Jazz Soloing Strategies for Guitar is a study of essential and innovative approaches to jazz improvisation. Designed for blues and rock guitarists with a desire to broaden their musical vocabulary, this book shows you important concepts for playing great jazz solos. Eight full-length solos in a variety of jazz styles, ranging from classic standards and Gypsy jazz to Latin, modal, and smooth jazz, are covered in great detail. The chord progressions are analyzed, as well as the techniques, structural characteristics, and material used to improvise over them. This book takes an intelligent and thorough approach to shed new light on jazz guitar soloing and provides you with fresh strategies to apply to your own playing. A CD demonstrating all the examples in the book and for playing along is included.

Par SCHOENMEHL MIKE. At a time, when pop and jazz exert lasting influence of the musical environment of an adolescent, it is important that this kind of music should be included in the training of an instrumentalist. The compositions in this book are intended to provide a break from the seriousness of music lessons, and to motivate the student who might be in a phase of 'classical fatigure'. The student can be acquainted with the harmonic, melodic and rhythmic elements of jazz in a playful way, and at the same time tackle the pianistic problems involved. / Jazz / Répertoire / Piano

Par CORNICK MIKE. Level 2 of Mike Cornick's Play the Piano! moves seamlessly on from Level 1 ensuring continuous musical and technical progress for the adult or older teenager. With the raised technical levels the choice of musical genres is even more enriched with arrangements of traditional folk music and music by, for example, J. S. Bach, W. A. Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Mike Cornick, Elton John and more. The result is a feast of beautiful music and the continued guidance from Mike Cornick will help the player develop the technical skills and confidence to interact with the rewarding musical experiences provided by the CDs. Again, at each stage, more pieces may be downloaded FOR FREE from the Universal Edition website. PLAY THE PIANO! - Step-by-step learning in playing and reading, starting from absolute scratch, presented in clearly structured stages - Also suitable for the 'returning beginner' - Performance pieces in a range of styles from classical and folk through to jazz - Helpful and stimulating CDs with aural development exercises and recordings of the pieces, many with 'play-along' tracks - Warm-up exercises - Even more performance pieces which, together with more supporting material for each stage, are available as FREE DOWNLOADS from the Universal Edition website. / Pédagogie / Etude / Piano

Par RAE JAMES. 'This book was written in the same format as 20 Modern Studies. Again, the pieces are of moderate length and cover a wide variety of styles. As the studies are technically demanding, they are all written in comfortable saxophone-orientated keys to allow the student to focus on interpretation. Each study is designed to improve the student's musical as well as technical abilities.' James Rae • More modern studies for soprano, alto, tenor or baritone saxophone complementing the established favourite: 20 Modern Studies • Musical styles vary from modern Classical through to Jazz and Rock • For elementary to more advanced levels (1 - 8*) • Ideal for developing musicianship and technique by way of accessible but challenging material • These studies make attractive performance pieces and are suitable for examination purposes / Date parution : 2020-08-21/ Etude / Saxophone

Play Along With The Brass Band Marshall Cooper. Par HILLEKE MANUEL. Have you always dreamed of playing alongside a successful brass band? Experience the feeling with \'Groove Trumpet - Play Along with the Brass Band Marshall Cooper\'! Our author Manuel Hilleke has compiled eleven groove-based original compositions and arrangements for professional section and solo playing. Based on simple song forms, you can try yourself in different styles such as jazz, funk, rock \'n\' roll, reggae and so on. Valuable playing guides, graphical instructions for phrasing and articulation as well as exercises for improvisation support you in doing so. The enclosed MP3-CD provides the authentic band experience. It was recorded live by professional studio musicians and contain a full version of each piece with trumpets, trombones, saxophones, sousaphon and drums. First, get inspiration from the full version. After that, play the solo to the play along! This edition is extremely versatile: as a complement for one-to-one and group teaching, for individual study, for performances ? or just for the fun of it. Rich and varied selection of styles Simple song structures, no complex harmonics With numerous tips and tricks by the author For pop and jazz musicians For trumpeters of classical music who want to try out other styles/ Recueil / Brass Band