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Jazz Piano for the Young Beginner.(Brief Article)(Children's Review)(Book Review)

American Music Teacher

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Jazz Piano 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 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 ...

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