Creative Beginnings

An Introduction to Jazz Improvisation

Scott D. Reeves (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

1997
Pearson (Verlag)
978-0-13-345463-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Appropriate for undergraduate jazz improvisation courses, jazz bands, and adult beginners.

Motivating beginners to improvise from the start, this comprehensive approach to jazz improvisation offers discussions of jazz theory, exercises based on scales and chords, and jazz compositions suitable for classroom or ensemble performance to help develop facility in jazz improvisation.

Inhalt

I. GETTING STARTED.

 1. How to Practice and Improvise.
 2. Whom to Listen To.
 3. Jazz Rhythms.
II. IMPROVISING IN MAJOR KEYS.

 4. Major Scales and Major 7th Chords.
 5. Mixolydian and Bebop 7th Scales and Dominant 7th Chords.
 6. Dorian Scales and Minor 7th Chords.
 7. The ii - V - I Progression.
III. FORMS.

 8. The Blues Form and the Blues Scale.
 9. Sectional Forms and Rhythm Changes.
IV. IMPROVISING IN MINOR KEYS.

10. The I Chord in Minor; Melodic, Harmonic, and Natural Minor Scales.
11. The ii - V - I Progression in Minor; Locrian and Superlocrian Scales.
V. OTHER SCALES.

12. Pentatonic Scales.
13. Diminished Scales and Diminished Chords.
VI. MUSIC THEORY.

14. Basic Music Theory.
15. Jazz Theory.
Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.1.1997
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Jazz / Blues
• ISBN-10: 0-13-345463-0 / 0133454630
• ISBN-13: 978-0-13-345463-5 / 9780133454635
• Zustand: Neuware