Jazz improvisation basic training : for all treble clef readers / John Waugh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Waugh, John, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Improvisation (Music)--Instruction and study.

Improvisation (Music).

Jazz--Instruction and study.

Jazz.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London, England : Brown Dog Books, [2020]

Summary:

Jazz Improvisation Basic Training provides a comprehensive breakdown of entry-level jazz harmony and a step-by-step guide to improvisation. Complete with musical examples, you will discover and explore the basis of the jazz vocabulary, beginning with concepts as simple as the major scale, culminating with methods championed by the greats to form your own improvised melodies._x000D__x000D_This isn't a "patterns for jazz" book, or an archive of "licks". The aim here is for you to develop an understanding of how harmony is formed, strengthen your technique and, in turn, develop your own original ideas._x000D__x000D_The subject matter in this book is applicable to all instrumentalists, though all musical examples are written in the treble clef.

Contents:

Cover

Half-title Page

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Foreword

Contents

Introduction

Notes on Effective Practice

Fundamentals

A Brief Outline of Basic Terminology

Chapter 1 The Major Scale

Chapter 2 Modes of the Major Scale

Chapter 3 II-V-I and the Cycle of 4ths

Chapter 4 The Blues

Chapter 5 Triads

Chapter 6 Bebop Scales and Chromaticism

Now What?!

Summary

Scale Reference Pages

Index of Key Words.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781839521980

1839521988

OCLC:

1224369237