Content
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 - Intervals and Scales
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- Half steps and whole steps
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- Major scales
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- Circle of fifths
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- Intervals-how they are named
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- Hearing intervals
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- Minor scales
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- Other scales you should know
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- Transposing
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- Exercises
- Chapter 2 - Chord Building
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- Triads
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- Seventh chord vocabulary
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- Seventh chords in major: Roman numeral notation
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- Seventh chords in minor
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- Extensions and avoid notes
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- Polychords/upper structures
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- Exercises
- Chapter 3 - Chord Movement: Harmonic Cliches
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- V to I
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- Circle of dominants
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- IlVI
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- Circle of fifths within a key
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- Deceptive cadences
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- Common tones
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- Secondary dominant
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- Substitute dominant
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- Pivot chords
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- IV m and b Vlldom, modal interchange
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- Turnarounds, tags, vamps
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- Exercises
- Chapter 4 - Modes and Chord Scales
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- Scale tones as chord extensions
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- Modes of major
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- Modes of major, continued
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- Modes of melodic minor
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- Whole tone and diminished scales
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- Bebop scales
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- Pentatonic scales
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- Exercises
- Chapter 5 - Blues
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- Blue notes and the blues scale
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- Basic blues progression
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- Dominant I and IV
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- Variable third
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- Bebop blues
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- Minor blues
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- Bird blues and other variations
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- Sample solo
- Play-along track-Blues in F
- Chapter 6 - Rhythm Changes
- I. Chord chart and analysis
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- Improvising on Rhythm changes
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- Variations on the progression
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- Sample solo
- Play-along track-Rhythm changes in Bb
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- Exercises
- Chapter 7 - Approaches to Improvising
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- Beyond theory
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- Outside playing
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- About originality
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- Exercises
- Chapter 8 - Learning Tunes
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- Suggestions for learning tunes
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- Tips on analyzing harmony
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- Form
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- Interpreting lead sheets
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- Memorizing tunes
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- Exercises
- Chapter 9 - Sample Analysis:
- After You've Gone
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- Lead sheet and analysis
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- About this tune
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- Lyrics
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- Bar-by-bar comments
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- Sample solo
- Play-along track-After You've Gone in C
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- Exercises 1
- Chapter 10 - Suggestions for Further Study
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- Listen, practice, analyze, perform
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- Practice routines
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- Exercises for basic technique
- Appendix A - II V I licks
- Appendix B - The logic behind the chord scale system
- Appendix C - Solos for Bb and Eb instruments: chord charts for play-along tracks
- Appendix D - Selected bibliography