LearnJazzPiano.com archives: The Pop Piano Book
Paul -- 05/23/2007, 10:51:05 -- #35204
Does anyone here use this book? I've seen it advertised here but haven't found any reviews. I looking for a collection of "stock" comping patterns that can be used in pop ballads, funk, country....

flicklers -- 05/24/2007, 07:15:02 -- #35204
There's an old post in the piano lounge where we went round about this book, hopefully you can find it somewhere.  In summary, I have found it unhelpful although I did learn a bit from the general expose of voice leading.  I even posted a chapter by chapter review of the contents and a minimal analysis of each.  He presents basically one pattern per type mentioned (I presume his favorite for each) and I never successfully applied any of them to a song. Others countered my view and claimed it was a very helpful book for them.  You can probably find more info on the author's website, there used to be the audio examples from the book there.

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