재즈 피아노에 관심이 있는 초보자나 실력을 더 키우고 싶은 중상급자 모두 사용할 수 있는 재즈 피아노 교본입니다.
연주하기 재미있는 프로그레션과 릭들이 많이 실려 있으며 온라인으로 제공되는 음원에는 교본에 나온 모든 예제들의 모범 연주가 포함되어 있어 혼자 연습하기에도 좋습니다.
필수 이론, 코드와 보이싱, 임프로바이즈 아이디어, 재즈의 구조와 형식, 스케일과 모드, 기본 리듬, 리드 시트 읽는 법, 솔로 연주 등 다양한 내용들이 수록되어 있습니다.


- Contents -

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1: GETTING STARTED
Practice Tips
Developing Your Ear
Recommended Listening
Styles
Jazz Standards
The Form of a Tune
The Structure of a Typical Jazz Performance
The Pianist's Role in a Jazz Group

CHAPTER 2: ESSENTIAL THEORY
The Chromatic Scale
The Whole Tone Scale
The Major Scale
Intervals
The Cycle
Swing Eighth Notes

CHAPTER 3: BASIC CHORDS AND VOICINGS
Triads
Four-Note Chords
Shell Voicings and Concepts of Voice Leading
Diatonic Chords
The iim7-V7-Imaj7 Progression

CHAPTER 4: REPERTOIRE
Learning Tunes
Interpreting a Lead Sheet
Endings
Applying Voicings

CHAPTER 5: BEGINNING IMPROVISATION
The Blues Scale
Feeling Time
The Blues Progression
Improvising with Chord Tones
The Modes of the Major Scale
The Mixolydian Mode
The Dorian Mode
Thinking About Scales

CHAPTER 6: DOMINANT VOCABULARY
The Dominant Bebop Scale
Arpeggios
Resolution to the Third
Aplication to the Blues
More Dominant Ideas
More About Accents
Rhythmic Variations
Phrasing

CHAPTER 7: MAJOR VOCABULARY
Major Scale Improvisation
The Major Bebop Scale
Resolution to the Third and Fifth
Arpeggios and Other Melodic Ideas
Rhythmic Variations
Improvising over Common Progressions
Application to "Afternoon in Paris"

CHAPTER 8: MORE HARMONY
Upper Extensions
Altered Dominant Extensions
Two-Handed Voicings
Harmonizing Tunes
Rootless Voicings
Comping Rhythms
Compig Behind a Soloist
Soloing with Chords

CHAPTER 9: MORE SCALES
The Harmonic Minor Scale
The Jewish or Spanish Scale
Minor II-V-I
The Locrian Mode
The Jazz Melodic Minor Scale
The Altered Scale
The Diminished Scale
Improvising with Whole Tone Scales
Putting It All Together

CHAPTER 10: MORE REPERTOIRE
Variations of Common Chord Progressions
Jazz Blues
Rhythm Changes
"Autumn Leaves"

CONCLUSION
GLOSSARY
TRACK LISTING
ACKNOWILEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
TESTIMONIALS