Ways of the Hand: A Rewritten Account

by David Sudnow

Book Overview

A detailed account of the experience of learning to improvise on the piano.

Ways of the Hand tells the story of how David Sudnow learned to improvise jazz on the piano. Because he had been trained as an ethnographer and social psychologist, Sudnow was attentive to what he experienced in ways that other novice pianists are not. The result, first published in 1978 and now considered by many to be a classic, was arguably the finest...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262194678
• ISBN13: 9780262194679
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Mit Press
• Length: 163 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher