Publisher : Hal Leonard
Jazz Improv Basics - The All-Purpose Reference Guide Jazz Play-Along, Vol. 150
Author: Joe Charupakorn
Arrangement : B Flat Instruments, E Flat Instruments, C Instruments, Bass Clef
Series : Jazz Play Along

For use with all B-flat, E-flat, C and BC instruments, the JAZZ PLAY ALONG SERIES is the ultimate learning tool for all jazz musicians.
With musician-friendly lead sheets, melody cues, and other split-track choices in the included audio which is accessed online, this first-of-its-kind package makes learning to play jazz easier than ever before.
FOR STUDY, each tune includes a split track with: • Melody cue with proper style and inflection • Professional rhythm tracks • Choruses for soloing • Removable bass part • Removable piano part.
FOR PERFORMANCE, each tune also has: • An additional full stereo accompaniment track (no melody) • Additional choruses for soloing.

In this special instructional edition, technical concepts used in jazz improvising are covered in detail – from scales to chord progressions to ii-V-I patterns. And in true Jazz Play-Along fashion, there are also plenty of play-along tracks based on common chord progressions and songs, so you can apply the concepts you learn right away in context.

Topics covered include:

• • essential chord-to-scale relationships
• • making music with scales
• • chord tones
• • adding chromatics
• • other scales
• • fundamental harmony
• • the ii-V-I progression
• • advanced harmony
• • “must-know” progressions
• • improvising
• • modern concepts in improvising
• • suggested listening
  
  
  
  

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