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FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS. Comprehensive Technique for Jazz Musicians by Bert Ligon INTRODUCTION. Technique vi Book Format os vil Improvisation. ~ vil BASIC EXERCISES. Routine Tips for Practice Practicing by Limiting, Practice in all Twelve Keys. Scales for Improvisation Scale Practice. Arpeggio & Broken Chord Practice Other Melodic Scale & Arpeggio Patterns Patterns with 31d8.nnm Pattems with Neighbor Tones Cyclical Quacruplets Diatonie Chords Diatonie Seventh Chords. Chromatic: Embellishment Diatonic Triads with Lower Neighbor Tone Embellishment Neighbor Tones Applied to Arpeggios & Broken Chords. Upper Neighbor Tones Lower Neighbor Tones Combining Upper & Lower Neighbor Tones on Arpeggio & Broken Chord Bxercises, sa . Encircling Chord Tones with Upper & Lower Neighbor Tones Scales Preceded with Upper & Lower Neighbor Tone Encircling Common Chromatic Appreach. 7th & 9th CHORD ARPEGGIOS. Seventh Chords Ninth Chords. Arpeggios preceded with Upper & Lower Neighbor Tone Encircling. Ill, TRIADS & GENERALIZATION . Pitch Hierarchy Basic Elaborations of Triads FF Major Trad. F Minor Tr fe Developed us ‘Triad Mo Content: J “riadic Elaboration. - 7 Logo Variations... vn . 62 TTriadic Generalization... Sn . 63 Triadic Musical Examples 68 Application of Tadic Generalization 66 Broken Chord Exercises 7 BIUES LN. se : 70 Blues Scale Musical Examples. . seven Major Bines Scale. | Minor Blues Scale co svn ‘Combination of Major & Minor Blues Scales... . 72 General Blues Exercises. cn 3 IV. MELODIC MINOR SCALE EXERCISES...+...ccccsssssssseseeseessennes Melodic Minor Scales & Modes. . 7 Seventh Mode: Superloctan... Sac icra 79 #92987 Pate... sesereinreraacmainoaaTaTD Minor 123-5 Pattem. os 80 Major 1-2-35 Pater. 81 Combination of 1-2:3-5 Patterns. ao 97 Arpeggios over Altered Dominant 7ths. 82 Lydian Dominant... “ eee 83 lyn Agent 84 = : BS Combination of Modes. . sa. Melodic Minor Exercises... 87 ‘Arpengio Patterns from Melodic Minor. 87 1-235 & 1-23-45 Pattems from Melodic Minor. 1 41-23-5 Pattem Variations s 95 Thad... israel Tritone Substitution & Melodic Minor Chords "100 Relationship of Altered Dominants, Lydian Dominants & Melodic Minor Scales : < 101 Secondary Dominants & Tritone Substitution 101 V. DIMINISHED SCALE EXERCISES......c..cs.cssccsseeceeseees sarmamareeerces 109 Whole-Half Diminished Seales... se ceemaees 0D Half-Whole Diminished Scales... 7109 Diminished Scale Musical Examples. . coe Diminished Scales Exercises... 116 Diminished Scale Lines over Traditional Harmony sensu 130 VI. MOTIVIC & PENTATONIC PATTERNS... 135 C Major Pentatonic & its Relative A Minor Pentatonie we mnsvmnrnnnn 133 C Major Pentatonic & its Parallel C Minor Pentatoni. 135 Basic Pentatonie Exercises aa 136 Diatonic Triads ofthe Major Pentatonic Scale 137 Diatonic Triads of the Major Pentatonic Scale in All Inversions.. 138 Superimpostion Formulas vi Side Sipping & Planing... nnn a2 Quarta Sounds. . can Exercises for Planing & Sie Sipping... 17 Three Note Melodic Motives. : : . 17 Four Note Melodie Motives. cone 48 Fe Note Melodic Motives. - 157 Pentatonic Applications over Traditional Harmony 158 << tomiprebensice Tecnigque jor Jaxx Mascara

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