By John Mehegan

Up to i actually do not like to offer a terrible overview, particularly to a booklet written via Mehegan, who left a mark of benefit prior to he handed, i must believe the above reviewers that this e-book isn't really all that fab. i'm really not a jazz pianist; in truth, i am not even a very good pianist. yet i've got attempted, for a very long time, to "get the gist" of jazz improvisation, and i have no longer but succeeded. i have stumbled on issues, even though: One, i believe the jazz greats are to be vastly well-known. once they mix instinct with perform, actually tremendous issues come from these artists; and (and i am simply guessing here), a few of us is probably not hardwired for jazz. and that i can be a kind of.

Anyway, I tremendously delight in the above reviewer's name in this paintings: his remark in regards to the "dictionaries"; and his frustration relating to "the element in the back of exhibiting each chord in each key and each unmarried mode." despite the fact that, I used that a part of Mehegan's textual content to my advantage--but to not discover ways to improvise. I used it as a reference whilst i used to be writing my booklet. And notwithstanding I did choose up his ebook accidentally, it became out that the demonstration of all these scales--in all these keys--proved helpful. The mechanics of making chords in numerous keys would possibly not appear very important to a couple, yet concerning really actual chord notation, it's severe. So, for me for my part, I benefited drastically from this element of the textual content. despite the fact that, that in my view confident function isn't really adequate to warrant giving the ebook a better ranking. Reluctantly, then, I supply this booklet in basic terms 3 stars.

And by the way, my subsequent song publication buy would definitely be the Levine publication, "The Jazz Piano Book." that are supposed to do the trick.

Joseph L. D'Agostino, writer of "Modern tune structures: a brand new viewpoint on song scales, clefs, and chords"