| Portion of title |
Language of modern jazz improvisation for trumpet |
| Contents |
v. 1. Jazz trumpet warmups ; Major chords ; Minor chords ; Dominant 7 chords ; Diminished chords ; Half diminished (minor 7♭5) -- v. 2. The alternate dominant family ; Alternate diminished family ; Substitutions ; Turnarounds ; Blues ; Appendix. |
| Contents |
v. 1. Jazz trumpet warmups. Daily practice warmups ; The 'good bait' exercise ; Shifting major key centers -- Major chords. Major 7 secrets ; Cycles for the major 7th ; Major 7 bebop scales ; Surround note exercises: major keys ; Advanced surrounding notes ; Executing the major 7th ; Speaking in major 7th ; Major 7 #11 ; Fun with Barry Harris: major 6th scales ; The major pentatonic ; Mixing major 7 pentatonic in root and P5th ; Connecting the major 7 pentatonic ; Function of the major 7 pentatonic ; Minor pentatonics ; Connecting minor pentatonics ; Minor 7 pentatonic scale patterns -- Minor chords. The minor issues: modes ; Patterns in minor keys ; Studies in minor keys ; The natural minor: Aeolian mode ; Use of melodic minor in modal harmony ; Modal harmony patterns in melodic minor ; Minor, major around the circle ; Use of harmonic minor ; Patterns in harmonic modes -- Dominant 7 chords. Mixolydian mode: the dominant 7th ; Reviewing the dominant 7th ; Dominant 7 bebop scales ; Playing the dominant 7th ; 2 beat quick changes ii-V7-I ; 1 bar bop patterns ; 2 bar changes ii-V7-I ; Clifford licks ii-V7-I ; Ascending & descending progressions ; Descending half step lick -- Diminished chords. Introduction to diminished: dominant 7♭9 ; The diminished 7th ; Chord of the dominant 7th substitute diminished ; Related diminished triad study ; Patterns for diminished 7ths -- Half diminished (minor 7♭5). The minor 7♭5 Locrian scale ; Minor 7♭5 around the horn ; Locrian's relation to the dominant 7 ; Minor 7♭5 to V7: study #1 ; Minor 7♭5 to harmonic vi: study #2 ; Minor 7♭5: study #3 ; Minor 7♭5 descending to major 7: study #4 ; Descending the minor 7♭5 ; Minor 7♭5 to diminished: study #5 ; Patterns on the minor 7♭5 ; 2 beat minor 7♭5 turnaround ; 1 bar minor 7♭5 progression -- v. 2. The alternate dominant family. Review: Lydian scales ; Working in the Lydian augmented mode ; Altered dominant family: Lydian ♭7 ; Dominant 7♭5#5: whole tone & augmented scales ; Whole tone scales ; Whole tone patterns around the circle -- Alternate diminished family. The super Locrian altered dominant ; Diminished whole tone study ; Patterns on the altered dominant ; The altered pentatonic substitutions -- Substitutions. Learning the tri-tone ; Introduction to descending major thirds ; Cycle of descending major thirds ; The tri-tone substitution of the V7 ; Coltrane ii-V7's 1/2 step apart ; Playing tri-tone substitutions from the minor 7♭5 -- Turnarounds. Rhythm changes ; Learning the turnaround ; iii-iv-ii-V7 for blues prep ; Turnaround with substitutions ; Turnaround with ii-V7 in front ; ii-V7 for blues prep -- Blues. Major blues ; Minor blues ; Blues fun workout ; The minor 7♭5 and the blues ; Altered modern blues ; Modern approach to playing the blues -- Appendix. Numeric and symbolic representations in jazz language ; History of trumpet chordal harmonies ; Ascendancy of classical in jazz ; Trumpet stunts ; Building chords for trumpet ; Thinking in chords for trumpet ; Spelling chords for trumpet. |
| General note | Includes chord symbols. |
| General note | Includes preface and performance instructions in English. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 726-728). |
| ISBN | 9780982315309 (v. 1) |
| ISBN | 0982315309 (v. 1) |
| ISBN | 9780982315316 (v. 2) |
| ISBN | 0982315317 (v. 2) |
