Discover Blues Improvisation W/cd [piano]

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Discover Blues Improvisation offers the piano student of any age a chance to explore the blues. It also provides an essential foundation for learning to improvise in other styles such as popular music and jazz. A pianist starting this book should have an elementary music-reading proficiency (Level 2 to 3 in a method series). This book is effective for either group piano or private instruction. The exercises and pieces in this book nurture creativity and self-expression through the framework of the 12-bar blues. The improvisation exercises are simple, effective, and fun for both student and teacher. This comprehensive approach features: · instruction in improvisation and theory · appealing pieces with improvisation options · blues technique · blues ear training.

Table of Contents:

'Everything But the Kitchen Sink' Blues

A Swingin' Musette

Alligator Swamp Stomp

Back at the Shed

Barrelhouse Blues

Barrelhouse Blues in G

Blues Band Jam

Blues Conversation

Blues Train

Bob-a-da Blues

Burnt Toast Blues

Call of the Blues

Cold Meatloaf Blues

Dance Hall of the Mountain King

Discover Blues Improvisation

Hot Riff Blues

Mike's Magic Bass (Walking Bass in G)

More Barrelhouse Bass

Roman Numeral Blues

Secret Agent Blues

The 12 Bar Blues

The Stomp

The Walking Bass

Two Blue Moods

Weather Report Blues

When the Blues is Callin'

Whiz Kid Stomp (Stomp Bass in G)

Publisher:	Hal Leonard
Catalog:	HL00420215
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Arranger:	Faber/McLean
Voicing:	PIANO
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Pages:	40