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A Jazzy Day Information & Sample Pages
THE NEW LEILA FLETCHER LIBRARY
A Jazzy Day
Easy Piano Solos by Debra Wanless
In varied styles for the beginning pianist
20 easy jazz piano solos
Composer’s Notes ......................................................................... 2
Hallowe’en Night (A Spooky Little Ballad) ..................................... 4
Weekend Boogie ........................................................................... 5
Ideal repertoire for Grades Pre-One to Two
Back To School Blues .................................................................... 6
The First Snow Fall (A Jazz Etude) ............................................... 7
The Chinese New Year (A Pentatonic Etude) ............................... 8
Autumn Leaves (A Swing Rhythm) ................................................ 10
Ages 5 to 14
Rainy Day Rag .............................................................................. 12
Groovin’ Groundhog Day ............................................................... 14
Fall Roundup (A Western Style) .................................................... 16
Harvest Moon (A Rock Ballad) ...................................................... 18
Friday Night Jam Session ............................................................. 20
Composer notes for quick reference of keys, metre and style
A Valentine’s Waltz (A Jazz Prelude) ............................................. 22
School’s Out Boogie ...................................................................... 24
Beach Party Rag ........................................................................... 26
Summertime Shuffle ...................................................................... 28
Rockin’ On Saturday Night (A Rock Prelude) ................................ 30
Composer comments to the students for each work
Paddy Fest (A Celtic Reel) ............................................................ 32
Blue Monday (A Slow Blues) ......................................................... 34
Morning Rush Boogie .................................................................... 36
Day Dreaming (A Jazz Ballad)........................................................ 38
Easy-to-use glossaries of all signs and terms within the works
Large stave and print for efficient reading
CD audio tracks are indicated above each tune in the book.
Age appropriate and appealing titles
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Groovin' Groundhog Day
dedicated to Wiarton Willy
a really groovy groundhog!
Groovily q = 112 - 126
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Ideal repertoire for study purposes; recitals; festivals; examinations; quick
study; sight reading
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° Rock: Groovin` Groundhog Day, Harvest Moon; Friday Night Jam
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° Boogie Woogie: Weekend Boogie; School`s Out Boogie; Morning Rush
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° Swing: Autumn Leaves
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School's Out Boogie
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Snappily q = 112 - 132
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Keys include: A Minor; A Aeolian; C Blues; C Major; D Minor; F Major; F sharp
Pentatonic; G Mixolydian; G Major
Metres include: Simple triple; Simple quadruple; Compound Duple
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Jazz idioms include:
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A Rock Ballad
Debra Wanless
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° Syncopation
° Blue notes and scales
° Grace notes
° Seventh chords
° Shuffle bass
° Finger snaps
° Simple stride bass
° Glissando
° Ostinato
° 12-bar blues
° Pedal