Mel Bay Publications
Andy Ostwald - Play Jazz, Blues, Rock Piano by Ear
Level : Beginning-Intermediate

This comprehensive introduction to jazz, blues, and rock piano will offer easy-to-understand explanations of music theory, and guide you step by step as you develop your skills.
bove all, Piano by Ear will help you to explore and develop your ability to improvise. Rather than focus on written notation, you’ll learn to express yourself at the piano by relying on your ear and on your own creative instincts.

The book will acquaint you with a number of common chord sequences, which in turn, will help you to play literally thousands of songs. Click on “Contents” for more details.
Only basic piano technique and basic music-reading skills are needed.

The II- ~ V7 ~ I Progression

Chords from Book Two • Temporary Tonal Centers • Three Approaches to Improvising • The Half-Step/Whole-Step Diminished Scale

The I ~ I7 ~ IV ~ #IVo ~ I Progression

The Pentatonic (plus f3) Scale Revisited

The II~ V7 ~ I- Progression

Chords Commonly Used in Minor Keys • Subdividing the Beat: Triplet Eighths, Straight Eighths, and Swing Eighths • Minor Key Signatures

The III- ~ VI7 ~ II- ~ V7 & I ~ VI7 ~ II- ~ V7 Progressions

The Spanish Phrygian Mode

The IV- ~ fVII7 ~ I Progression

Grace Notes • The Twelve-Bar Blues

Modal Jazz

Four Voicings of the Suspended-Seven Chord • The Modes of the Major Scale