A Guide to Non-Jazz Improvisation: Piano Edition
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This book will appeal to pianists who want to learn to improvise in many of the styles current today including blues, rock, Latin-American, country, New Age, World Music, etc.The non-jazz improvisation series is a concept that germinated in DickWeissman's mind while he was attending music school. He wrote a 15-piece arrangement of the old square dance tune, Cripple Creek, and wanted the trombone to take a solo as part of the arrangement. When the trombonist kept playing a bebop solo that was totally unsuitable for the chart, Dick realized that - in addition to the many musicians who do not improvise - there are even jazz musicians who don't know how to improvise outside the limits of their own stylistic backgrounds. The non-jazz improvisation series mostly includes new original tunes that are intended to show how to improvise in many musical styles, including:* Blues* Country* American folk* Latin- American* World music including South American, Eastern European and Asian * Odd meters (playing in a variety of time signatures* New Age* Classical * Folk-RockIn short, the books are an encyclopedia of virtually every musical style, excluding jazz. Includes access to online audio
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0786692340
ISBN13:9780786692347
Release Date:September 2015
Publisher:Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
Length:132 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:11.0" x 0.3" x 8.5"
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