Jazz Piano Masterclass - The Drop 2 Book

"Jazz Piano Masterclass With Mark Levine: The Drop 2 Book". Mark is the author of the widely-acclaimed text, "The Jazz Piano Book" and pianists will be thrilled to see that he has come up with a second piano book. This one deals exclusively with how to play "Drop 2" piano voicings---the block-chord technique used by Bill Evans, Barry Harris, Cedar Walton, McCoy Tyner, and many other jazz piano greats. Mark gives the reader a step-by-step, beginning-to-advanced approach to learning this technique, just as he would in a live masterclass. The accompanying CD has Mark demonstrating each exercise.

CONTENIDO:

Dedication
Acknowledgements
About the Author

Chapter I - Getting Started With Drop 2
The Bebop Major Scale
4-way Close
Drop 2
The Bebop Minor Scale
The Bebop Dominant Scale
Voicing Tunes In Drop 2

Chapter II - Tweaking Drop 2
Tweaking Major Chords
Tweaking Dominant Chords
Tweaking Diminished Chords
Tweaking Minor Chords

Chapter III - Soloing and Comping in Drop 2
Enclosures
The Altered Bebop Minor Scale
Problems With Drop 2

Chapter IV - Practicing Drop 2
Scales, Chords, Enclosures, and Solo Patterns
Scales
Chords
Enclosures
Solo Patterns
Some Final Thoughts on Drop 2

Glossary
Interview with myself
Index