Jazz
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how to play jazz piano
Jazz is an art form that has grown from its blues origins to draw influences from just about every genre of music there is. For the beginner, though, it's perhaps best to focus on early swing and learning to improvise. Here's a pretty easy way to get going! Listen .
jazz glossary
Alteration : The raising or lowering of a tone by a half-step, from its diatonic value in a chord. In Jazz usage, the fifth and ninth may be raised (augmented) or lowered (diminished); the fourth (or eleventh) may be augmented; the thirteenth may be diminished. The expression 'diminished seventh' is used solely as the name of a chord. Of course, in general music theory, any interval may be augmented or diminished. Altered scale : The dominant 7th scale with a lowered 9th, raised 9th, raised 11th, no fifth, and lowered 13th, along with the usual root, 3rd and 7th. So-called because every possible alteration has been made.Copyright 1992-2000 Outside Shore Music This is the online version of my text, A Jazz Improvisation Primer . Here you can find information on almost every topic relating to jazz improvisation, from jazz history to music theory to practical advice on playing in a group. A German translation, by Edgar Lins, is online, at http://msjipde.uteedgar-lins.de . There is also a Hungarian translation at http://w3.enternet.hu/mbha/primer_hu/primer.htm , provided by Makrai Balázs.
