Hal Leonard How to Improvise Over Chord Changes - Wallace /Newton /Johnson /Kortyka - Book

Authors: Shawn Wallace, Dr. Keith Newton, Kris Johnson, Steve Kortyka
Format: Softcover
Version: Jazz Improvisation Text

Whether you're a beginner, an amateur, a professional or a teacher, you will find this book an excellent means of continuing your musical journey. This is a step-by-step guide to help you develop essential skills for improvisation. The concepts presented are first demonstrated over the 12-bar blues progression; in later chapters, the ideas are realized over rhythm changes and in original compisitions based on the chord progressions of jazz standards.

Topics include:

• scales and modes
• chords and riffs
• transposition
• musical quotation
• phrasing and articulation