Description

For use with all B-flat, E-flat, C and BC instruments, theJazz Play-Alongseries is the ultimate learning tool for all jazz musicians. With musician-friendly lead sheets, melody cues, and other split-track choices included as audio files to download online, this first-of-its-kind package makes learning to play jazz easier than ever before.

FOR STUDY, each tune includes a split track with: Melody cue with proper style and inflection Professional rhythm tracks Choruses for soloing Removable bass part Removable piano part.

FOR PERFORMANCE, each tune also has: An additional full stereo accompaniment track (no melody) Additional choruses for soloing.

In this special instructional edition, technical concepts used in jazz improvising are covered in detail – from scales to chord progressions to II-V-I patterns. And in trueJazz Play-Alongfashion, there are also plenty of play-along tracks based on common chord progressions and songs, so you can apply the concepts you learn right away in context.

Topics covered include: essential chord-to-scale relationships making music with scales chord tones adding chromatics other scales fundamental harmony the II-V-I progression advanced harmony must-know progressions improvising modern concepts in improvising suggested listening.