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Table of Contents:

• Biography
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Setting goals and developing good practice habits. My personal learning experiences
• Importance of a proper listening diet. Suggested listening list
• Dominant and sythetic pentatonics. Dominant pentatonic scales. Dominant pentatonic scale applications ; Dominant pentatonic blues etude ; Additional applications ; Incorporating the dominant pentatonic with other concepts ; Listening examples
• Synthetic pentatonic scales. Patterns
• Dissecting the diminished scale. Diminished scale theory ; Dissecting the diminished scale. Application over "caravan" ; Analyses of phrases of phrases from "caravan" solo ; Listening examples ; Patterns
• Formulating bebop language. Major bebop scales. Major bebop scale from the 5th ; Major bebop scale from the 1 (tonic) ; Major bebop scale from the 3rd ; Major bebop scale from the 7th ; Major bebop scale application ; Listening examples (5th) ; Listening examples (1/tonic) ; Listening examples (3rd) ; Listening examples (7th) ; Exercises (5th) ; Exercises (1/tonic) ; Exercises (3rd) ; Exercises (7th) ; Major bebop scale etude "Star eyes" ; Major bebop scale summary chart
• Minor bebop scales from the 5th ; Minor bebeop scale from the 1 (tonic) ; Minor bebop scale from the 3rd ; Minor bebop scale from the 7th ; Minor bebop scale application ; Listening example (5th) ; Listening examples (1/tonic) ; Listening examples (3rd) ; Listening examples (7th) ; Exercises (5th) ; Exercises (1/tonic) ; Exercises (3rd) ; Exercises (7th) ; Minor bebop scale etude "Bebop" ; Minor bebop scale summary chart
• Idiomatic cells, lines, and patterns. The number system ; Applying the number system using a short major II-V-I cell ; Short major II-V-I cells ; Long major II-V-I lines ; Short minor II-V-I cells ; Long minor II-V-I lines ; Dominant cells ; Diminished scale patterns ; Major 7 endings/melodic phrases ; Minor 7 endings/melodic phrases ; Coltrane changes cells ; "The adventures of Hyun Joo Lee" solo transcription
• Importance of voice leading. "All the things you are" 3-7 exercise ; "All the things you are" solo transcription and analysis ; "Straight street" solo transcription and analysis
• Transcriptions. Athlolete (E♭) ; Athlolete (B♭) ; Athlolete (C treble) ; Athlolete (C bass) ; Elation (E♭) ; Elation (B♭) ; Elation (C treble) ; Elation (C bass) ; Groove machine (E♭) ; Groove machine (B♭) ; Groove machine (C treble) ; Groove machine (C bass)
• Practice sheets. Short major II-V-I cycle of fourths ; Long II-V-I-VI ; Short minor II-V-I cycle of fourths ; Long minor II-V-I ; Dominant chords ; Coltrane changes
• Appendix. Vincent Herring discography ; As leader ; Earth jazz agents ; As sideman.

Author/Creator:

Herring, Vincent , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Staff notation.

Main Work:

Logic and critical thinking in jazz improvisation [by Herring, V.]

Subjects:

Improvisation (Music)

Jazz

Genres:

Studies (Music)

Jazz

Performance Medium:

1 performer: instrument

General Notes:

Saxophonist Herring presents his original improvisation concepts and teaching methods. The book features exercises, tunes, discussion, and more. With a biography and preface.

Physical Description:

1 score (307 pages) ; 28 cm

Call Numbers:

MT68 .H474 2024

ISBNs:

1883217490
9781883217495

Other Standard Numbers:

International Article Number: 9781883217495

OCLC Numbers:

1428178843