| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
xxxii, 397 pages : illustrations, music ; 28 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-391) and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1: Basics. Music fundamentals ; Jazz rhythms ; Harmonic function ; Four-part chords ; Five-part chords ; The II-V-I progression ; Modes ; Chord-scale theory ; The blues ; Basic improvisation -- Part 2: Intermediate. Voicing formations ; Keyboard and jazz chorale textures ; Idiomatic jazz progressions ; Bebop improvisation ; Bebop blues ; The "confirmation" changes ; The rhythm changes ; Pentatonics, hexatonics, octatonics ; The Tristano style of improvisation -- Part 3: Advanced. Analyzing jazz lead sheets ; Phrase models ; Song forms ; Reharmonization techniques ; Post-tonal jazz -- atonality ; Set classes in jazz ; Twelve-tone techniques ; Stylistic crossovers -- developing a new jazz repertory. |
| Subject |
Jazz -- Instruction and study.
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Jazz -- Instruction and study. |
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Music theory.
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Music theory. |
| ISBN |
9781138235083 hardcover |
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1138235083 hardcover |
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9781138235106 paperback |
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1138235105 paperback |
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