Dance Band Reading and Interpretation [Soft Cover ]

This book is for those instrumentalists who would like to familiarize themselves with, and become proficient in playing today's dance and jazz rhythms with a correct conception. The book's basic principle combines a group of FIVE comprehensive rules to be learned and applied to dance and jazz parts. Many examples of the most commonly used rhythms are presented, explained, and used in context with figures and etudes typical of actual dance band music.