Learn to Solo - (for All Instruments) (Paperback)

Preface jazz technique. It presents an alternative to what is currently being taught in jazz curriculums (such as the over-used chord-scale system). Building upon the original work of Arnold Schonberg in his Structural Functions of Harmony (1954; 1969) this work takes Schonberg's monotonality approach and broadens it for use in the jazz medium. the tonic chord would still be considered related--whether directly or indirectly. With the central chord becoming the primary tonal personality of a work, all melodic and chordal deviations from that prime become but related regions branching off from, but controlled or dominated by, the established tonality. In this handbook the concept of the sixth degree of the scale, and other substitute intervals, is given emphasis as a starting point of melodic improvisation. performer, thus widening both the harmonic and melodic possibilities of creative improvisation. Commercial jazz is the music of the future, and the techniques offered here utilize scientific principles of universal and fundamental implication. Volume I discovers different intervals to play while improvising, using specially outlined solo techniques. hoped that you will find it likewise rewarding, while expanding your own creative horizons.

General

Imprint:	Authorhouse
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2002
Authors:	Derrick Coles
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 6mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	104
ISBN-13:	978-1-4184-8328-9
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Contemporary popular music > Jazz Books > Arts & Architecture > Music > Techniques of music > General Books > Music > Contemporary popular music > Jazz Books > Music > Techniques of music > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4184-8328-1
Barcode:	9781418483289

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