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author: niplav, created: 2020-07-23, modified: 2020-07-29, language: english, status: draft, importance: 5, confidence: log

The Jazz Piano Book by Mark Levine is a jazz piano textbook (who knew!). Because it's very useful to regularly practice voicings, scales etc, this page collects the exercises from that book.

Exercises for “The Jazz Piano Book”

Exercises

Chapter One

Practice singing the intervals, both ascending and descending. Sing the melody, or "head," of standards, bebop, and other jazz tunes while listening to records.

– p. 9

Play the major, minor, diminished, and augmented triads in all keys and all inversions.

– p. 12

I usually follow the circle of fiths.

Chapter 2

Memorize the II-V-I progression in every key. Go through all twelve keys saying the II-V-I chords aloud both sitting at, and away from, the piano. Make a mantra of it until you have the progressions memorized. Always practice everything in every key.

– p. 16