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Tanner, Mark: Jazz Hands. Book 3

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11 Jazz Pieces for Classical Players

Grades 5–7 (Trinity Grade 5)
Former Spartan Press Cat. No.: SP1233

The title of this series, ‘Jazz Hands’, derives from the familiar exuberant gesturing seen in music theatre – fingers spread and extended, with palms facing upwards, an effect frequently amplified by a convulsive shivering of the hands. Cheerleaders have tended to make widespread use of jazz hands, while the concept has also found its way into revues, Broadway shows and films, as well as contemporary dance. In the current context I am of course referring to the jazz pianist’s hands, which in only the most ambitiously spaced Art Tatum chord would require the player to stretch the digits to such an extent as in the aforementioned theatrical sense.

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