Jazz Piano for the Young Beginner.

Jazz Piano for the Young Beginner. Jazz Piano Jazz Piano has been an integral part of the jazz idiom since its inception, in both solo and ensemble settings. The instrument is also a vital tool in the understanding of jazz theory and arranging, because of its combined melodic and harmonic nature. for the Young Beginner, by Misha V. Stefanuk. Mel Bay Publications, Inc. (#4 Industrial Dr., Pacific, MO 63069), 2005. 48 pp. $14.95. The title might suggest either a jazz instruction book or a collection of jazz-style pieces for beginners ages 6-9. The first several pages present music reading and playing instruction including "Finding Notes On a Piano," "Middle C," "Intro to Rhythm" and "Rhythm and Music Notation, that seemingly put the book in the jazz instruction category. However, these concepts are introduced all at once with no immediate application for the student. Perhaps they are intended simply as a reference for the less-than-qualified teacher? And all chapters have general music reading and piano playing piano playingNeurologyA fanciful descriptor for finger movements linked to the loss of position sensation, in which the Pt seeks to discover finger position in space by periodic movement; PP occurs in Dejerine-Sottas syndrome; PP also refers to intermittent concepts with no references to jazz style. The remainder of the book is a collection of 30 pieces progressing in difficulty from a hands-together, three-note-range piece, to a rather difficult young beginners piece requiring independent hand patterns and shifting positions. Most of the pieces have jazzy jazz��y?adj. jazz��i��er, jazz��i��est1. Resembling jazz in form or nature; rhythmical.2. Slang Showy; flashy: a jazzy car. titles. Half-way through the book there is a message (to the teacher?) that the eighth notes should be played as swinging eighths with the note on the beat longer and the note on the off-beat shorter. There also are references to a left hand that is boogie-woogie like; another reference states "This piece has very boogie woogie like color" and another piece is prefaced with the statement "This is a ragtime ragtime:see jazz. ragtimeU.S. popular music of the late 19th and early 20th centuries distinguished by its heavily syncopated rhythm. Ragtime found its characteristic expression in formally structured piano compositions, the accented left-hand ." All pieces are written in the C-major scale. One piece includes blues-like flatted thirds written as D-sharps and a few later pieces involve E-flat and B-flat accidentals that suggest dominant seventh harmony. A CD is included that should give students a jazz-style accompaniment with which to play along; however, it is only an unaccompanied un��ac��com��pa��nied?adj.1. Going or acting without companions or a companion: unaccompanied children on a flight.2. Music Performed or scored without accompaniment. solo piano performance of the collection's pieces. The pages contain no illustrations or directions for the student. Reviewed by Ann Collins Ann Collins (April 29, 1916 - January 6, 1999) was an American artist of thoroughbred racehorses.Ann Collins was born in Lyons, raised in Colorado and although lived in many places during her life she returned to Lyons, NY in 1975, where she lived New York until her death. , NCTM NCTM National Council of Teachers of MathematicsNCTM Nationally Certified Teacher of MusicNCTM North Carolina Transportation MuseumNCTM National Capital Trolley MuseumNCTM Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage , Macomb, Illinois.