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...

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Main Author: Berle, Arnie.
Format: Musical Score
Language: English
Published: New York : Amsco Music Pub., [1972]
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.