Contents
taken from the blurb:
'Alfred's Essentials of Jazz Theory is designed for jazz enthusiasts and musicians who want to have a better understanding of the language of jazz...... With this book, you will: learn the essentials of jazz music through concise lessons; practice your jazz music reading and writing skills in the exercises; improve your listening and ear training skills with the CDs; and test your knowledge with a review that completes each unit. You are encouraged to play and/ or sing the musical examples throughout, at first along with the enclosed recording, and then on your own.'
- Counterpoint - Bass and Melody
- Walking Bass Lines
- Walking Bass Lines in the Circle of Fifths, Two-Note Voicings
- Comping & Comp Rhythms, Voice Leading
- Brazilian Bass Lines & Comping Patterns
- Minor 7th and 9th Chords (MI7, MI9) & Inversions
- Supertonic Function - iiMI7 and iiMI9 Chords
- Resolution of iiMI7 to V7
- The ii-V-I Turnaround Progression
- Jazz Language - Combined Scale/ Arpeggion & 'The ii-V Lick'
- Jazz Language - Triplet Arpeggio & 'The Bebop Dominant Lick'
- Dominant 13th Chords and ii-V-I Voicings
- Passing Minor +7 Chord (MI (+7)
- Tonicisation of the IV Chord
- The ii-V Turnaround to IV
- Melody for the Turnaround to IV
- II Dominant Seventh Chords (II7)
- II7 (#11) Chords, Lydian Dominant Scale, I Augmented Chord Extension (I+)
- Diminished 7th Chords (07) & Diminished Scales
- Diminished 7th (07) Function & Melodic Language
- VI7 (b9) Chord, The Turnback Progression
- AABA Standard Song Form - 'Take The A Train' Progression
- Jazz Language - Chromatic Leading Tones, Bebop Scales
- Jazz Language - Auxiliary 'Enclosure' Tones
- The Jazz Blues Progression, Finding The Chromatics
- Glossary & Index of Terms and Symbols
