Advance Music

Exploring the Basics of Jazz Improvisation

Author: Hal Crook
Format: Book with Audio Online
Instrumentation: All Instruments, Jazz Improvisation

As taught at Berklee College of Music Ready, Aim, Improvise!, Book 2: Soloing and Target Practice by Hal Crook explores the critical areas involved in learning how to improvise, including: music theory, jazz harmony, ear training, jazz execution, jazz vocabulary, practising, self-critiquing, career planning, and much more. Ready, Aim, Improvise! is filled with musical examples, exercises, and practice routines that help make the learning process easy and enjoyable. The audio features modal, key-area and modulating chord progressions performed at a slow, manageable tempo. Ready, Aim, Improvise! is a clear, comprehensive study of the most important steps in a jazz musicians education. Don't be surprised if it gets you practicing more and playing better in no time at all! So get Ready . . . Aim . . . Improvise!