product id: 2925
Arrangement: saxophone (all)
Product type: Improvisation
Media: Book
Pages: 88
Genre: Jazz
Author: Arnie Berle
Language: English
Expected shipping time: 48 hours
Price: 13.95 euro The purpose of this book is to help the student answer the question, 'What do I play?' It discusses elements of jazz, seventh chords, blues, riffs, vertical and horizontal improvisation, playing through the changes, rhythm patterns, the scalar approach, substitution and much more!
Contents:
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
practicing
improvisation
THE ELEMENTS OF JAZZ
melody
harmony
rhythm
jazz tone
MAJOR SCALE--DIATONIC 7TH CHORDS
RELATED MODES
THE PRIMARY CHORDS
THE BLUES
harmonic characteristics
melodic characteristics
BLUES RIFFS
riff tunes
BLUES PATTERNS
BLUES SOLO
APPROACHES TO IMPROVISATION
vertical
horizontal
combination of both
motivic
PLAYING THROUGH THE CHANGES
modern blues progressions
blues progressions in half notes
blues progressions in quarter notes
blues progressions in eighth notes
blues progressions in triplets
blues progressions in sixteenth notes
combining rhythms
RHYTHM PATTERNS
more rhythm patterns
SCALAR APPROACH TO IMPROVISATION
modes
major scale
II chord
V chord
Dorian modes
Mixolydian modes
BLUES PROGRESSIONS WITH SUBDOMINANT CHORDS
BLUES PROGRESSIONS WITH RELATED SCALES
IMPROVISING SCALES WITH eighth notes
scale tones with triplets
scale tones in sixteenths
combining rhythms and scale tones
combining scale tones & rests
COMBINING CHORD TONES AND SCALE TONES
MODERN RHYTHM CONCEPTS
8th notes in jazz style
EXTENDING CHORDS
major chord runs
EXTENDING DOMINANT 7 CHORDS
dominant 7th chord runs
dominant 7th chord--scale runs
EXTENDED m7 CHORDS
m7 chord runs
MELODIC EMBELLISHMENTS
lower neighbor tones
lower neighbor studies
upper neighbor tones
half step upper neighbors
combined upper & lower neighbors
MELODIC DEVELOPMENT
repetition
sequence
MORE BLUES
MOTIFS
motivic inversion
MINOR SCALES--MINOR KEYS
A pure minor
A harmonic minor
A melodic minor
A jazz minor
MINOR BLUES
improvisation based on half notes
improvisation based on quarter notes
improvisation based on eighth notes
improvisation based on triplets
improvisation based on sixteenth notes
combining all rhythms
minor blues improvising scales
improvisation based on eighth notes
improvisation based on triplets
improvisation based on sixteenth notes
MINOR BLUES solos
THE STANDARD POPULAR SONG
Melodic embellishment
ELIMINATING THE MELODY
DREAM TIME IMPROVISING SCALES
JAZZ SOUND--JAZZ TONE
vibrato
special effects
TENSION AND RELEASE (MELODICALLY)
greater tension
controlling tension
Lydian-dominant scale
ALTERED DOMINANT SCALE
diminished scale
whole stone scale
pentatonic scales
DREAM TIME SOLO 1
DREAM TIME SOLO 2
TENSION AND RELEASE (RHYTHMICALLY)
CONCLUSION |
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