So You Want to Learn to Improvise? A Step-by-Step Guide to Creative Piano Playing 鋼琴奏法

你想學習即興彈奏嗎》追溯了作者在音樂道路上所走過的每一步，為教師和學生提供了一個循序漸進的指南，説明他們掌握鋼琴即興彈奏所需的技巧。這本書特意沒有具體的風格，其前提是一旦掌握了基礎知識，就可以根據個人喜好選擇風格。內容取材于作者 25 年來在課堂和鋼琴上的教學經驗，以及 15 年來在世界各地舉辦的工作坊、研討會和講座。書中的觀點清晰而具體，但要求從一開始就採用創造性的方法，從一開始就灌輸探究性和音樂性的思維方式。練習安排廣泛而循序漸進，要求學生在繼續練習之前充分理解每個過程。這樣做的目的是讓學生擺脫記譜法的束縛，按照自己的意願探索音樂。大多數已退役的鋼琴家在晚年重拾鋼琴時都會說，隨心所欲地演奏是他們所追求的品質--《你想學即興演奏嗎

作曲家: Andrew Higgins
樂器: Piano
出版社: Alfred Music
原文簡介:
Tracing the steps taken by the author on his musical journey, So You Want to Learn to Improvise? offers teachers and students a step-by-step guide to acquiring the skills needed to improvise at the piano. The book is deliberately stylistically non-specific, working from the premise that once the basics are secured, choices about style can be personal. The content is drawn from material assembled over the author's 25 years of teaching experience in the classroom and at the piano, and his 15 years of workshops, seminars, and lectures across the world. The ideas are clear and specific, but demand a creative approach from the start, inculcating a mindset that is both inquisitive and musical from the outset. The practice schedule is extensive and progressive, demanding the student fully understand each process before moving on. The objective is to free students from the "tyranny" of notation, setting them free to explore music on their own terms. Most lapsed pianists who return to the piano in later life cite "just playing whatever I feel like" as being the one quality they aspire to---So You Want to Learn to Improvise? offers them that opportunity and more.