Jazz Theory & Jazz Improvisation Examples

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Improvisation Sequence

JAZZ IMPROVISATION I | JAZZ IMPROVISATION II | JAZZ IMPROVISATION III | JAZZ IMPROVISATION IV

• Improvisation Choices
• Basic Scale Reference Catalog For Jazz Improvisation
• Practice Tips
• Dave Liebman's thoughts on JAZZ PRACTICE
• Basics from Belmont Clinic, 2004. Guide Tones, Triad generalization, Basic Outlines.

• Overview of Piano Voicings
• Basic Blues Voicings for Bb and F Blues
• Two Hand Voice leading without Roots

• Jazz Guitar Basics: Comping Rhythms, Voicings, Creating Lines

• Basic Outlines or Fundamental Patterns to Connect Chords in Jazz Improvisation
  
  CONNECTING CHORDS WITH LINEAR HARMONY (Houston Publishing, distributed by Hal Leonard) deals exclusively with the basic outlines of harmonic clarity used by most jazz improvisors.

  Chapter 15 of COMPREHENSIVE TECHNIQUE for JAZZ MUSICIANS (Houston Publishing, distributed by Hal Leonard) includes 148 outline exercises and etudes and thousands of other specific exercises for jazz improvisation.

  (Click on the titles for descriptions of the books with sample contents pages and links to reviews.)

• Outlines over turnaround ( | iii7 V7/ii | ii7 V7 | )

• Blues Licks 101

• Approaches to the B section of Lullaby in Concert and Bass Clef
• Approaches to the B section of Lullaby in Bb and Eb

• Etude No.2 on the changes to "Another" Standard Progression
• The Bare outline used as basis for Etude No.2
• Etude on Rhythm Changes
• Etude on Standard "Fall" Changes
• Four Chorus B Flat Blues Etude with Annotation
• Two lines on F blues using guide tones, triadic generalization, and other approaches. Some discussion is included.

• 244 million Bass Lines in F, Bb
• Fundamental Patterns for Constructing Bass Lines
• Five Choruses of Blues in B flat
• ANOTHER BASS LINE

RHYTHM EXERCISES

• page 1
• page 2
• page 3
• Key to Rhythm Exercises

• Tips on Composing

TRANSCRIPTIONS

• More transcriptions

  Several transcriptions of jazz improvisations including Miles Davis, Keith jarrett, Wes Montgomery, Tommy Flanagan, Bill Evans and others.

CONNECTING CHORDS WITH LINEAR HARMONY By Bert Ligon Connecting Chords with Linear Harmony examines common lines used by all great jazz artists to connect harmony in jazz improvisation and composition. Harmony is treated as a linear rather than vertical. The book is based on hundreds of examples from great jazz artists that are examined, analyzed and categorized. Graduated exercises, etudes, and ear-training tips help you develop your own voice. So many books on music begin by stating a principle or rule and then illustrate it with an example created by the author. This has always seemed backwards to me. In this book, I have begun with actual examples from great jazz solos and then extracted principles. The actual examples are the source and authority. There is an index of jazz artists below. Connecting Chords with Linear Harmony, is available from Houston Publishing, distributed by Hal Leonard, Inc. # HL 841077 ISBN: 0793561930 UPC: 73999729020 (Hal Leonard, Inc. can be reached by calling 1.800.637.2852 or by email at halinfo@halleonard.com)

COMPREHENSIVE TECHNIQUE for JAZZ MUSICIANS By Bert Ligon Anthology of Technical & Compositional Exercises Anthology of Musical Examples COMPREHENSIVE TECHNIQUE for JAZZ MUSICIANS # HL 30455 ISBN: 0634001760 UPC: 73999304550 is available from Houston Publishing, distributed by Hal Leonard, Inc. (Hal Leonard, Inc. can be reached by calling 1.800.637.2852 or by email at halinfo@halleonard.com) The book may be ordered from Music Dispatch 1.800.637.2852, or your local music store.

Volume 1 Volume 2

JAZZ THEORY RESOURCES: Tonal, Harmonic, Melodic and Rhythmic Organization of Jazz. Volume I and II. By Bert Ligon Jazz Theory Resources is a jazz theory text in two volumes. (Table of Contents shown below). Volume I includes: review of basic theory, rhythm in jazz performance, basic tonal materials, triadic generalization, diatonic harmonic progressions and harmonic analysis, substitutions and turnarounds, common melodic outlines, and an overview of voicings. Volume II includes: modes and modal frameworks, quartal harmony, other scales and colors, extended tertian structures and triadic superimposition, pentatonic applications, coloring "outside" the lines and beyond, analysis, expanding harmonic vocabulary. Included is a complete transcription and analysis of the following classic jazz improvisations: Billie's Bounce (Charlie Parker), So What (Miles Davis), Freddie Freeloader (Wynton Kelly), All Blues (Cannonball Adderley), Blue in Green (John Coltrane). Appendices on chord/scale relationships, elaborations of static harmony, endings, composing tips, and theory applications. JAZZ THEORY RESOURCES, VOL. 1 # HL 00030458 ISBN: 0634038613 UPC: 73999676440 316 pages $39.95 JAZZ THEORY RESOURCES, VOL. 2 # HL 00030459 ISBN: 0634038621 UPC: 73999320428 208 pages $29.95 Hal Leonard, Inc. can be reached by phone: 1.800.637.2852 by email: halinfo@halleonard.com) online: halleonard.com These books may be ordered from Music Dispatch 1.800.637.2852, or your local music store.

For more information e-mail Bert Ligon at

bligon@mozart.sc.edu

Phone: 803.777.6565/803.777.4280