A serious and thorough discussion of harmony for the literate pianist, this book by Professor Dominic Alldis of the Royal Academy of Music in London addresses accompaniment models, basic jazz theory, polychords, reharmonization, upper structure triads, block chords, pentatonic harmony, and many more subjects, drawing harmonic parallels from classical composers. Alldis includes key excerpts from the greatest jazz standards to illustrate his points.
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Perfect voice leading learning tool,
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This review is from: A Classical Approach to Jazz Piano: Exploring Harmony (Paperback)
The first part deals with voice leading and is very informative. It provides useful and practical concepts.I suppose it's intended for the intermediate level student.
The second part give us more advanced concepts like block chords, upper-structure triads and quartal harmony. I've never seen before the relationship between quartal harmony and the pentatonic scale - and it's well done here.
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Clarity and Simplicity for the avid learner,
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I can't emphasize enough how great this book is, just go through the table of content with the understanding that each section and each chapter gives an exact, clear, and limpid explanation matching its title. I don't read it as a method but rather as a reference book, and while each chapter builds progressively on the preceding one, Alldis manages to keep the information self-contained and clear at all times, I really appreciate the compactness of the information presented, it's true pedagogical mastery!
I think that this book is for all-level piano players, but mainly beginner to intermediate, as long as you don't expect a 'method' format, the examples and exercices are to the point and kept short.
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Thorough review of chord structure,
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This review is from: A Classical Approach to Jazz Piano: Exploring Harmony (Paperback)
Went through this book a few years ago. Very thorough explanation of chord structure. Provides solid jazz theory and harmonization understanding. Some of the lessons skip details information, can be frustrating at times.
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A theory of jazz harmony has gradually evolved alongside the performers, composers, arrangers and teachers who have contributed significantly to the development of jazz music. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Classical Approach, Dominic Alldis, Exploring Harmony, Accompaniments Models, Bill Evans, Duke Ellington, Easy Living, Erik Satie, Hal Leonard Publishing Corp, Out Of Nowhere, Claude Debussy, Frank Mantooth, George Shearing, Girl Talk, Herbie Hancock, Ludwig van Beethoven New!
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A theory of jazz harmony has gradually evolved alongside the performers, composers, arrangers and teachers who have contributed significantly to the development of jazz music. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Classical Approach, Dominic Alldis, Exploring Harmony, Accompaniments Models, Bill Evans, Duke Ellington, Easy Living, Erik Satie, Hal Leonard Publishing Corp, Out Of Nowhere, Claude Debussy, Frank Mantooth, George Shearing, Girl Talk, Herbie Hancock, Ludwig van Beethoven New!
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