Jazz Piano Technique - Exercises, Etudes & Ideas for Building Chopsby John Valerio This one of a kind book applies traditional technique exercises to specific jazz piano needs. Along with warm ups, etudes isolate each technical problem within a jazz context. This allows for improvisation, directly addressing the needs of the jazz player. Practicing is not only pragmatic, it's fun! Topics include: scales (major, minor, chromatic, pentatonic, etc.), arpeggios (triads, seventh chords, upper structures), finger