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The Easiest Way to Improvise.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
* The Easiest Way to Improvise, by Christopher Norton. Boosey & Hawkes Ltd. (Aldwych House, 71-91 Aldwych, London WC2B 4HN), 2005. 136 pp. $24.95.
The Easiest Way to Improvise contains 15 chapters, each containing an original song with exercises designed to facilitate eventual ability to play and improvise on the given selection. An audio CD containing 39 play-along tracks is also provided. A professional trio (piano, bass and drums) supplies excellent accompaniments. Students are encouraged to listen to specific selections by well-known professionals as well.
Each chapter begins with left-hand chords introduced in an additive manner: first one note, then two notes and finally three-note chords. The right-hand melody is added next; improvisation is encouraged, first by melodic variation, then using scales (or modes) or chord arpeggiation. A number of styles such as blues, country, ballad, waltz, swing and pop are covered.
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