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Gumshoes: Piano Pieces for Jazz Detectives.(Brief article)(Book review)
Gumshoes: Piano Pieces for Jazz Detectives, by Jason Sifford. The FJH Music Company, Inc., 2008. www.fihmusic.com; (800) 262-8744; 24pp.; $5.50.
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Jason Sifford has written a collection of 10 jazzy intermediate-level pieces, which progress through a narrow range of difficulty. He has carefully crafted each piece to be happily accessible, with hand-spans of less than an octave, basic key signatures (mostly C/c/a or G/g/e), and highly patterned writing that features right-hand interest and left-hand rhythmic stability. Chords are used sparingly, and then nearly all are triads or inversions. Clearly and cleanly laid out, only the last piece requires a page turn. Suggested fingering is both helpful and minimal.
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