{"product_id":"wisdom-of-the-hand-a-new-approach-to-piano-playing-for-jazz-musicians","title":"Wisdom of the Hand: A New Approach to Piano Playing for Jazz Musicians","description":"\u003cp\u003eJazz pianists have been trained to use one-octave, \"thumb-under\" fingerings, based on the Western classical tradition. But this system falls short when dealing with the wider intervals of the pentatonic scales. So pianist, composer and educator Marius \"Butch\" Nordal has come up with a system of \"positional playing\" that will allow the pianists new vistas of freedom and ease of playing on these crucial elements of jazz.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWisdom of the Hand\u003c\/em\u003e is a thorough exposition of a new way to approach playing piano:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHas two-octave fingerings in all 12 keys for the four most commonly used versions of the pentatonic scale.\u003cbr\u003eHas two-octave fingerings for all 12 blues scales\u003cbr\u003eIntroduces the concept of \"piano drumming\" to have the reader conceive music rhythmically instead of just as monotonous streams of pitches.\u003cbr\u003eWeans the student away from playing scale patterns by having the improviser conceive ideas in terms of the infinite variety of little 3 and 4 note chord shapes to be found in the pentatonic scales.\u003cbr\u003eIntroduces the concept of positional playing to enable transcending the clumsy \"thumb under\" moves that plague keyboard players.\u003cbr\u003eIntroduces the \"88 Note Scale\" concept have the player understand that each register of the keyboard speaks a different language. This breaks the habit of thinking of the piano as merely a single octave of twelve notes repeated across the keyboard.\u003cbr\u003eProvides 200 practice examples covering rhythm, bending notes, positional playing and creativity.  Wisdom of the Hand  Publisher: Sher Music Co. Instrument: Piano Pages: 219","brand":"Sher Music Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51900125413661,"sku":"9781883217846","price":92.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0998\/2092\/9309\/files\/9781883217846.jpg?v=1782288334","url":"https:\/\/scarlettmusic.com.au\/products\/wisdom-of-the-hand-a-new-approach-to-piano-playing-for-jazz-musicians","provider":"Scarlett Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}