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The Piano Improvisation Handbook
Carl Humphries
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Description for The Piano Improvisation Handbook
Multiple-component retail product. Offers a comprehensive overview of the practical skills and theoretical issues involved in mastering various forms of piano improvisation. This book explores a range of styles, including classical, jazz, rock and blues. It adopts an approach specifically designed to encourage and enable independent creative exploration. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVRG; AVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 249 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1792. A Practical Guide to Musical Invention. 488 pages, illustrations. Offers a comprehensive overview of the practical skills and theoretical issues involved in mastering various forms of piano improvisation. This book explores a range of styles, including classical, jazz, rock and blues. It adopts an approach specifically designed to encourage and enable independent creative exploration. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVRG; AVS. Dimension: 281 x 249 x 43. Weight: 1810.
ÊThe Piano Improvisation HandbookÊ offers a comprehensive overview of the practical skills and theoretical issues involved in mastering all forms of piano improvisation including classical jazz rock and blues. Whereas most books offer little more than models for imitation and exercises for practicing this one adopts an approach specifically designed to encourage and enable independent creative exploration. The book contains a series of graded tutorial sections with musical examples on CD as well as an appendix listing useful scales chords voicings and progressions across all keys a bibliography and a ... Read more
ÊThe Piano Improvisation HandbookÊ offers a comprehensive overview of the practical skills and theoretical issues involved in mastering all forms of piano improvisation including classical jazz rock and blues. Whereas most books offer little more than models for imitation and exercises for practicing this one adopts an approach specifically designed to encourage and enable independent creative exploration. The book contains a series of graded tutorial sections with musical examples on CD as well as an appendix listing useful scales chords voicings and progressions across all keys a bibliography and a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Backbeat Books
Number of pages
488
Format
Spiralbound
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
488
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780879309770
SKU
V9780879309770
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Carl Humphries
Carl Humphries is the author of the bestselling Piano Handbook. He was born in London, England, in 1966, and studied piano and composition in London, Berlin, and Turin, pursuing theoretical studies at the University of Cambridge. He works as a pianist, teacher, and composer, specialising in the relationship between theory and performance. His lectures and workshops are in demand at ... Read more
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