Jazz Piano Technique (book & Audio Online)

Hal Leonard Publications
Exercises, Etudes & Ideas for Building Chops
Format: Softcover Audio Online
Series: Keyboard Instruction

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.

• John Valerio - Jazz Piano - Concepts & Techniques
• John Valerio - Intros, Endings & Turnarounds for Keyboard
• John Valerio - Playing Keyboard Bass Lines
• John Valerio - How to Play Solo Jazz Piano
• John Valerio - Bebop Jazz Piano: Guida Completa