Rhythm First!: A Beginner's Guide to Jazz Improvisation - Softcover

Tom Kamp

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1883217865 ISBN 13: 9781883217860

Publisher: Sher Music Co, 2016

Synopsis

Directed towards elementary, middle school and high school music students and their teachers, Rhythm First! is the only book designed to teach beginners how to improvise by focusing on basic rhythms as the starting point for building solo lines. It includes a play-along audio file,available for free download at shermusic.com, so that the student can hear, see, count and feel what good jazz time consists of. Starting with simple rhythmic figures, the book progresses until the student is able to improvise using longer strings of rhythms to create real solo lines. All this is done without having to learn a bunch of scales and chords before making any music and this makes learning to improvise fun! Available in C, Bb, Eb and bass clef versions.

About this title

About the Author

Tom Kamp, trombonist and educator, is an elementary band instructor in New Jersey, as well as having taught middle school band and general music courses. Among many other gigs, Tom has performed with the St. Louis Symphony and was a featured soloist with the Jordan Thomas Orchestra at the NJ JazzFest in Madison, NJ.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sher Music Co
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1883217865
• ISBN 13: 9781883217860
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Number of pages: 103