Reading Key Jazz Rhythms With this book/CD set you will learn essential jazz rhythms first-hand from world-class professionals! Reading Key Jazz Rhythms is a collection of 24 easy to medium level jazz etudes, & 24 simplified guide tone versions of the etudes. They are ideal for learning the basic language of jazz, swing phrasing, & articulation. A perfect tool for preparing for the jazz ensemble or for any other ensemble/orchestra which performs jazz related music (f.i., pops orchestras, musical, studio, movie scores, concert & marching bands, etc.). Each etude is based on a specific rhythm or a combination of rhythmic figures. Some etudes sound like very lyrical improvised jazz solos, while others are more like a melody to a standard. On the accompanying CD the soloist demonstrates the 24 melodious etudes together with a professional rhythm section. You can also improvise along with the play-along tracks using the chord symbols. The guide tones are the essential or defining notes for each given chord type. So if improvising is new to you & you find yourself getting lost, you can always return to a guide tone & play ryhthmically around it. Any etude & its corresponding simplified guide tone version can be played together as a duet (with or without the CD accompaniment) with your teacher or a friend. Nombre de pages :68