Jazz Piano Technique
Exercises, Etudes & Ideas for Building Chops
by John Valerio
Piano Method - Sheet Music

Piano/Keyboard

SKU: HL.312059

Exercises, Etudes & Ideas for Building Chops. Keyboard Instruction. Jazz Instruction. Softcover Audio Online. 192 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.312059).

ISBN 9781423498155. UPC: 884088524890. 9x12 inches.

This one-of-a-kind book applies traditional technique exercises to specific jazz piano needs. Along with warm-ups, etudes isolate each technical problem within a jazz context. This allows for improvisation, directly addressing the needs of the jazz player. Practicing is not only pragmatic, it's fun! Topics include: scales (major, minor, chromatic, pentatonic, etc.), arpeggios (triads, seventh chords, upper structures), finger independence exercises (static position, held notes, Hanon exercises), parallel interval scales and exercises (thirds, fourths, tritones, fifths, sixths, octaves), and more! The book includes 45 recorded examples that are accessed online via download or streaming.