Beginner Jazz Piano Soloing

Book excerpt: Learn Jazz Piano Soloing Skills With This Easy Step-by-Step Method Do you want to learn how to improvise jazz piano solos? Would you like to recreate the sounds of the jazz piano greats, but have no idea where to begin? Do you want a simple method to teach you how to solo confidently and even write your own licks? Beginner Jazz Piano Soloing is a simple, easy-to-follow guide, that teaches you the language of jazz in easy steps. This well-conceived method is so effective that even if you are a novice at jazz, by the end you'll be able to confidently improvise a solo. Like any language, jazz has its own vocabulary and expert tutor Nathan Hayward will teach you the right way to learn, memorise and apply it. You'll discover... - Major and Minor Pentatonic and Blues scales - How to blend scales to make new sounds - How to use simple ideas to create an authentic jazz sound - Expand your jazz vocabulary with dozens of licks - How to connect licks to form longer ideas - How to apply rhythmic ideas to get endless variations of the licks you know This book demystifies jazz improvisation as it works through each idea step by step. You'll never feel overwhelmed - instead you'll be encouraged by your rapid progress. By the end you'll have built a musical vocabulary that will help you to solo convincingly over simple jazz chord sequences.