Stretching the Standards Imaginative Arrangements for Piano by Dick Hyman Default:Default a Gershwin-esque ballad

a Gershwin-esque ballad

This melody will have the lyrics written beneath the notes

31 now published with two piano accompaniment audio CDs for the first time ever

Series: Audition Songs

Stretching the Standards Imaginative Arrangements for Piano by Dick Hyman Default:Default a Gershwin-esque balladThese 12 arrangements are intended to depart a bit from the way that the songs were first set down by Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, and Richard Rodgers. In terms of harmony, the use of modulations, and the recasting of melodies with unexpected accompaniment, I've tried, with all due respect, to move their classic songs into new territory. Sometimes I've embellished the melodies themselves in the way a jazz player might throw in variations, but these are