Easing Into Stride: 16 Intermediate and Advanced Intermediate Stride Arrangements of Great Standards

by Riccardo Scivales, Edward Shanaphy

From the musician-authors responsible for such successful piano books as Harlem Stride Piano Solos , Jazz The Left Hand , The Right Hand According to Tatum , The Soul of Blues , Stride & Swing Piano , Piano Stylings of the Great Standards , The Steinway Library of Piano Music series of Pop, Jazz and the Classics , and many more!
Containing 16 arrangements of famous stride standards for the Intermediate level pianist who wishes to learn and play in the stride idiom. There is an Intermediate rendition and an Advanced Intermediate rendition for each song complete with performance notes for each with helpful practice guides and tips. The book also includes a history of stride and its legendary exponents, a section of drills and exercises for perfecting the stride style, a treatise on left hand stride techniques, background histories of all song selections, plus an in-depth Youtube discography of the many masterful performances by the stride piano legends from Fats Waller to James P. Johnson, and many more—all available on Youtube.
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134 pages, Paperback

Published May 26, 2023