Discover Blues Improvisation - Piano

Discover Blues Improvisation offers the piano student of any age a chance to explore the blues. It also provides an essential foundation for learning to improvise in other styles such as popular music and jazz. A pianist starting this book should have an elementary music-reading proficiency (Level 2 to 3 in a method series). This book is effective for either group piano or private instruction. The exercises and pieces in this book nurture creativity and self-expression through the framework of the 12-bar blues. The improvisation exercises are simple, effective, and fun for both student and teacher.

This comprehensive approach features:

• instruction in improvisation and theory
• appealing pieces with improvisation options
• blues technique
• blues ear training

Table of Contents:

• Barrelhouse Blues
• 'Everything But the Kitchen Sink' Blues
• A Swingin' Musette
• Alligator Swamp Stomp
• Back at the Shed
• Barrelhouse Blues in G
• Blues Band Jam
• Blues Conversation
• Blues Train
• Bob-a-da Blues
• Burnt Toast Blues
• Call of the Blues
• Cold Meatloaf Blues
• Dance Hall of the Mountain King
• Discover Blues Improvisation
• Hot Riff Blues
• Mike's Magic Bass (Walking Bass in G)
• More Barrelhouse Bass
• Roman Numeral Blues
• Secret Agent Blues
• The Stomp
• The Walking Bass
• The 12 Bar Blues
• Two Blue Moods
• Weather Report Blues
• When the Blues is Callin'
• Whiz Kid Stomp (Stomp Bass in G)

Publisher:	Faber Piano Adventures
Composer/Author:	Faber & Faber
Catalog Number:	00420215
Pages:	40