Beginning Jazz Piano, Part 1 - An Introduction to Swing, Blues, Latin and Funk

Step into jazz piano the way jazz is meant to be learned: by using your ears as much as your eyes. In Beginning Jazz Piano - Part 1, Tim Richards guides you from simple triads into real improvising, with grooves that feel like music from day one - swing, blues, Latin and funk included.

You’ll build your sound through practical, playable setups:

• One-chord jams that train rhythm, coordination, and phrasing
• Two-chord vamps that open up classic rock, funk, Latin, and jazz feels
• The “three-chord trick” that unlocks blues and song-like progressions
• Pentatonic approaches (major, minor, and “flat three” sounds) you can actually hear and reuse

Every piece comes with audio tracks: full versions with bass line and drums, plus backing tracks when you want to be the soloist. And with Replay by MusicGurus, you get interactive sheet music so you can play along, slow the tempo down, speed it up, and loop tricky passages until they lock in.

Start now, press play and learn, and let your hands follow what your ears are already imagining.

Contents

• Contents
• Chapter 1: Using Your Ears
• Chapter 2: Two-Chord Vamps
• Chapter 3: The Three-chord Trick
• Coda
• Replay sheet music
• Arpeggio Fun
• One Chord Jam
• Sing & Play #1
• Major Syncopation
• Dominant Dissonance
• Straight Eight
• Swing Thing
• Five to One Shuffle
• Eau de Cologne
• Peace for Bill
• Soulful Step
• Sing & Play #2
• Swanee River
• Rootless Blues
• Sing & Play #3
• Shell Blues
• Three Chord Trick
• Cloudy Days
• Improvert