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Paperback. Condition: Good. Ready to Discover Comping for Jazz Drums? Comping is the art of improvising in response to the music going on around you in the moment - whether that's accentuating the rhythmic hits of the band, or supporting the lines of a soloist.In fact, you have to be prepared for anything And that means a different approach to learning.The Art of Comping for Jazz Drums breaks down the process into clear steps via a comprehensive series of exercises that improve your skills and confidence to explore your own musical expression. You'll not only discover a clear, practical practice method, you'll also learn how to apply your skills musically, while developing the kind of fluency that will enable you to improvise your own ideas, as you would on a jazz gig.The Art of Jazz Comping for Drums: Master the rhythmic ingredients of compingLearn to spontaneously create musical phrasesDiscover the structure of artistic compingPlay polyrhythms and advanced phrasingApply your skills musically with professional live backing tracksA Masterful Study in Four Parts: Part One focuses on developing your coordination skills with a logical, thorough series of musical exercises that work systematically through the fundamental rhythmic ingredients of comping.Part Two uses your new skills to create melodic phrases with snare and bass drum combinations. This is where your language of jazz comping is developed, via exciting examples you can use as a template for your own ideas. In addition, other clear strategies such as question and answer phrasing, are demonstrated to help you turn the exercises into music on the drums.Part Three teaches you polyrhythmic phrasing and shows how simple ingredients can be used to produce the complex ideas played by Elvin Jones and Tony Williams. You'll also learn to interact with the soloist to bring the drums to the forefront and confidently become an equal partner in the music. You are not there just to keep time As the great Duke Ellington said, Jazz is democracy Part Four puts you into a live musical situation with play-along tracks recorded by professional jazz musicians, so you can practice your own comping by listening and responding to the pianist in real time.It is a unique skill of the jazz drummer to accompany sensitively in such a way as to inspire and not impede the soloist. Buster has done a superb job in making it both attainable and attractive for anyone eager to learn.Spike Wells (Tubby Hayes, Bobby Wellins, Stan Getz, Roland Kirk, Art Farmer, Johnny Griffin, James Moody).…

Paperback. Condition: Good. Ready to Discover Comping for Jazz Drums? Comping is the art of improvising in response to the music going on around you in the moment - whether that's accentuating the rhythmic hits of the band, or supporting the lines of a soloist.In fact, you have to be prepared for anything And that means a different approach to learning.The Art of Comping for Jazz Drums breaks down the process into clear steps via a comprehensive series of exercises that improve your skills and confidence to explore your own musical expression. You'll not only discover a clear, practical practice method, you'll also learn how to apply your skills musically, while developing the kind of fluency that will enable you to improvise your own ideas, as you would on a jazz gig.The Art of Jazz Comping for Drums: Master the rhythmic ingredients of compingLearn to spontaneously create musical phrasesDiscover the structure of artistic compingPlay polyrhythms and advanced phrasingApply your skills musically with professional live backing tracksA Masterful Study in Four Parts: Part One focuses on developing your coordination skills with a logical, thorough series of musical exercises that work systematically through the fundamental rhythmic ingredients of comping.Part Two uses your new skills to create melodic phrases with snare and bass drum combinations. This is where your language of jazz comping is developed, via exciting examples you can use as a template for your own ideas. In addition, other clear strategies such as question and answer phrasing, are demonstrated to help you turn the exercises into music on the drums.Part Three teaches you polyrhythmic phrasing and shows how simple ingredients can be used to produce the complex ideas played by Elvin Jones and Tony Williams. You'll also learn to interact with the soloist to bring the drums to the forefront and confidently become an equal partner in the music. You are not there just to keep time As the great Duke Ellington said, Jazz is democracy Part Four puts you into a live musical situation with play-along tracks recorded by professional jazz musicians, so you can practice your own comping by listening and responding to the pianist in real time.It is a unique skill of the jazz drummer to accompany sensitively in such a way as to inspire and not impede the soloist. Buster has done a superb job in making it both attainable and attractive for anyone eager to learn.Spike Wells (Tubby Hayes, Bobby Wellins, Stan Getz, Roland Kirk, Art Farmer, Johnny Griffin, James Moody).