Piano
SKU:
M7.AHW-3021
How to
start a phrase of
Improvisation.
Composed by Oligario
Diaz. Sheet music. 105
pages. Charles Colin
Corp. #AHW 3021.
Published by Charles
Colin Corp.
(M7.AHW-3021).
English.
Most
people consider
improvisation to be an
essential element of
Jazz, and musicians
occasionally use the word
'Jazz' as a synonym for
improvisation. To
improvise is to compose
and perform
simultaneously. A great
deal of improvised music
is spontaneous,
unrehearsed, not written
down beforehand. This
particular book will
contain exercises that
have been written and
formalized to determine
the degrees of the
scales, 1. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6,
7. We will study
carefully the subdivision
of every scale according
to two tetrachords. The
first one is 1, 2, 3, 4,
5 and the second is 3, 4,
5, 6, 7. We will also
play arpeggios of all
kinds to extend the scale
to its maximum degree.
This book will explain to
the student how to start
a phrase of improvisation
from any starting point
of the scale (major,
dominant, minor,
diminished, etc.) Any
individual or class using
this book should listen
to as much jazz, recorded
and live, as possible.
Good luck, and remember,
'JAZZ. IS ALIVE!'.