Cutting-edge NY pianist and recording artist David Berkman shows you how to make practicing interesting and enjoyable by breaking problems into manageable tasks that can be easily mastered!
Filled with hundreds of concrete things to work on, along with funny jazz anecdotes illustrating the ideas presented, the Jazz Musician's Guide to Creative Practicing covers many of the things you need in order to be a complete jazz musician, including: Basic Jazz Theory, clearly explained · How to Make Scale & Arpeggio Practicing Fun & Relevant to Playing Tunes · How to Effectively Add Chromatic Approach Notes & Upper Structure Triads to Solo Lines · How to Practice Tunes like Body & Soul, Giant Steps or Rhythm Changes and Get Better at the Whole Tune by Mastering Individual Aspects of It · How to Improve the Ability to Swing, to Play in Odd Meters and to Play with Different Rhythmic Feels · How to Play Fast Without Losing the Ability to Make the Notes Sing.
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