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As much as I really don't like to give a poor review, especially to a book written by Mehegan, who left a mark of merit before he passed, I have to agree with the above reviewers that this book is not all that great. I am not a jazz pianist; in fact, I'm not even a good pianist. But I have tried, for a long time, to "get the gist" of jazz improvisation, and I've not yet succeeded. I've discovered two things, though: One, I think the jazz greats are to be greatly admired. When they combine intuition with practice, truly wonderful things come from those artists; and two (and I'm just guessing here), some of us may not be hardwired for jazz. And I may be one of those. Anyway, I greatly appreciate the above reviewer's call on this work: his observation regarding the "dictionaries"; and his frustration regarding "the point behind showing every chord in every key and every single mode." However, I used that part of Mehegan's text to my advantage--but not to learn to improvise. I used it as a reference when I was writing my book. And though I did pick up his book by chance, it turned out that the demonstration of all those scales--in all those keys--proved invaluable. The mechanics of c

Who reads Improvising Jazz Piano?

Author

John Mehegan

Publisher

Amsco Publications :, Exclusive distributors, Music Sales Corp

Published

1985

Language

EN

ISBN

9780825619137

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Music, Arts