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The Complete Guidelines to Improvisation for Piano ReviewThis is a great book and all of the info contained in it is well worth the price. It starts with the basic triads (three note chords)and progresses methodically through to just about every chord used by the most advanced contemporary musician all the while using sheet music to show you how to apply those chords. It is a great book for learning chords. This book however is not for people who can't at least pick out the notes of the staff easily and have not had at least a couple of years of formal piano instruction.
The only real problem I have with this book is that there is no info on chord progressions, scales, modes, or how chords relate to and are constructed from scales and modes. There is also no info on inversions, voice leading, voicings, or how to break larger chords into smaller more manageable polychords and no info on slash chords. I feel that this missing info is a must for a book on improvisation. The info that is in this book, however , is presented in such simple straightforward manner that even a novice will understand it without the help of an instructor.
I believe this book should be a part of every musicians library for the info that it does contain however it is not a stand alone book. I would probably add to it the info in "How To Play From A Fake Book" by Michael Esterowitz and "Theory & Harmony for the Contemporary Musician" by Arnie Berle and also "The Keyboard Grimoire" by Adam Kadmon.Understanding and learning the info contained in these books should take most of the mystery out of contemporary piano playing. I also recommend "Chord Progressions for Jazz and Popular Keyboards" by Kenneth Baker for the approach it takes to explaining chord theory and also "The Jazz Piano Book" and "The Jazz Theory Book" both by Mark Levine.The Complete Guidelines to Improvisation for Piano Overview

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