Sequentially written to teach piano students of all levels, these volumes present the basic elements of jazz piano playing. By offering fun-to-play pieces that teach backbeat, swing eighth notes, and blue notes, each book will motivate the player to master techniques while learning the "language of the art of jazz." Included with each book is a professionally recorded CD which contains a performance of each piece by professional jazz band, a piano only track and an accompaniment track. Both performance and practice tempos are often provided for each piece. Vol. 1 is at the late elementary to early intermediate level. Vols. 2 and 3 are at the intermediate level.

An appealing collection of favorite Joplin piano rags, arranged for the intermediate performer. Features pedaling and articulation marks, and helpful notes on teaching ragtime style. Includes: Pineapple Rag; Maple Leaf Rag; Solace; The Entertainer and more.

Eugenie Rocherolle's Blues Concerto for solo piano is an excellent reduction of her popular two-piano duet. Advanced students and professionals will enjoy the Gershwin-esque melodies and harmonies written to sound impressive, but not be too difficult. This piece is a definite crowd pleaser at recitals, festivals, and competitions.

Save lots of time searching for ways to play Blues and Jazz. All you need to know to begin playing these great styles is carefully organized here by master teacher and performer Bert Konowitz. Learn to play blues scales, chord voicing, progressions, left-hand accompaniments and improv techniques. Unlock the basics of Latin, Rock, Bebop, Pop Ballads and Fusion styles. Start playing Blues and Jazz now!

Piano students of all ages enjoy playing pieces in the boogie and blues style. Students in their beginning years of piano study can enjoy these bouncy selections which are written in five-finger hand positions. To aid students who are developing reading skills, letter notes are used at the beginning of each piece and for hand position changes. These pieces are as fun to learn as they are to play! Book 1 is at the elementary to late-elementary level and includes: Big City Blues; Boogie Time; Bright Lights Boogie; Brown Bag Boogie; Doggone Blues; Monday Blues; Red, White and Blues and Weekend Boogie. Book 2 is at the late elementary level and includes: A Little Blues; It's a Boogie; Struttin the Blues; Busy Boogie; Boogie to the Left! Boogie to the Right!; Celebration Boogie; Sunset Blues and Carefree Boogie.

Description: The Buckeye Blues and Boogie was commissioned by the All Ohio Piano Ensemble for the early advanced group of piano students. I have attempted to compose a composition using elements of the blues and boogie style that will challenge and motivate the piano student. Purpose: The purpose of this duet is to stimulate interest and develop skill in practicing and performing music that is inherently American. Born through a conflict of Western tonality and the folk song of the African slave, this juxtaposition evokes a quality of sound known as jazz. Suggestions for Instruction: Be sure to have students use the metronome when practicing. Encourage students to count as they practice the syncopated rhythms and broken triplet figures at the end. Slow practice is highly recommended to achieve confidence and security. Balance is very important in ensemble playing. Encourage the students to listen and determine which part(s) need to be given priority. The lazy swing rhythm enhances the bluesy sound of the melody. If the students have a problem, have them subdivide the quarter note in three. The grace notes are treated like acciaccatura. Key: C Major 16 p.

Boogie, blues, ragtime, swing and other jazz styles are irresistible to most pianists, but not always accessible to piano students. Robert Vandall has made these styles easier for students to learn and guarantees the student will learn a different aspect of jazz piano playing with each appealing solo. Theory concepts such as jazz scales, harmonies, rhythms and forms are also introduced throughout the five book series, enabling students to not only learn jazz techniques but also the structure behind them.

Basic Library
These collections include arrangements of 18 favorite Peanuts tunes, plus a color section of Peanuts art. Titles include: Baseball Theme; Blue Charlie Brown; Charlie Brown Theme; Christmas Is Coming; Christmas Time Is Here; Great Pumpkin Waltz; Happiness Theme; He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown; Joe Cool; Linus and Lucy; Love Will Come; Oh, Good Grief; Peppermint Patty; Rain, Rain, Go Away; Red Baron; Schroeder; Skating and You're in Love, Charlie Brown.

Martha Mier is at home writing music in jazz and blues styles, and this piece is a good example of this. Written in C position and 4/4 time, the slow tempo will give students a chance to express the melody featuring the lowered third of the blues scale. Octave higher and lower indications for the right and left hands offer students the opportunity to explore different registers of the keyboard.

This concert collection by Christopher Norton includes 23 entertaining and inventive pieces based on well-known folks tunes, Christmas carols and nursery rhymes. Sometimes jazzy, sometimes quiet and lyrical, the pieces fill a wide spectrum of moods and styles. The enclosed CD with full band accompaniments make playing these tunes a blast!