SKU: GI.G-7897
F Instruments.
Composed by Christopher
D. Azzara and Richard F.
Grunow. This edition: F
Instruments edition.
Developing Musicianship
through Improvisation.
Music Education. Book. 68
pages. GIA Publications
#7897. Published by GIA
Publications (GI.G-7897).
ISBN 9781579998325.
English.
Learn to
improvise with this
state-of-the-art book and
CD set! With Developing
Musicianship through
Improvisation, you will
learn to improvise as
readily as you would join
in a conversation. Using
the tunes in this book,
you will build a
vocabulary of tonal
patterns, melodic
phrases, rhythm patterns,
and rhythm phrases you
can apply to a wide range
of music in classical,
jazz, and folk styles.
You will also read and
write music, connecting
your improvisation to
meaningful experiences
with notation. Each unit
contains six components:
1—Repertoire
2—Patterns and
Progressions
3—Improvising
Melodic Phrases
4—Learning to
Improvise: Seven Skills
5—Reading and
Writing 6—Learning
Solos Regardless of your
musical background, you
can play tunes and learn
harmony by
ear—skills at the
heart of improvisation.
This intuitive and
engaging approach to
Developing Musicianship
through Improvisation is
a major advance in music
teaching and learning.
Christopher D. Azzara is
a pianist, author,
arranger, and Professor
of Music Education at the
Eastman School of Music.
Richard F. Grunow is
Professor of Music
Education at the Eastman
School of Music. Â
SONGS INCLUDED: Book 1
repertoire (2
CDs)—Long, Long
Ago - Mary Ann - Joshua -
Simple Gifts - Down by
the Riverside Book 2
repertoire (2
CDs)—When the
Saints Go Marching In -
Amazing Grace -
Motherless Child Book 3
repertoire (2
CDs)—Blues (Saint
Louis Blues and More
Blues) - Transformation
(Rhythm Changes) - Red
Wings (Familiar Harmonic
Progression)Â Book 1B
repertoire (MP3
Downloads)—Greensl
eeves - My Country 'tis
of Thee - La Folia - Rule
of the Octave - Seven
Bach Chorales.