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: |
Table of Contents:
- 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.