Essentials of Jazz Theory Book 1

Includes CD

Our Description

Alfred's Essentials of Jazz Theory is designed for jazz enthusiasts and musicians who want to have a better understanding of the language of jazz...... With this book, you will: learn the essentials of jazz music through concise lessons; practice your jazz music reading and writing skills in the exercises; improve your listening and ear training skills with the CDs; and test your knowledge with a review that completes each unit. You are encouraged to play and/ or sing the musical examples throughout, at first along with the enclosed recording, and then on your own.

Contents

• Basic Elements (Melody, Harmony, Rhythm, Texture, Form)
• Swing Feel, Swing Eighth Notes, Swing Groove
• Syncopation, Bebop Style, Lick, Line & Melodic Soloing
• Major Triad, Major Scale, Consonance
• Major Seventh Chords, Chord Changes
• Tonic Function, Scalar Melody, Passing and Neighboring Tones
• Dissonant 4th and Resolution
• Subdominant Major Seventh Chords
• Voice Leading for Tonic & Subdominant Major Seventh Chords
• Modes, Lydian Scale
• Hierachy of 3rd and 7th
• Major 9th Chords, Major 6/9 Chords, Major Pentatonic Scale
• Grace Notes, Scoops & Turns
• Dominant 7th and 9th Chords, Dominant Function
• Resolution of V7 Chords, Tendency Tones and Tritone
• Vy-Ima7 Common Tones and Voice Leading
• Dominant Scale (Mixolydian), Bebop Dominant Scale
• 'Bluesy' Dominant Chords, Blue Notes, 12-Bar Blues Progression, Blues Scale
• Glossary & Index of Terms & Symbols

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