Alfred Music Publications
Jazz Language Tutor
Composed by Shelly Berg

Chop-Monster is a sequential jazz improvisation method by acclaimed jazz pianist and educator Shelly Berg that utilizes a "call-and-response" approach: students listen to a jazz idea, imitate it until it is internalized, and then "try it on their own."

In Chop-Monster 1, students will hear and improvise to the Ima7, IImi7, and V7 chords in the key of Bb, plus a basic blues progression.
In Chop-Monster 2 students will hear and improvise to the ii-V-I progression in three keys (concert Bb, Eb, F).

Unit 1: Finding Your Chops     
Unit 2: Creating Melodies from Chords     
Unit 3: Discovering Major Seventh Chords     
Unit 4: Exploring Minor Seventh Chords     
Unit 5: Playing the Chord Changes     
Unit 6: Experimenting with Major Scales     
Unit 7: Advancing with Minor Scales     
Unit 8: Embellishing with Chromatic Notes     
Unit 9: Putting It All Together     
Unit 10: Coming to Terms     
Unit 11: THAT'S COOL!     
Unit 12: Learning Dominant Seventh Chords     
Unit 13: Venturing into Dominant Seventh Scales     
Unit 14: Understanding the Blues Progression I--IV--V     
Unit 15: Examining the IV7 Chord and the 3rd--to--7th Interchange     
Unit 16: Feeling the Bluesy 3rd     
Unit 17: Mastering the Scale for the V7 Chord     
Unit 18: Expanding Your Range     
Unit 19: Adding More Chromatic Notes     
Unit 20: Putting It All Together     
Unit 21: Coming to Terms     
Unit 22: That's Right