Hal Leonard Rawlins R. - How To Play From A Real Book
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Summary of This Book
Designed to help every musician "make sense" of a tune as soon as they sit at the keyboard, this book offers a progressive and concrete method to explore, understand, and interpret standards as found in Real Books. The goal is simple: to move from minimal reading (melody and chord symbols) to a lively, structured, and credible performance, with a maximum of musical choices.
You will discover how to analyze form (sections, repeats, transitions) and identify harmonic logic in order to know where you are in the tune and where you are going. The content also covers setting up an introduction, phrasing and interpreting the melody, as well as the basics for effective improvisation over the changes, maintaining a musical intention rather than a sequence of formulas.
The book goes further by addressing essential elements for solo and small ensemble playing: building bass lines, choosing inversions, style-appropriate voicings, managing register and density, and using substitutions to color the harmony without losing the thread. The central idea is that playing from a Real Book means having options: accompany, respond to the melody, create movement, lighten or enrich, depending on the context. A valuable resource to improve your autonomy at the piano, refine your harmonic understanding, and better interact with other musicians.
Technical specifications
| Publication | Methods | ||
| Instrumentation | keyboard / piano | Genre | jazz method, harmony and improvisation (playing from Real Book) |
Questions frequently asked
Is this method suitable for piano and keyboard?
The indicated instrumentation is keyboard/piano. The content covers inversions, voicings, and register management.
How to learn to play a standard from a Real Book?
The method explains how to go from melody and chord symbols to a structured performance. Analyzing sections, repeats, and transitions helps to understand the form.
Does Hal Leonard Rawlins R. How To Play From A Real Book address improvisation?
Basic improvisation on the chord changes is covered, with attention to musical intention. Harmonic substitutions are also presented to color chords without losing the thread.
Does the book explain jazz voicings?
Voicings adapted to the style are addressed, as well as inversions and the density of accompaniment.
Can solo playing be practiced with this method?
Bass line construction is among the elements developed for solo playing. Register and accompaniment choices are proposed to support the melody on piano.
