Jacobsen, M: Let's Play Jazz!
Mastering Chords and Scales for Jazz Improvisation
saxophone in Bb or Eb (SAX)
Jacobsen, M: Let's Play Jazz!
Mastering Chords and Scales for Jazz Improvisation
saxophone in Bb or Eb (SAX)
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Start improvising today with internationally acclaimed jazz educator Martin Jacobsen’s easy approach to chords and scales and the building blocks of jazz! Moving from few notes to jazz lines and rhythms, you will learn the secrets behind a basic, and more advanced solo chorus. Martin’s work with saxophonists of every level has taken him around the world from Europe to East Asia, teaching hundreds of students the fundamentals of jazz.
Contents
- Introduction On the craft of Improvisation
- Chapter 1 What is jazz improvisation?
- Chapter 2 Preparation
- Analysing the form and chord Progression
- Finding a Chart
- Chapter 3 Essential exercises
- Bass line exercise
- Arpeggios
- Scales
- Chord-scale Workout
- Digital patterns and more
- Chapter 4 Basic Improvisation
- Long notes and embellishments
- Diatonic lines
- Chapter 5 Developing an easy solo Chorus
- Arpeggios, scales and digital Patterns
- Expanding the vocabulary: Melodic and harmonic concepts
- Licks on II-V-I progressions
- Transcribed licks and how to use them
- Harmonic devices (1): Substitution
- Harmonic devices (2): Superimposition
- Chapter 6 Advanced Improvisations
- Analysis
- Chapter 7 Playing in other keys
- Chapter 8 Learning a new jazz Standard
- Appendix: Circle of Fifths
- About the Author
