Jazz Musician's Creative Practicing (Paperback)

David Berkman

ISBN 10: 1883217482 / ISBN 13: 9781883217488

Published by Sher Music Co ,U.S., 2007

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Paperback. In this landmark book, cutting-edge NY pianist and recording artist David Berkman shows you how to make practicing interesting and enjoyable by breaking problems into manageable tasks that you can easily master. Filled with hundreds and hundreds of concrete things to work on, along with funny jazz anecdotes illustrating the ideas presented, The Jazz Musician's Guide To Creative Practicing covers many of the things you need in order to be a complete jazz musician, including: basic jazz theory, clearly explained; how to make scale and arpeggio practicing fun and relevant to playing tunes; how to effectively add chromatic approach notes and upper structure triads to your solo lines; how to practice tunes like "Body And Soul", "Giant Steps" or rhythm changes and get better at the whole tune by mastering individual aspects of it; how to improve your ability to swing, to play in odd meters and to play with different rhythmic feels; how to play fast without losing your ability to make the notes sing. 54 pages, plus online audio of David demonstrating many of the ideas presented. Cutting-edge NY pianist and recording artist David Berkman shows you how to make practicing interesting and enjoyable.Filled with hundreds and hundreds of concrete things to work on, along with funny jazz anecdotes illustrating the ideas presented, This book covers many of the things you need in order to be a complete jazz musician Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Jazz Musician's Creative Practicing (Paperback)
• Publisher: Sher Music Co ,U.S.
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1883217482
• ISBN 13: 9781883217488
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

The only book specifically designed to help jazz players organize their woodshed time so that practicing becomes fun and productive. This is done by showing the reader how to take big problems and break them down into manageable tasks, each one of which is easy to accomplish. Covers basic theory, soloing, comping, ear training, rhythm practice, tune analysis and much more!

About the Author

David Berkman is a cutting-edge NY pianist and recording artist with 4 CDs under his own name and many more as a sideman. He is also a gifted writer with a great sense of humor to boot.