Cat No. JM50062
Price £7.99
Composer: James Rae
Category: BOOKS with CD Accomp.

78 progressive studies in jazz technique.

Introduction :

This book is designed to assist classically trained musicians with the interpretation of jazz music. Comparing the interpretation of jazz music to that of classical can be likened to the comparison between spoken American and spoken English. They are both written in more or less the same way but sound totally different. The best way to acquire a strong American accent is to live there for a while — the sound of the language is absorbed and it becomes natural to adopt the same dialect. With jazz, it is also essential to listen carefully to players in this idiom in order to develop a ‘feel’ for jazz in your own playing.

Using the book :

The aim in part I is for the student to absorb the essential rhythmic devices of jazz music. It begins with the concept of swing rhythm, and then works through various types of anticipated beat and syncopation.

Part 2 contains melodious jazz studies, arranged progressively. These incorporate, in various combinations, the rhythms established in Part I.

In Part 3 the studies are of a more technical nature allowing the student to absorb many of the tonalities used in jazz.