BOOK 1: Beginning Concepts - Bb

Beginning Concepts outlined in this first studies book include, the “Basics of Improv”: Descriptions of the basic approach and structures crucial in Jazz Line Creation, Use and Embellish the Melody, Swing Phrasing and Articulation, Call and Response, Rhythmic Motif, Using Riffs, Blues Scale and Pentatonics, Tendency Tones/Chord Tones/Triads, Seventh and 6th Chords, Simple Scale Patterns moving through modes and direct transposition to other chord changes, Arpeggios then basic embellishment —> neighbor tones, approach notes, modes of major, secondary dominants, introduction to tension

Contents Include: 

9 Etudes on Jazz Standards:

-12 Bar Blues, Doxy, Five Spot After Dark, Solar, Autumn Leaves, Blue Bossa, Afternoon in Paris, Sweet Georgia Brown, Stompin' at the Savoy

Length: 28 pages