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Jazz Improvisation
Lesson Outline
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Chords:
- triads, 7ths, 9ths, 11ths, 13ths, UST,
hybrids
- maj, min, dom, dom b5, dom#5, dim,
min7b5, all possible alterations
Chord Inversions
- all inversions
- triads, 7ths, 9ths, 11ths, 13ths, UST,
hybrids
- maj, min, dom, dom b5, dom#5, dim,
min7b5, all possible alterations
- variations on groupings; up, down,
up/down, down/up, down/2 up, 2 down/1 up
Scales:
- blues
- modes of major
- modes of melodic minor
- modes of harmonic minor
- synthetic modes
- pentatonics
- chord scale continuum
Stepwise Patterns:
- groups of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
- variations on groupings; up, down,
up/down, down/up, down/2 up, 2 down/1 up
Displaced Stepwise
Patterns
- 1235 (diatonically)
- 124
- 125
- 126
- 127
- 134 (love supreme lick)
- variations on groupings; up, down,
up/down, down/up, down/2 up, 2 down/1 up
Diatonic Intervals:
- 3rds, 4ths, 5ths, 6ths, 7ths,
- variations on groupings; up, down,
up/down, down/up, down/2 up, 2 down/1 up
Non-Diatonic (Constant
Structure) Intervals
- minor 3rds
- 4ths
- 5ths
- variations on groupings; up, down,
up/down, down/up, down/2 up, 2 down/1 up
Diatonic Harmonies:
- triads
- 7th chords
- 9th chords
- quartal harmony
- quintel harmony
- variations on groupings; up, down,
up/down, down/up, down/2 up, 2 down/1 up
Approach Note Patterns:
- applied to all above materials
- whole step above/chromatic below
- chromatic above, below, above/below
Coltrane Matrix
- applied to possible II-V situations
- applied to Coltrane tunes
Bi-Tonality
- 2 triads linked together emphasizing a
hybrid or altered tonality (in a dominant or modal
situation)
- major triad whole step above
- major triad min 3rd above
- major triad a major 3rd below
- major triad a minor 3rd below
- major triad a tritone away
Free Playing:
- completely free
- free within a scale
- free within a rhythmic pattern
- free in time
Rhythmic Considerations:
- subdivisions triplets, quintuplets,
septuplets
- repeating rhythmic patterns
Reharmonization:
- harmonic generalization
- substitute chords
- hybrids that fit chord alterations
- alterations on existing chords
Practice Cycles:
- chromatic up/down, min 3rds, maj 3rds,
4ths, 5ths
Articulation:
- basic jazz articulation and swing feel
as applied to melodies, exercises, and improvised melodic
lines
II-V's:
- standard generic licks
- from transcriptions
- from your lines
Licks:
25 ways to work on a tune:
Ordering Information
Supplementary
Materials:
Tune Types/Styles:
- Blues
- Modal Tunes
- Standards
- Be-bop
- Latin/Salsa
- Ballads
- Non-Standard Tunes