By using this intuitive and fun series, students can improvise in classical and popular styles with ease! From the first experience, Pattern Play introduces technique in an enjoyable way, including scales, modes, intervals, and chords, and helps to build an understanding of theory. An ideal complement to traditional piano study. Pattern Play offers students of all ages and levels an opportunity to create, explore, and enjoy making music. Four progressive volumes provide a sequential collection of the patterns from which music is made. By playing with these patterns, students will learn to improvise and compose music in a wide variety of styles, including classical, jazz, and popular! This intuitive approach to improvisation gives students a solid foundation in musicality and theory, making it an ideal complement to traditional piano study. Pattern Play3 explores world-music, classical, jazz, boogie, blues, and popular sty les, and introduces improvisation using scales and modes with one flat and the major blues scale. Students also begin creating music with triads, and 7th, and 9th chords.

Artist
Composer	Akiko Kinney|Forrest Kinney
Publisher	Frederick Harris Music
Series
Pages	40(07)
Language
Instrument	Piano
Category	Piano & Keyboard
SubCategory1	Instructional
SubCategory2	Methods
Medium	Softcover
ISBN13	9781554403042
ISBN13
Dimensions	305x229