Learn to play with jazz phrasing and articulation. These 27 duets are in jazz and jazz-influenced styles such as swing, bebop, funk,samba, and others. They are appropriate for performance by any melodic instruments. The duets feature independent contrapuntal lines, and practicing them will give you intimate insight into how these constructs sound and can be used to create a wide variety of colors. You will improve your ear, sense of timing, phrasing, and your facility in bringing theoretical principles into musical expression. You will learn to use: jazz staccato and legato articulations · scales, modes, harmonies and other structures · various meters and ways of interpreting them · phrasing within and between measures · swing feel · and more.

Bob Mintzer's 15 Easy Jazz/Blues/Funk Etudes will appeal to both the aspiring player and more experienced musicians. For the younger player particular care is given to range rhythmic figures and overall playability. The more accomplished musician will appreciate the high level of musicality the lyrical compositions and the opportunities to improvise provided in this book and CD set.15 Easy Jazz/Blues/Funk Etudes has simple clear format: Bob Mintzer plays and demonstrates each etude with a stellar rhythm section on the included CD. You'll learn each etude and when ready can play along with the CDaccompaniment.Each of Bob Mintzer's 15 etudes focuses on the 'melodic groove' and is drawn for the jazz and blues tradition. Everything you need to play jazz funk and blues is included and all books are compatible so that they can be performed together.

Superb collection of real bebop solos based on standard jazz repertoire tunes. Exciting and inspiring sight-reading for treble clef instruments. Solos can be played with Jamey Aebersold Play-A-Long Volumes 6 14 and 36. Learn the secrets of bebop lines!

C Edition. Par NIEHAUS. Intermediate level. These hip, swinging etudes in the swing/bop style are a great source for blues and bebop licks and fun to play! Lennie wrote these specifically to be played with the tracks from Jamey's Vol. 42 'Blues In All Keys. ' There is one complete solo (etude) for each of the 12 keys and 12 tracks. This book of solos is also great jazz sight reading material, since it contains all of the most-used jazz rhythms and syncopation you'll ever encounter. Perfect for Learning your way around The Blues - even in the tough keys! Students and teachers alike will enjoy playing these musical, lyrical jazz solos with or without the exhilarating accompaniment of the Vol. 42Play-A-Long. The CD incudes complete performances of each solo by Lennie with a piano, bass, drum rhythm section (from the Volume 42 'Blues In All Keys' Play-a-long)so that you can absorb and internalize proper jazz sound and feel. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / Méthode en anglais / Méthode / Instruments en Do

Instant no-frills arrangements of over 225 great blues numbers. Each song consists of melody line, chord symbols and lyrics (where appropriate). That's all there is to it! Just open the book and start playing.