Description
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 on the included CD, this first-of-its-kind package makes learning to playjazz easier than ever before. FOR STUDY, each tune includes a split tra ck with: Œ‡ Melody cue with proper style and inflection Œ‡ Professional rhythm tracks Œ‡ Choruses for soloing Œ‡ Removable bass part Œ‡ Removable piano part. FOR PERFORMANCE, each tune also has: Œ‡ An additional full stereo accompaniment track (no melody) Œ‡ 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 plentyof play-along tracks based on common chord progressions and songs, so y ou can apply the concepts you learn right away in context. Topics covered include: essential chord-to-scale relationships Œ‡ making music with scales Œ‡ chord tones Œ‡ adding chromatics Œ‡ other scales Œ‡ fundamental harmony Œ‡ the ii-V-I progression Œ‡ advanced harmony Œ‡ must-know progressionsŒ‡ improvising Œ‡ modern concepts in improvising Œ‡ suggested listening.