Hal Leonard Jazz Improv Basics: Jazz Play-Along, Vol. 150 - Book/Audio Online

The All-Purpose Reference Guide

Author: Joe Charupakorn
Format: Softcover with Audio Online
Instrumentation: Bb, Eb, Bass Clef, and C instruments

For use with all B-flat, E-flat, C and BC instruments, the JAZZ PLAY ALONG SERIES is the ultimate learning tool for all jazz musicians. With musician-friendly lead sheets, melody cues, and other split-track choices in the included audio which is accessed online, this first-of-its-kind package makes learning to play jazz easier than ever before.

FOR STUDY, each tune includes a split track with:

• Melody cue with proper style and inflection
• Professional rhythm tracks
• Choruses for soloing
• Removable bass part
• Removable piano part

FOR PERFORMANCE, each tune also has:

• An additional full stereo accompaniment track (no melody)
• Additional choruses for soloing

In this special instructional edition, technical concepts used in jazz improvising are covered in detail --- from scales to chord progressions to ii-V-I patterns. And in true Jazz Play-Along fashion, there are also plenty of play-along tracks based on common chord progressions and songs, so you can apply the concepts you learn right away in context.

Topics covered include:

• essential chord-to-scale relationships
• making music with scales
• chord tones
• adding chromatics
• other scales
• fundamental harmony
• the ii-V-I progression
• advanced harmony
• "must-know" progressions
• improvising
• modern concepts in improvising
• suggested listening