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Wise, Les: Jazz Improvisation For Guitar
Sheet music and online contents
Setting: Guitar
Genre: Jazz, blues, latin
Length: 32 pages
Weight: 0.188 kg
Published: 2001
Publisher: Music Sales
Item number: HL00695657
Other reference: HL00695657
ISMN: 9780634033600
This terrific book/online audio pack by Les Wise will allow you to make the transition from playing disjointed scales and arpeggios to playing melodic jazz solos that maintain continuity and interest for the listener. Topicscovered include: tension and resolution - major scale, melodic minor scale, and harmonic minor scale patterns - common licks and substitution techniques - creating altered tension - and more! Features standard notation and tab,and 35 demo tracks. The audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audiowithout changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
Contents |
1. | Altered Tension In The Ii-v-i Progressions | |
2. | Altered Tension With The Major Arpeggio | |
3. | Altered Tension With The Major Scale | |
4. | Finding Functioning Dominant 7th Chords | |
5. | Jazz Guitar Thinking | |
6. | Major Scale Patterns | |
7. | Melodic Minor Scale And Arpeggion Forms | |
8. | Minor Ii-v-i Examples | |
9. | Natural And Altered Tension | |
10. | Playing The Examples From Chord Forms | |
11. | Putting It All Together | |
12. | Resolution In Soloing | |
13. | Scale Harmonization | |
14. | Tension And Resolution | |
15. | Tension And Resolution With Harmonic Minor | |
16. | Tension And Resolution With Jazz Minor | |
17. | Tension And Resolution With Major Scales | |
18. | The Dominant 7th Chord | |
19. | The Harmonic Minor Scale | |
20. | The Harmonic Minor Scale Forms | |
21. | The Jazz Or 'Real' Melodic Minor Scale | |
22. | The Minor Ii-v-i Progression | |