100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for Trombone. 100 Ultimate Jazz Riffs for Trombone by Andrew D. Gordon consists of, as the title suggests, 100 Jazz riffs based on common chord progressions used in jazz such as the II-V-I, III-VI-II-V etc. in both major and minor keys. There are five separate sections: Jazz Swing, Jazz Ballad, Jazz Funk, Jazz Waltz and Latin Jazz. Each musical example has a single note improvised melody line with the chord progression At the end of the book there is the chord progression for the popular jazz standard "Blue Moon" showing you how to use various examples from the 100 riffs to create an improvised solo over the chord progression. By demonstrating this technique you can pick most jazz standards and create your own improvisational ideas using the book. The audio files are recorded with the Trombone playing the melody line along with a rhythm section of guitar, piano bass and drums. All the examples are recorded with the Trombone and the rhythm section, as well as the rhythm section without the Trombone. An absolute must for musicians learning and playing various jazz styles. There are different versions: a version for Flute, Guitar, Bb and Eb Sax, Piano, Clarinet, Trumpet and Violin. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Google Quantity

Larry Clark's The Complete Scale Compendium focuses on what is most common in the study of classical music: core major and minor scales as well as chromatic pentatonic whole-tone and blues scales.The mastery of scales and scale patterns has long been established as the best way to improve technical abilities on all instruments. With this book students will learn the construction of these scales while practicing unique patterns enriching their technique. Specific slurs and articulations have been left off of the exercises so that a multitude of different articulation and slur patterns can be used. The exercises are presentedin two ways: by scale pattern and by key.The Complete Scale Compendium is available for Flute Clarinet Alto Saxophone Trumpet Trombone and Violin.

Free To Solo is a unique publication designed to be a fun play-along book for students who want to enjoy soloing freely instead of having to cope with too many scale changes. With interesting heads and long open sections the tunes encourage creativity over the inspiring contemporary material. Free to Solo is suitable for intermediate students seeking a challenge as well as more advanced players requiring additional material to explore.On the included CD there are 'minus one' tracks to play along with as well as complete performance versions of all the instruments in the series (Alto / Tenor sax Flute / Violin Clarinet Trumpet Guitar andTrombone) so that the reader can draw upon different interpretations of the improvised material.