{"product_id":"schott-tim-richards-beginning-jazz-piano-vol-1-353238","title":"Tim Richards - Beginning Jazz Piano Vol.1","description":"\u003ch3\u003eSummary of This Method\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning Jazz Piano is aimed at pianists who want to enter the world of jazz with clear landmarks, accessible explanations, and pieces that are immediately enjoyable to play. Tim Richards, a recognized educator (also author of the Blues Piano and Jazz Piano methods), offers a progression designed to develop both rhythmic and harmonic vocabulary, as well as freedom of playing. The method explores different styles related to jazz, including blues, funk, and Latin colors, while detailing essential right-hand and left-hand techniques.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume 1 (ED 23374) focuses on the basics that allow you to play \"freely\" over harmonies: root position chords with the left hand, pentatonic scales, arpeggios, and the blues scale. These concepts are put into practice through concrete pieces, in order to establish improvisation and phrasing reflexes from the first pages. The goal is to build a simple but authentically jazz language by understanding what you play and why it works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume 2 (ED 23379) then enriches the rhythmic dimension and accompaniment: bass grooves, swing feel, funk pulses, and patterns with Latin accents. It provides keys to using the piano as an accompanying instrument and also addresses how to arrange a melody in a jazz context. Both volumes are of comparable difficulty level, so you can approach them consecutively or alternate chapters according to your needs (improvisation, accompaniment, groove work).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo complement practice, the audio files offer full performances and play-alongs, with Tim Richards on piano, accompanied by additional bass and drums. 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