An Approach to Jazz Piano

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by Charles Austin, 456 pages
Fifth Edition, 2013 

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Topics explored in depth include triadic harmony in popular tune style, practical approaches to chord voicing, harmonic function, source scales & extensions, secondary dominants, modal borrowing, inside to outside scale choices, tritone substitution, the Blues, diminished seventh functions, polychords, slash-chords, the “Sound”, pentatonic voicings & source scales, pentatonic-shapes, altered pentatonics, Drop 2/3/2&4 voicings, passing chord harmony, quartal harmony, polarized passing-tone scales, diatonic/chromatic-approach tones, deflection, change-tones and numerous other melodic approaches to improvisation.



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An Approach to Jazz Piano

An Approach to Jazz Piano is a comprehensive approach for serious students of jazz piano. In this clearly written instructional text, Charles Austin draws on a lifetime of experience as a professional jazz pianist and thirty as a college instructor guiding hundreds of students in the fundamentals of jazz piano. Interspersed throughout with exercises and practice suggestions, the book is a complete guide to learning jazz piano and a comprehensive resource for professionals. Read more...

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“...an outstanding book and I will definitely recommend it to students... covered a lot of territory in a very thorough manner.”
“...a very thorough look at the techniques of playing jazz piano...”
“A must have for jazz pianists ... Essentially containing a lifetime of ground-breaking harmonic exploration by an exceptionally gifted pianist”
    Steve Mallett, Canada
“This is no armchair text! This text is another worthy example of terrific international jazz education publications.”
    International Association of Jazz Educators Magazine
“...it does succeed where many others fail...invaluable to a beginning student of jazz piano as well as to seasoned professionals..."
“The book is excellent. If you are like me, an intermediate player with a lot of questions, this is the book to buy."
“...addresses most of the concepts jazz pianists need to know about, starting with the basics and moving up through advanced theory concepts. One thought that occurred to me over and over again while reading the book was `I’ve never thought of it that way before'..."
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