Essentials of Jazz Theory Book 2

Includes CD

Contents

taken from the blurb:

'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.'

• Counterpoint - Bass and Melody
• Walking Bass Lines
• Walking Bass Lines in the Circle of Fifths, Two-Note Voicings
• Comping & Comp Rhythms, Voice Leading
• Brazilian Bass Lines & Comping Patterns
• Minor 7th and 9th Chords (MI7, MI9) & Inversions
• Supertonic Function - iiMI7 and iiMI9 Chords
• Resolution of iiMI7 to V7
• The ii-V-I Turnaround Progression
• Jazz Language - Combined Scale/ Arpeggion & 'The ii-V Lick'
• Jazz Language - Triplet Arpeggio & 'The Bebop Dominant Lick'
• Dominant 13th Chords and ii-V-I Voicings
• Passing Minor +7 Chord (MI (+7)
• Tonicisation of the IV Chord
• The ii-V Turnaround to IV
• Melody for the Turnaround to IV
• II Dominant Seventh Chords (II7)
• II7 (#11) Chords, Lydian Dominant Scale, I Augmented Chord Extension (I+)
• Diminished 7th Chords (07) & Diminished Scales
• Diminished 7th (07) Function & Melodic Language
• VI7 (b9) Chord, The Turnback Progression
• AABA Standard Song Form - 'Take The A Train' Progression
• Jazz Language - Chromatic Leading Tones, Bebop Scales
• Jazz Language - Auxiliary 'Enclosure' Tones
• The Jazz Blues Progression, Finding The Chromatics
• Glossary & Index of Terms and Symbols

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