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By Bert Ligon

An incredible presentation of the most practical exercises an aspiring jazz student could want. All are logically interwoven with fine 'real world' examples from jazz to classical. This book is an essential anthology of technical, compositional and theoretical exercises, with lots of musical examples.

COMPREHENSIVE TECHNIQUE for JAZZ MUSICIANS
# HL 30455
ISBN: 0634001760
UPC: 73999304550

is available from Houston Publishing, distributed by Hal Leonard, Inc.

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INTRODUCTION

Technique

Book Format

Improvisation

I. BASIC EXERCISES

Routine

Tips for Practice

Practicing by Limiting

Practice in all Twelve Keys

Scales for Improvisation

Scale Practice

Arpeggio & Broken Chord Practice

Other Melodic Scale & Arpeggio Patterns

Patterns with 3rds

Patterns with Neighbor Tones

Cyclical Quadruplets

Diatonic Chords

Diatonic Seventh Chords

Chromatic Embellishment

Diatonic Triads with Lower Neighbor Tone Embellishment

Neighbor Tones Applied to Arpeggios & Broken Chords

Upper Neighbor Tones

Lower Neighbor Tones

Combining Upper & Lower Neighbor Tones on Arpeggio & Broken Chord Exercises

Encircling Chord Tones with Upper & Lower Neighbor Tones

Scales Preceded with Upper & Lower Neighbor Tone Encircling

Common Chromatic Approach

II. 7th & 9th CHORD ARPEGGIOS

Seventh Chords

Ninth Chords

Arpeggios preceded with Upper & Lower Neighbor Tone Encircling

III. TRIADS & GENERALIZATION

Pitch Hierarchy

Basic Elaborations of Triads

F Major Triad

F Minor Triad

Triad Motive Developed

Triadic Elaboration

Logo Variations

Triadic Generalization

Triadic Musical Examples

Application of Triadic Generalization

Broken Chord Exercises

Blues Lines

Blues Scale Musical Examples

Major Blues Scale

Minor Blues Scale

Combination of Major & Minor Blues Scales

General Blues Exercises

IV. MELODIC MINOR SCALE EXERCISES

Melodic Minor Scales & Modes

Seventh Mode: Superlocrian

#9-b9-R-7 Pattern

Minor 1-2-3-5 Pattern

Major 1-2-3-5 Pattern

Combination of 1-2-3-5 Patterns

Half-diminished 7th Arpeggios over Altered Dominant 7ths

Lydian Dominant

Lydian Augmented

Locrian #2

Combination of Modes

Melodic Minor Exercises

Arpeggio Patterns from Melodic Minor

1-2-3-5 & 1-2-3-4-5 Patterns from Melodic Minor

1-2-3-5 Pattern Variations

Triads

Tritone Substitution & Melodic Minor Chords

Relationship of Altered Dominants, Lydian Dominants & Melodic Minor Scales

Secondary Dominants & Tritone Substitution

V. DIMINISHED SCALE EXERCISES

Whole-Half Diminished Scales

Half-Whole Diminished Scales

Diminished Scale Musical Examples

Diminished Scales Exercises

Diminished Scale Lines over Traditional Harmony

VI. MOTIVIC & PENTATONIC PATTERNS

C Major Pentatonic & its Relative A Minor Pentatonic

C Major Pentatonic & its Parallel C Minor Pentatonic

Basic Pentatonic Exercises

Diatonic Triads of the Major Pentatonic Scale

Diatonic Triads of the Major Pentatonic Scale in All Inversions

Superimposition Formulas

Side-Slipping & Planing

Quartal Sounds

Exercises for Planing & Side-Slipping

Three Note Melodic Motives

Four Note Melodic Motives

Five Note Melodic Motives

Pentatonic Applications over Traditional Harmony

Motivic Development 160

Motivic & Compositional Development Devices

VII. 1-2-3-5 PATTERNS

Major 1-2-3-5 & Minor 1-2-3-5 Patterns

Exercises

Application to individual Chords

Exercises

1-2-3-5 Exercises Applied to Harmonic Progressions

1-2-3-5 Patterns in Cadences to Major

1-2-3-5 Patterns in Cadences to Minor

1-2-3-5 Patterns over Turnarounds

Exploring Mathematical Possibilities

1-2-3-5 Patterns Applied to Standard Jazz Compositions

1-2-3-5 Patterns Against the Harmony

VIII. TRIADIC SUPERIMPOSITION

Superimposition of Major Triads over Major 7th Chords

Superimposition of Major Triads over Minor 7th Chords

Superimposition of Major Triads over Dominant 7th Chords

Superimposition of Minor Triads over Dominant 7th Chords

Superimposition of Major Triads over Half & Fully Diminished 7th Chords

Triad Super Imposition Exercises

Triad Superimposition Applied

More Exercises

IX. LINEAR IMPLICATIONS OF HARMONY

Compound Melodies

X. EXTENSIONS & CONNECTIONS

Extended Tertian Exercises

XI. AUGMENTED SCALE EXERCISES

Augmented Scale Exercises

XII. QUARTAL EXERCISES

Extended Quartal Arpeggios from D minor/F major Pentatonic

Extended Quartal Arpeggios from F Kumoi Pentatonic

Extended Quartal Arpeggios Applied to Harmonic Progression in Major

Extended Quartal Arpeggios Applied to Harmonic Progression in Minor

XIII. DOMINANT CHORD CYCLES

XIV. DEVELOPING JAZZ EXERCISES

XV. OUTLINE EXERCISES

Outlines over ii7 - V7 in Major

Outlines over iiø7 - V7 in Minor

Outline Exercises

Outlines over Key Center Cycle

Outlines in Combinations

Common Chromatic Approaches

Outlines over Longer Progressions

More ii7 - V7 - I & iiø7 - V7 - i Exercises

Developing & Practicing Outline Exercises

How to Learn Exercise 15.114 in All Major Keys

Exercises with Quicker Harmonic Rhythm

Outlines in Combinations Elaborated

Excerpts from Solo Transcription

XVI. APPLICATIONS & ETUDES

Agendas

Application of Several Concepts over One Progression

Etudes on Standard Progressions

Etude No.1

Etude No.2