PIANO IMPROVISATION

by César de la Cerda

PIANO IMPROVISATION by Dr. Cesar de la Cerda is a unique method that will help you with the harmonies and associated scales and it will facilitate you the free expression of your creativity. Improvisation is the art of creating music spontaneously when one is playing on an instrument. Its realization depends both on the technical skills as well as on the fantasy of the player. However, it is in the latter -i.e. in the spontaneous natural creativity-, where its true foundation lies. Improvisation, which can be created based on a given theme or depend only on the inventive imagination, has been present in musical practice since almost ancient times. However, in the 20th century, the improvisation got a leading role in jazz music and two forms on the one hand, the main melody was freely modified in its tonal, harmonic or rhythmic aspects, by distorting its original version, but maintaining it recognizable (known as “paraphrase”), and on the other, where one does without the melody using only its chords, giving place to a new and original musical expression (“chorus”). The achievement of this latter form of improvisation, having the piano as a basic instrument, is the main focus of this theoretical and practical instructional material. Its practice is not limited exclusively to jazz music, but it can be applied to other music types and in any form of free musical expression requiring it. The PIANO IMPROVISATION book will give you the impact you need to free yourself improvising in the piano. The book has many exercises and tips that will help you in an easy and modern way with the improvisation.


INDEX

THE Notes of the Chords; Scales Associated to the Chords.
THE MODEL.
IMPROVISATION PROGRAM AND Program; Practice; Acknowledgment; Routine; Improvisation.
INCREASING THE Whole Tone Scale; Artificial Chords; The Blues Scale; Block Chords.
APPENDIX –
EXERCISES TO PRACTICE THE SCALES Diatonic Modes Artificial Scales
GUIDE FOR THE INTERPRETATION OF SYMBOLS TABLE OF CHORDS


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ph.D. CESAR DE LA CERDA began piano lessons with his grandfather Miguel Espinoza, a notable pianist who graduated from the Conservatoire de Paris. He studied harmony and improvisation under the guidance of John Mehegan at the Julliard School of Music in New York and for the last 40 years he has been teaching modern harmony, piano composition, and improvisation to students and professionals. Cesar de la Cerda is also the author of the books ARRANGING FOR THE PIANO and PIANO IMPROVISATION. Additionally, Cesar de la Cerda has written 200 piano arrangements which include classical and standard styles, all of which illustrate the practical application of his teaching. More information www.moderntonalharmony.com

49 pages, Paperback

Published March 9, 2019