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Contents
- Preface
- 1. Improvisation Across Boundaries: A Trans-stylistic Approach
- 2. Music Fundamentals: Key Signatures, Scales, Intervals, Modes, and Melodic Cells
- 3. Modality and Rhythm I: Time Feels
- 4. Modality and Rhythm II: Small Group Framework
- 5. Basic Tonal Materials: Triads and Seventh Chords
- 6. Harmonic Functions
- 7. Swing: Global Rhythmic Gateway
- 8. Melodic Line Construction and Harmonization
- 9. Chord Inversion Present and Past
- 10. Non-diatonic Harmony I: Applied Chords
- 11. Non-diatonic Harmony II: Modal Mixture
- 12. Figured Bass Realization at the Keyboard
- 13. Extended Chords
- 14. Altered Extensions
- 15. Diverse Approaches to Analysis
- 16. Further Creative Horizons in Jazz Improvisation and Composition Appendix
- 1. Introduction to Species Counterpoint Appendix
- 2. Overtone Series and Equal Temperament Appendix
- 3. Rhythmic Exercises Appendix
- 4. Jazz Etudes Appendix
- 5. Additional Keyboard Exercises Appendix
- 6. Instrument Ranges, Transposition, and Score Excerpts Appendix
- 7. Aural Transposition Appendix
- 8. Sample Syllabus Appendix
- 9. CD and Web Audio Tracks