Original jazz solos designed to introduce students to the rhythmic, harmonic and melodic elements of jazz style. Book 3 contains eight solos for the intermediate to late intermediate level pianist. Titles: * Blues Jam * Blues Lullaby * Dorian Motion * Easy, Breezy Jazz * Jazz-a-Little Latin * Jazz Prelude * Kool Kat * Rockin' Jazz.
Original jazz solos designed to introduce students to the rhythmic, harmonic and melodic elements of jazz style. Book 1 contains eight solos at the late elementary level while Book 2 includes seven solos for the early intermediate level pianist.
The most highly acclaimed jazz piano method ever published! Over 300 pages with complete chapters on Intervals and triads, The major modes and II-V-I, 3-note voicings, Sus. and phrygian Chords, Adding notes to 3-note voicings, Tritone substitution, Left-hand voicings, Altering notes in left-hand Stride and Bud Powell voicings, Block chords, Comping ...and much more! Endorsed by Kenny Barron, Down Beat, Jamey Aebersold, etc.
The long-awaited third volume in this series delivers more beautiful solos. The lyrical melodies and lush harmonies found throughout are sure to please the romantic at heart. Titles: * Lyric Nocturne * Pure Heart * Remembrance * Summer Splendor * Sweet Elegy * Tenderly. "Lyric Nocturne" and "Summer Splendor" are Federation Festivals 2014-2016 selections.
The most highly-acclaimed jazz theory book ever published! Over 500 pages of comprehensive, but easy to understand text covering every aspect of how jazz is constructed---chord construction, II-V-I progressions, scale theory, chord/scale relationships, the blues, reharmonization, and much more. A required text in universities world-wide, translated into five languages, endorsed by Jamey Aebersold, James Moody, Dave Liebman, etc.
The beauty of the Barcarolle…the sumptuous flair of the flamenco dancer…the death-defying life of the torero…this third book in Catherine Rollin's fiery series serves up five late intermediate solos to tantalize and delight. With their rhythmic and melodic inventiveness, the pieces transport all who play or hear them to the colorful world of Spanish music. "El Torero" and "Gypsy Flamenco" were selected for Federation Festivals 2011-2013.
The contents of this book have been personally selected by Catherine Rollin as some of her all-time favorite sheet music solos. Many of the solos are among the most requested by piano teachers and students alike. The varied styles of each piece makes this book a valuable supplement to most piano methods. This book contains 8 intermediate to late intermediate pieces: * Big City Blues * Dreams of the Heart * Great American * Boogie-Woogie * Memory * Nashville Rag * Night Dance * Prelude in F Major * Song of Hope
A Perfect 10, Book 3, is a collection of piano solos designed to promote musical excellence for the early intermediate-level pianist. Melody has chosen a favorite teaching piece from the four stylistic periods---Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary---and written six original pieces in Jazz, Blues, Ragtime, Latin, Ballad, and Showstopper styles. These 10 solos provide students with technical challenges as well as expressive opportunities for musical growth in mood, rhythm, melody, harmony, form, articulation, and dynamics. Students do not have to be an Olympic hopeful to achieve a perfect "10," but they might feel like one as they practice and perform these selections! Titles: * Arabesque * Blue Sky Rag * Cool Cats * Minuet in D Minor * Sassy Samba * Snake Charmer Blues * Sonatina in C Major * Spring Storm * The Village Maidens
This charming collection of sophisticated, late intermediate Christmas arrangements by Catherine Rollin will delight and inspire teenage and adult piano students. Similar in style to Catherine Rollin's Preludes for Piano, these rewarding selections sound more difficult than they actually are. Titles: *Ave Maria *God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen *Hallelujah! *Hark! The Herald Angels Sing *The Holly and the Ivy *We Three Kings of Orient Are
Melody Bober's The Dakotas visits both North and South Dakota in three movements. In the opening movement, "The Great Plains," majestic chords, sixteenth-note runs and a soaring melody recreate the sweeping vistas of this vast grassland area that is found in both states. In the second movement, "Heirlooms and Lace," a lyrical and expressive melody with lush accompaniment recreates the sense of loss and longing when families moved to the new Dakota Territory created in 1861 and left behind precious belongings. The final movement, "Badlands Rough Rider," brings the suite to an energetic close. The Badlands regions of North and South Dakota are represented by this lively piece that shows the style and flair of a rough and tough horse and rider in this desolate region.