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Higgledy Piggledy Jazz for piano
Twelve-bar blues
If you bought an earlier edition of Higgledy Piggledy Jazz, notation in twelve-bar blues tunes would be printed in colour. If the book is printed in traditional black ink, you will have an opportunity to create an activity by highlighting the changes in the left hand in different colours. This will assist in learning the structure of the twelve-bar blues itself. Pick three colours and go ahead – have some fun!
There are ten tunes in the book, five of which (all in C major) either contain colour-coding of chords, or you can ask your student to highlight them. Use black to show C Major chords, green for F Major chords and red for G Major chords. The tunes which have twelve bar blues chords are ‘Super Duck’, ‘I Ate All the Choc’late’, ’You Tell Me Why I Wait for Christmas?’, ‘Nerdy Cat’s Twist’, and ‘Higgledy Piggledy Jazz’.
Letters indicating the chords
Step-by-step lesson plan

Play-along tracks
A perfect companion book
Learning to improvise on Twelve-Bar Blues could not be easier with this book. It contains all the steps needed to make a complete solo. Order today!
Improv Exercises For Classically Trained Beginners is a 21st-century educational concept based on the belief that, in addition to the regular routine, classically orientated piano lessons should also include elements of improvisation. Although this book only deals with blues scale improvisation on the basic twelve-bar blues with only three chords, it will bring you to a firm understanding of how to structure your approach to improvisation. You will also be able to apply this new skill to another very popular element for playing jazz – comping, or as a classically trained pianist would say, accompanying a band without the score.And, one more thing . . . Less is more, remember that you are not paid by the note and there are no wrong notes in jazz. If it sounds good – keep it!
CONTENTS
1. Twelve-bar blues chart and formula
2. Chord Names and Symbols
3. Creating Spatial Awareness
4. Rhythm exercises
5. Noodling
6. Noodling Exercises
7. Blues scale
7-19. Exercises on all twelve keys
20. Basslines
21. Simple Ideas for Improvisation
