Jazz Improvisation: Tonal and Rhythmic Principles

(Music Sales America). The fundamentals of jazz are here explained and systemized in 70 lessons based on 60 jazz standards. It covers the styles of musicians from Buddy Bolden to Dizzy Gillespie. Title Contents Introduction Section 1 : Scale-tone 7th Chords Intervals Chord Qualities Altered 7ths The 60 Chords Section 2 : Application to Tunes Fools Rush In/Nice Work If You Can Get It I'm Glad There Is You/Misty Ill Wind/Moonglow/Man I Love These Foolish Things/Spring Is Here/Just Friends/Bewitched Come Rain Or Come Shine/I Didn't Know What Time It Was/I Only Have Eyes For you Section 3 : Inversions No Moon At All/Liza/Waltz For Debbie Giant Steps Section 4 : Modulation Body & Soul/How High The Moon/Laura/I'll Remember April All The Things you Are/Autumn In New York/In Your Own Sweet Way Section 5 : Arpeggios Arpeggios In Rhythm 8th Note Arpeggios Rhythmic Combinations - On Green Dolphin Street 16th Note Arpeggios - At Long Last Love Rhythmic Combinations - Sophisticated Lady Rhythmic Composites (Ballad) I Got It Bad - Drill Rhythmic Composite (Up Tempo) - You Took Advantage Of Me Section 6 : Modes Speak Low The Major Scale The Dominant Scale The Minor Scale Little Girl Blue The Half-diminshed scale Don't Blame Me The Diminished Scale Birth Of The Blues The 60 Scales Scale & Arpeggio Alteration 8th Not Scales - Scale Fragments Blue Moon 8th Note Triplet Scale Fragments 16th Note Fragments Rhythmic Combinations Round Midnight Rhythmic Composite (Ballad) Have You Met Miss Jones Rhythmic Composite (Up-Tempo) Lullaby Of Birdland Section 7 : Chromatic Tones I Cover The Waterfront The Sensitive Tones Night & Day Basic Syncopation Easy To Love Accent Makin Whoopee Coleman Hawkins' "Sweet Lorraine" Section 8 : The Blues (harmonic & melodic) Willow Weep For Me Section 9 : Patterns Circle of 5ths Diatonic/Chromatic Pick Yourself Up/Tea For Two/Jeepers Creepers Section 10: Minor Scale-tone Chords Arpeggios Yesterdays/My Funny Valentine Just One Of Those Things Section 11 : Open Position - Axis Of The 7th When Your Lover Has Gone Open Position - Axis Of The 3rd I've Got You Under My Skin Open Position - Mixed Axis Lover Man Basic Professional Piano (melodic) Tenderly Basic Professional Piano (improvised) Gone With The Wind Section 12 : Standard Procedure Ear Traing/Memorization/Sheet Music Conversion Touch Technique/Recordings Section13 : For Further Study Dolphin Dance Invitation/West Coast Blues/The Summer Knows/Time After Time/For All We Know The Preacher/Desifinado/Our Love Is Here To Stay/Here's That Rainy Day Girl From Ipanema/One Note Samba/Just In Time/Tune-Up/Shadow Of Your Smile Nica's Dream/Four/Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars/What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life Carolina Shout INDEX OF TUNES Fools Rush In/Nice Work If You Can Get It I'm Glad There Is You/Misty Ill Wind/Moonglow/Man I Love These Foolish Things/Spring Is Here/Just Friends/Bewitched Come Rain Or Come Shine/I Didn't Know What Time It Was/I Only Have Eyes For you No Moon At All/Liza/Waltz For Debbie Giant Steps Body & Soul/How High The Moon/Laura/I'll Remember April All The Things you Are/Autumn In New York/In Your Own Sweet Way I Could Write A Book On Green Dolphin Street At Long Last Love Sophisticated Lady I Got It Bad You Took Advantage Of Me Speak Low Moonlight In Vermont It Could Happen To You Little Girl Blue Don't Blame Me Birth Of The Blues Like Someone In Love Blue Moon Cabin In The Sky Dancing On The Ceiling Round Midnight Have You Met Miss Jones Lullaby Of Birdland I Cover The Waterfront Night & Day Easy To Love Makin Whoopee Sweet Lorraine Willow Weep For Me Pick Yourself Up/Tea For Two/Jeepers Creepers Yesterdays/My Funny Valentine Just One Of Those Things When Your Lover Has Gone I've Got You Under My Skin Lover Man Tenderly Gone With The Wind Dolphin Dance Invitation/West Coast Blues/The Summer Knows/Time After Time/For All We Know The Preacher/Desafinado/Our Love Is Here To Stay/Here's That Rainy Day Girl From Ipanema/One Note Samba/Just In Time/Tune-Up/Shadow Of Your Smile Nica's Dream/Four/Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars/What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life Carolina Shout