…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Improvise jazz on trumpet with a simple six-step methodThis is not a how to play the trumpet book. It's a how to play music book!Many brass players come from a classical background which may not have taught you how to play by ear. While this can provide an excellent grounding in music, it doesn't teach you how to improvise, and often it's difficult for classically trained musicians to learn Jazz soloing.Beginner Jazz Soloing For Trumpet is the perfect guide to bridge the gap. Devised by Buster Birch (visiting jazz professor at Trinity Conservatoire), this book teaches a creative method for improvisation that's been road-tested at hundreds of workshops.Professor approved jazz trumpet soloingDon't just take our word for it!"Buster Birch has put together a very organised and comprehensive method for any trumpet player wishing to begin jazz improvisation. Buster shows a solid understanding of how jazz can be taught and I thoroughly recommend this book." - Steve Waterman - Professor of jazz trumpet at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music & Dance, The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, The Royal Northern College of Music, Canterbury Christ Church University and The Purcell School."Highly recommended for players new to improvising and looking for an engaging way to get started with this component of jazz vocabulary. Buster has created a well thought-out and easy to follow guide. - Nick Smart - internationally renowned jazz trumpeter and educatorLearn to improvise blues and jazz on trumpet from the ground upDiscover a systematic guide to improvisation by an award-winning musician and educatorMaster the simple call and response method of composing improvised linesGrow your skills through a well-conceived method that builds layer-on-layerImprovise using the Minor Pentatonic scaleLearn how to easily transpose your ideas to any other keyBonus: Free audio to download, so you can hear exactly how each example should soundA simple six-step trumpet improvisation method that works every timeAll the exercises in this book have been tried and tested in jazz workshops with both child and adult learners, producing astonishing results time and again. In 2017 the author's jazz school won the prestigious Will Michael Diploma Award for Jazz Education - a national award recognising "outstanding commitment to jazz education".In Beginner Jazz Soloing For Trumpet the art of improvisation for beginners is broken down into six steps that guide students to become confident improvisers. You will become fully equipped to improvise a solo with confidence.Learn to improvise on trumpet and create your own musical ideasHaving begun to improvise, you will also learn: To play four specially written tunes that demonstrate how to turn improvised ideas into songsHow to compose your own riff blues tuneTaking beginner jazz trumpet soloing furtherLearn to play jazz solo lines over the ii V I progression - the most common chord sequence in JazzLearn trumpet articulation techniques that add emotion and flair to your jazz solos, such as legato, staccato, slurs, ghost notes and more.Audio and backing tracksBeginner Jazz Soloing For Trumpet contains FREE audio examples and backing tracks. You'll hear each idea in action and every articulation clearly played for you to copy. It truly is a one-stop-shop on your path to jazz improvisation Buy Beginner Jazz Soloing For Trumpet and get creative right now.Today is the day you learn to improvise! In Beginner Jazz Soloing For Trumpet the art of improvisation for beginners is broken down into six steps that guide students to become confident improvisers. You will become fully equipped to improvise a solo with confidence. Thi Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Many woodwind players come from a classical background which may not have taught you how to play by ear. While this can provide an excellent grounding in music, it doesn't teach you how to improvise, and often it's difficult for classically trained musicians to learn Jazz soloing. Beginner Jazz Soloing For Saxophone & Clarinet is the perfect guide to bridge the gap. Devised by Buster Birch (visiting jazz professor at Trinity Conservatoire), this book teaches a creative method for improvisation that's been road-tested at hundreds of workshops. Many woodwind players come from a classical background which may not have taught you how to play by ear. While this can provide an excellent grounding in music, it doesn't teach you how to improvise, and often it's difficult for classically trained musicians to learn Jazz soloing. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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