Mel Bay An Introduction to Boogie, Rock, Blues and Jazz (Creative Keyboard Discovery Series)

This book is designed to introduce students to popular music for easy piano. Various styles are covered including boogie woogie, rock n roll, blues & jazz, as well as some gospel & folk. There are study notes & some tips on modern harmony included. The music is approximately at the intermediate level. Contents: *Simple rock – chords C,F, G *Simple rock – chords I, IV, V *8 bar tock – the flat 7th *Boogie in the right hand/boogie in the left hand *Syncopated boogie/boogie in C major *Piano boogie *Country rock *Michael, row the boat ashore – chords Ii, II *8 bar boogie *Cockles & mussels – jazz waltz *Bass boogie *Amazing grace – major 7ths *Silent night – chord VII *Battle of Jericho *Dixie rock – Diminished 7th chord *Good ol rock n roll *Chord progression: the cycle of rising 4ths *Summer romance – Sus4 chord *Boogie song *Three blind mice rock *Boogie in a minor *12 bar blues in A minor *50s rock *Rock progressions *Bellamy street *When the saints go marching in *Resources for improvisation in C major *More cadences & popular licks or fill ins *Chord building supplement *More cadences using 9ths & 13ths *Rockin mill wheel – minor pentatonic scale *Jazz in F *Improvising jazz in F *Slow blues *C minor blues *Baroque jazz *O Canada – duet