Ever heard an old jazz recording and wondered how they could have what seemed like such a mastery of the keyboard? The First Steps Toward Freedom series helps take the mystery out of improvisation and equips students with the tools to break free from slavery to the notes on the page. This first book in the series focuses on taking students who already know the basics of reading music and who understand basic musical notation to the next level where they can begin to read chord charts, and understand the basic structure of the most common pop and jazz tunes starting with basic scale and chord...