Jazz Piano Scales and Exercises: An Engaging Way to Practice Scale Patterns and Etudes While Learnin

An Engaging Way to Practice Scale Patterns and Etudes While Learning Jazz|Scales have long been considered an essential element of keyboard mastery.|They provide piano students the technical skill needed to play the instrument|and give practical instruction in the basics of music theory. Jazz Piano|Scales and Exercises presents a novel and more interesting way to practice|patterns and etudes while learning jazz. Following the notation and|fingerings for scales - major, harmonic minor, and melodic minor - in each of|the 12 keys, three jazz exercises are given. These serve to reinforce the|patterns and fingers and to give the player a sense of the melodies, rhythms,|and harmonies that are integral to jazz stylings.