How to Voice Standards at the Piano UPC 9781883217808

How to Voice Standards at the Piano: The Menu by Mark Levine At last! A simple, easy-to-learn method for playing the melodies of your favorite tunes, using hip voicings as played by Bill Evans, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Kenny Barron, etc. Famed jazz pianist and author of "The Jazz Piano Book," Mark Levine has created "The Menu" íï a succinct guide to learning a multitude of voicings so you can harmonize melodies on the spot. Mark Levine is a wellspring of knowledge on modern jazz piano playing... his brilliant playing is proof that he knows what he's talking about.íñ íï Mulgrew Miller Mark combines soul and intellect in an easily understandable manner.íñ íï Jamey Aebersold 'So What' chords, upper structures, 4th chords, etc. are not only good for 'comping,' but are also ideal for voicing melodies. For example, the note G in the melody on top of a D-7 chord is the 4th of the chord. Did you know that a 'stacked 3rd' voicing, as well as the 'Kenny Barron chord' would be perfect for that? This book explains all of that, so you can instantly play jazz songs with the best available voicings. Using two standards and a bebop melody as examples, Mark breaks each tune up into four-bar sections, then shows the best voicings to use on each chord and why those choices were made. These voicings are all drawn from a one-page 'Menu' that, once internalized, will allow you to spontaneously create your own style of playing jazz piano, based on the masters of the art form. 63 pages, including appendixes on "Drop 2" voicings and melodic minor harmony. You have done it again with a most valuable learning tool for all of us.íñ íï Rufus Reid Super Book!íñ íï Dena DeRose Sample Pages Page 8 Page 12 Page 15 Page 17 Endorsements for Mark Levine Mark Levine is a wellspring of knowledge on modern jazz piano playing... his brilliant playing is proof that he knows what he's talking about.íñ íï Mulgrew Miller There's a Mark Levine book called 'The Jazz Theory Book.' I would suggest getting it and doing two pages a day just to study it and learn to read some basic piano, even if you can only pick out one note at a time. As you work through it you'll notice the way you hear and the way you sing will automatically start to change. It's like looking at the world and not knowing it's all blurry íï you can make your way through, but then you get glasses and everything gets clearer and clearer. I think that's really important.íñ íï Esperanza Spalding Mark combines soul and intellect in an easily understandable manner.íñ íï Jamey Aebersold He's a very talented pianist. He's very cognizant of where you're going with the music. We were playing mostly original compositions, and some of my tunes aren't the easiest to play, and he handled them beautifully. He has a very fresh expression when he solos.íñ íï Harold Land