Jazz ukulele : comping, soloing, chord melodies

(Berklee Guide). Play jazz ukulele! Learn the essential theory, concepts, and techniques to perform jazz. This book will help you to understand and play jazz harmonies and tension substitutions, and the principles for improvisation and accompanying other musicians. It includes traditional notation and tablature, and also introduces additional types of notation common in jazz. The accompanying online audio lets you hear the concepts and then practice them along with a jazz combo. By the end of the book, you will be able to play jazz ukulele in ensemble and solo settings. Online audio is accessed at halleonard.com/mylibraryMissing last 5 pages of the book. 1. INTRODUCTION. GETTING STARTED 2. INTRODUCTION. GETTING STARTED 3. INTRODUCTION. GETTING STARTED 4. INTRODUCTION. GETTING STARTED 5. INTRODUCTION. GETTING STARTED 6. INTRODUCTION. GETTING STARTED 7. INTRODUCTION. GETTING STARTED 8. Holding the Ukulele and Posture 9. Tuning 10. Tuning 11. The Recordings 12. CHAPTER 1. PLAYING THE UKULELE 13. Fingerpicking Technique 14. Warming Up 15. Warming Up 16. Warming Up 17. Warming Up 18. CHAPTER 2. BASIC JAZZ CHORDS 19. Triads 20. Triads 21. Major Diatonic Triads 22. Seventh and Sixth Chords 23. Seventh and Sixth Chords 24. Seventh and Sixth Chords 25. Diatonic Seventh Chords 26. Chord Tensions 27. Chord Progression Using Tensions 28. Ukulele Chord Voicings 29. Voice Leading 30. The Circle of Fifths 31. Exercise: Circle of Fifths Practice 32. CHAPTER 3. COMPING 33. Thumb Only 34. Finger Style 35. Syncopation 36. Syncopation 37. Comping in Different Jazz Styles 38. Exercise 3.2. Bossa 2 39. Exercise 3.3. Swing Eighths 40. Exercise 3.5. Etude: “High Fly” 41. Exercise 3.5. Etude: “High Fly” 42. CHAPTER 4. NOTES FOR SOLOING 43. The Relationship between Scales and Chords 44. Exercise 4.1. Chord Tone Practice 45. Exercise 4.2. Non-Chord Tone Improvisation 46. Exercise 4.3. Improvising Using All Notes 47. Chromatic Approach Notes 48. Exercise 4.5. Improvising with Motifs 49. Exercise 4.5. Improvising with Motifs 50. Exercise 4.6. Etude: “Mister’s Holiday” 51. Exercise 4.6. Etude: “Mister’s Holiday” 52. CHAPTER 5. THE BLUES 53. The Blues Scale 54. Exercise 5.1. Blues Scale in Octaves 55. Exercise 5.2. Improvisation with Blues and Mixolydian 56. Minor Blues 57. Imi7 with Aeolian 58. Flat VIMa7 with Lydian 59. C7, Gmi7, Emi7 Flat 5 60. F#o7 61. Dmi7, G7 62. The “Parker Blues” 63. CMa7 64. Bmi7 Flat 5 -> E7(Flat 9) 65. CHAPTER 6. PLAYING THE HEAD AND JAZZ SONG FORMS 66. Exercise 6.1. Thumb and Index Finger 67. Exercise 6.2. Arpeggios 68. Exercise 6.3. “Chasing the Blues” 69. Song Form in Standards 70. Exercise 6.4. “Tune for Sonny” 71. AB Form 72. Exercise 6.5. “Aloha Moon” 73. AABA Form 74. Exercise 6.6. “The Jazz Rhythm” 75. Exercise 6.6. “The Jazz Rhythm” 76. Exercise 6.6. “The Jazz Rhythm” 77. CHAPTER 7. SOLO UKULELE 78. Chord Melodies 79. Playing Melodies on the G String 80. Exercise: “Love Again” 81. Exercise: “Love Again” 82. CHAPTER 8. JAM SESSION 83. “Lotsa Bossa” 84. “It’s Autumn Again” 85. “It’s Autumn Again” 86. “Brazilian Games” 87. “Brazilian Games” 88. “Big Apple Jam” 89. “Big Apple Jam” 90. “Centipedes” 91. APPENDIX. SUGGESTED JAZZ UKULELE RECORDINGS 92. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 93. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 94. INDEX 95. INDEX 96. INDEX