Metaphors for the Musician

This practical and enlightening book will help any jazz player or vocalist look at music with new eyes. A hands-on theory and improvising book with a human touch, it gives insights into almost every aspect of jazz musicianship, including scale/chord theory, practice strategies, composing techniques, performance psychology and how to create the states of mind that produce the best improvisations. Serious jazz pianists will find valuable information about chord voicings and comping, while novices will benefit from fresh approaches to scales and inversions. Designed for any level of player, on any instrument, the 330 pages incorporate numerous exercises throughout to help the reader turn these concepts into musical reality.