Lionel Grigson: Practical Jazz

Stainer & Bell, London
Practical Jazz: Step-by-step Guide to Harmony and Improvisation
Second Edition
For all instruments

A step-by-step guide to harmony and improvisation by leading British jazz educator Lionel Grigson with practical examples, from basic harmony through blues to the techniques, progressions, vocabulary and essential repertoire of bebop.

Part 1:

• Intervals
• The ThreeMain Chord Types
• The Twelve-Bar Blues Sequence
• Tritone Substitution
• Extensions
• Voice Leading: Four and Five Parts
• More Extensions
• Voice-Leadin: Six Parts

Part 2:

• Blues Tonality: C Major
• Blues Tonality: F Major
• The "Round-the-Clock' Blues"
• AABA Form
• Expanding Your Repertoire

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