Friday, November 29, 2024

Miles Davis (Jazz Piano Solos, v. 1)

Another post of links to Musescore versions of arrangements of jazz standards. This one is of Miles Davis tunes---mostly ones he wrote, and others he recorded. The difficulty ranges from things I can play (intermediate level) to things it'll be a while until I can play. 

These are 'official' scores, meaning you can't download these 'official' scores without paying (and I've already paid for the books, thank you), but the complete sheet music is there, and you could play them off a tablet or something. Most helpfully, you can listen to them (played via MIDI), which is great for getting the rhythms right.

Jazz Fusion (Jazz Piano Solos, v. 54)

Hal Leonard publishes some really great collections of piano solo arrangements of jazz standards. The difficulty ranges from things I can play (intermediate level) to things it'll be a while until I can play. The tunes in this particular book are definitely on the harder side.

These do not come with recordings, even online. Fortunately, they have started putting them on MuseScore. Not all the songs are there, presumably due to issues around who owns the copyright. You can't download these 'official' scores without paying (and I've already paid for the books, thank you), but the complete sheet music is there, and you could play them off a tablet or something. Most helpfully, you can listen to them (played via MIDI), which is great for getting the rhythms right.

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Jazz Ballads (Jazz Piano Solos, v. 10)

Most of these are on MuseScore, as 'official' scores. That means they cannot be printed or downloaded without paying. But the full sheet music is there, so you could play them off a tablet or something. And many of them, at least, can be listened to. It's nice to be able to hear them when trying to learn the arrangement (and before deciding whether to bother).

Monday, November 25, 2024

Burgmüller, 25 Easy and Progressive Studies, Op. 100

These are nice pieces for someone at my level: They get more difficult as they go, and they're not boring. You can download the music from IMSLP. There are lots of YouTube videos about these, too.

Schirmer's Giant Book of Intermediate Classical Piano Music

This book contains 269 pieces by 3 composers, covering early intermediate and, I guess, just 'intermediate'. (There is a separate book of 'upper' intermediate pieces.) Some of these are also in the Early Intermediate book.

The links below are to scores on MuseScore.com, which you can both download and play, in most cases, so you can hear the piece while trying to learn it. The 'official scores' cannot be downloaded or printed, without payment, and cannot always be listened to, at this time, though my sense is that more and more of them can be. I've also included links, in some cases, to IMSLP.org, the Petrucci Music Library.