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!
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Just horrible,
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This review is from: Blues and Jazz Complete (Book & 2 CDs) (Paperback)
I wish I would have read reviews before getting this book. The CDs that come with the book are horrible. He must have recorded these on the cheapest Casio keyboard that he found on sale at Toys R Us. The book is poorly organized and the selection of content isn't that great. I'd recommend to anyone considering this purchase to look elsewhere.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice learning tool, but cheesy sounding CDs,
By Delta Dave "blues_man" (Santa Clara, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Blues and Jazz Complete (Book & 2 CDs) (Paperback)
Dr. Konowitz presents a thorough, pedagogically sound introduction to blues and jazz. The book is spiral bound, so it lays flat on your music stand. A variety of blues and jazz techniques are meticulously illustrated. New chords are introduced with a nice full page guide to the keyboard fingering. It is a bit cookie cutter, but having the fingering written out below and above the staffs is a plus. My only complaint is that the "band" seems to be a cheesy concoction of General MIDI instruments played through an inadequate sound engine. The CD sound quality is irritating. One word of extra advice: You will not need the CD for the companion book, Chords Complete, because it only contains incidental backing rhythm tracks for the chord exercises. I have four books authored by Konowitz. The sound quality of the CDs are uniformly cheesy except for the Listen and Learn Blues Book published in 2002.
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Haven't really plumbed this book in depth. But bits and pieces are helpful (sections on major and minor sevenths, and voicings are very rich.)
As I start applying/practicing some of the techniques, I think I will get a lot more out of it. The author knows his stuff.
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flat keys, improv measures, dissonance and tone clusters, improv idea, interval voicing, creating new melodies, shorter rhythms, rhythmic imitation, boogie bass, walking bass line, blues progression, jazz melodies, blues scale Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Major Scale, Gentle Breeze, Harry Connick, Jazz Style, Full Chord Voicing, The Complete, The Sound, Sharp Keys Play, Play New Day, Keith Jarrett, Right There, Count Basie, Chord Database, Chick Corea Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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