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This item will ship directly from our Australia warehouse! SKU: HU.9780997661767 Jazz, Jazz Instruction. Softcover Book. Sher Music Company #9780997661767. Published by Sher Music Company (HU.9780997661767). 11 x 8.9 x 0.4 inches.The most comprehensive guide for rhythm changes ever published, offering a wealth of information for beginners and professionals alike. • Written in the language of the working musician and clearly laid out. • The Rhythm Changes Guide takes the reader from the absolute essentials to advanced improvisational concepts, all supplemented with examples from legendary players. • Includes 20 Etudes in all transpositions with backing tracks by a live NY rhythm section, exploring the rich tradition of Rhythm Changes and its harmonic possibilities. • 70 pages of tradition-derived improvisation concepts and exercises, with dozens of examples from legendary players like John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Hank Mobley, Don Byas, Michael Brecker, and many others. • Strategies for both diatonic and chromatic improvisation. • Features unexplored concepts for improvisation such as Schenkerian theory. • Includes 77 harmonic variations that are used by legendary players. • Useful for beginners, intermediate-level performers, professionals, and musicians interested in diverse styles such as bebop, hardbop, modern contemporary, etc.