Arnie Berle's complete handbook for jazz improvisation
"Improvisation is a reaction to certain chord sequences predetermined by the amount of technique, musical experience and personality of the player...Jazz improvisation can be taught and that is...the purpose of this book: to provide...basic techniques required to develop the ability to improvis...
| Main Author: | Berle, Arnie. |
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| Format: | Musical Score |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Amsco Music Pub.,
[1972]
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| Physical Description: |
1 score (72 pages) : illustrations ; 29 cm. |
| Series: |
Personal instructor ;
5. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
"Improvisation is a reaction to certain chord sequences predetermined by the amount of technique, musical experience and personality of the player...Jazz improvisation can be taught and that is...the purpose of this book: to provide...basic techniques required to develop the ability to improvise."--Arnie Berle. |
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| Item Description: |
"It can be taught. This is a practical guide for the development of jazz techniques for guitar, piano, and all melody instruments"--Cover. Intervals -- Major scales, one octave -- Scale patterns -- Chords -- Inversions -- Chord Arpeggios -- Seventh chords -- Seventh chord arpeggios -- Major seventh chords -- Progressions -- Transposition, chordal, melodic -- Chord function -- Cycle of fifths -- Major 6th chord -- V7 to I -- IIm7,V7,I6 -- Modes -- Chord scale drill -- Rhythm -- IIIm7, Improvising scale -- IVmaj7, Improvising scale -- VIm7, Improvising scale -- Improvisation -- Altered and extended chords and scales -- Diminished 7th scales -- Dominant 7♭9th chord -- Neighboring tones -- Playing around the melody -- The blues -- Minor scales, minor chords -- Substitute chords. "Improvisation is a reaction to certain chord sequences predetermined by the amount of technique, musical experience and personality of the player...Jazz improvisation can be taught and that is...the purpose of this book: to provide...basic techniques required to develop the ability to improvise."--Arnie Berle. |
| Physical Description: |
1 score (72 pages) : illustrations ; 29 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0825628059 9780825628054 |