and rock piano will offer easy-to- understand explanations of music theory, and guide you step by step as you develop your skills. Above all, Piano by Ear will help you to explore and develop your ability to improvise. Rather than focus on written notation, you'll learn to express yourself at the piano by relying on your ear and on your own creative instincts. Book Three will acquaint you with a number of common chord sequences, whichin turn, will help you to play literally thousands of songs. Click on 'Contents' for more details. Only basic piano technique and basic music-reading skills areneeded. Online audio available

This comprehensive introduction to jazz, blues, and rock piano will offer easy-to- understand explanations of music theory, and guide you step by step as you develop your skills. Above all, Piano by Ear will help you to explore and develop your ability to improvise. Rather than focus on written notation, you'll learn to express yourself at the piano by relying on your ear and on your own creative instincts. Building on the fundamentals introduced in Book One, Book Two introduces a whole new world of melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic possibilities. Only basic piano technique and basic music-reading skills are needed. Includes access to online audio

This comprehensive introduction to jazz, blues, and rock piano will offer easy-to-understand explanations of music theory, and guide you step by step as you develop your skills. Above all, Piano by Ear will help you to explore and develop your ability to improvise. Rather than focus on written notation, you'll learn to express yourself at the piano by relying on your ear and on your own creative instincts. Book One is designed for students who are brand-new to playing music by ear and improvising. Only basic piano technique and basic music-reading skills are needed.

The most highly acclaimed jazz piano method ever published! Over 300 pages with complete chapters on Intervals and triads, The major modes and II-V-I, 3-note voicings, Sus. and phrygian Chords, Adding notes to 3-note voicings, Tritone substitution, Left-hand voicings, Altering notes in left-hand Stride and Bud Powell voicings, Block chords, Comping ...and much more! Endorsed by Kenny Barron, Down Beat, Jamey Aebersold, etc.

"...Offer[s] easy-to-understand explanations of relevant music theory...help[s] explore and develop ability to improvise...[student will] learn to express themselves at the piano by relying on ear and creative instincts...Each chapter will feature a new improvisation...encourages [student] to do a little composing...improvisations recorded on the accompanying CD are intended to be a source of inspiration as well as means of instruction..."--pages 5-6.

(Easy Piano Songbook). Blues fans can get started playing their favorite tunes with this collection of 50 songs in easy piano format with lyrics. Songs include: Ain't No Sunshine * All Blues * Basin Street Blues * Cross Road Blues (Crossroads) * Every Day I Have the Blues * Fever * I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good * Is You Is, or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby) * Kansas City * Night Train * Pride and Joy * Route 66 * St. Louis Blues * Stormy Weather (Keeps Rainin' All the Time) * Sweet Home Chicago * The Thrill Is Gone * and more.

Now with a bonus second CD that contains individual ii/V7/I tracks for each major key (17 new practice tracks). The most important musical sequence in modern jazz Contains all the needed scales and chords to each CD track and all are written in the staff. Contains 120 written patterns (transposed for all instruments) and three full pages of piano voicings that correspond to the CD. Contains a Scale Syllabus which allows you to find and use various substitute scales---just like professional musicians. The CD contains four tracks of Jamey playing exercises in a "call and response" fashion over an extended ii/V7/I progression that stays in one key at a comfortable tempo. Allows you to practice major, minor, dom. 7th, diminished, whole tone, half-diminished, Lydian, and dim. whole tone scales and chords. Beginning/Intermediate level. Suggested prerequisites: Volumes 1 and 2. Titles: ii/V7/I All Major Keys * G Minor Blues * Bebop Tune * V7+9/I All Keys * ii/V7/I in Three Keys * F Blues with 8-Bar Bridge * II/V7 Random Progressions * ii /V7+9/I All Minor Keys.

(Educational Piano Library). This handy and thorough guide is designed to help the independent piano teacher in all aspects of running his/her own studio. Whether it be business practices such as payment plans, taxes, and marketing, or teaching tips involving technique, composition, or sight reading, this all-inclusive manual has it all! Topics include: Developing and Maintaining a Professional Studio, Finances, Establishing Lessons, Studio Recitals, Tuition and Payment Plans, Composition and Improvisation, Marketing, Communications with Parents, Make-up Policies, Zoning and Business Licenses, Teaching Materials and Learning Styles, The Art of Practice, Arts Funding, and many more!