Description
Chop-Monster is a sequential jazz improvisation method by acclaimed jazz pianist and educator Shelly Berg that utilises a "call-and-response" approach: students listen to a jazz idea, imitate it until it is internalised, and then "try it on their own." In Chop-Monster 1, students will hear and improvise to the Ima7, iimi7, and V7 chords in the key of B-flat, plus a basic blues progression. In Chop-Monster 2 students will hear and improvise to the ii-V-I progression in three keys (concert B-flat, E-flat, F).
| Title | |
| Unit 1: Establishing Keys with V7 to I Cadences | |
| Unit 2: Hearing Tendency Tones and Resolution | |
| Unit 3: Learning the IMA7 and V7 Chords | |
| Unit 4: Getting to Know the Scales Involved in V7--I | |
| Unit 5: Chord Changes to NO JIVE | |
| Unit 6: Taking the "Jazz Turns" | |
| Unit 7: Moving Ahead with the Be-Bop Dominant | |
| Unit 8: Getting Down with Blue Notes and Scales | |
| Unit 9: Putting It All Together | |
| Unit 10: Coming to Terms | |
| Unit 11: NO JIVE | |
| Unit 12: Hearing the Sound of the iimi7--V7 Progression | |
| Unit 13: Learning the iimi7 Chord and Connecting to V7 | |
| Unit 14: Moving Through the Scales for ii--V | |
| Unit 15: Learning the Changes to WAY COOL | |
| Unit 16: Finding the ii--V Line | |
| Unit 17: Nailing the Changes---3rds and 7ths | |
| Unit 18: Getting More Chromatic | |
| Unit 19: Putting It All Together | |
| Unit 20: Coming to Terms | |
| Unit 21: WAY COOL | |
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