Studies and Etudes for the Modern Player by WALT WEISKOPF. From the esteemed author of Intervalic Improvisation - The Modern Sound, Around the Horn is the most thorough and exhaustive study of scales and arpeggios ever assembled. Included are 21 scales and arpeggios every jazz musician needs to know based on the Major, Melodic Minor, and Harmonic Minor modes. Also included are specially designed etudes to open your ears and increase your modal awareness. This book will allow any instrumentalist to gain facility and a solid understanding of modes; how they work and how to best use them in practice and performance.

Around the Horn

Arts & Photography

Walt Weiskopf

Music

Jamey Aebersold Jazz Inc

Hip up your playing with the 'signature' sound of modern players. Contains many exercises/etudes of varying levels and 12 solos written over 'standard' chord changes which utilize augmented scales in both familiar and exotic ways. The worlds most thorough examination and demonstration of the use of augmented scales in modern Jazz improv. An important book for all 'post-boppers'.

Augmented Scale in Jazz

Weiskopf, Walt

Ricker, Ramon

Thirty five pages of exercises utilizing minor modes over chord progressions with finger and position notation.

2-Exercises in Melodic & Harmonic Minor Modes (Barry Galbraith Jazz Guitar Study, 2)

Barry Galbraith

(Book + CD) NOW INCLUDES TAB as well as 'standard' notation! Contains 10 finger/transcribed solos based on 'standard' chord changes by the great Barry Galbraith. Recording contains Mark Slifstein playing the transcribed solos with Milt Hinton on bass and Barry comping behind you. Turn off the Slifstein channel and solo with Barry and Milt comping behind you. Turn off the other channel and comp with Milt behind Mark, or listen to both channels and enjoy the trio.

5-Guitar Improvisation

(Book + CD) A complete approach to improvising arco jazz with step-by-step instructions, exercises, and diagrams. Transcriptions of Slam Stewart, Jimmy Blanton, Paul Chambers, Eddie Gomez, and John Goldsby. Includes compositions by and for famous bass players. Highly recommended!
Tunes: Bowin' The Blues; Festus Yukan; Grahi; Blues For Sarka; Gotta Git; Roll Down, Roll On
Transcribed Solos: Jimmy Blanton (Sophisticated Lady &amp; Mr. J.B. Blues), Leroy 'Slam' Stewart (I Got Rhythm), Paul Chambers (Tale Of The Fingers &amp; The Theme), Eddie Gomez (Elsa), John Goldsby (Lava, Three Short Stories for Bass and Piano, The Cupbearers).

Jazz Bowing Techniques for the Improvising Bassist

John Goldsby

Expanding on his last book, Around The Horn, author and recording artist Walt Weiskopf has raised the bar again with Beyond The Horn, a new book co-authored by saxophonist Ed Rosenberg. Beyond The Horn highlights intervals of 3rds, 5ths, 6ths, 10ths, and introduces the concept of octave displacement. Studies and Exercises are in all 12 keys. The book concludes with 20 etudes that incorporate this new material. The large 244 page book will add increasingly larger intervals to your vocabulary and open your ears as well. Also included are author's notes on how to practice the technically challenging material. Successfully taught at the famous Eastman School of Music for the past several years, this method will take you beyond your previously assumed technical limits. For all musicians looking for a new direction.

Beyond the Horn

Coltranes landmark composition Giant Steps used a new harmonic formula. This book examines it in detail as well as Countdown! Also contains many practice exercises and solo examples, plus how to use this new harmony over 'standard' harmony. This book is an essential Companion for these Volumes in our Play-a-long series: Volume 68 - Giant Steps and Volume 75 - Countdown to Giant Steps, both available separately.

Coltrane-A Players Guide to His Harmony

Legendary jazz educator Jerry Coker's newest contribution to jazz enlightenment, Clear Solutions For Improvisers identifies all of the most common problems Jerry has encountered in his many students over nearly 50 years as a master teacher. In clear, easy to understand instruction and concise musical examples, Jerry first defines the concept, explains its purpose and then presents its traditional usage. Concepts include guide tones, tri-tones, the jazz language, turnarounds, polychords, slash chords, II/V7/Is, vehicle types, keeping your place, and much more. This book will greatly increase your understanding of the most essential jazz concepts all improvisers need to master. 248 pages. Originally published in 2005.

Clear Solutions for Jazz Improvisers

JERRY COKER

APPLICABLE FOR ALL INSTRUMENTS. A graded course on piano voicing skills, starting with simple block chords over Major and Minor and logically and methodically progressing into more exotic and advanced polychords and substitutions. Includes 123 skills in all twelve keys, designed to initiate a feel and understanding of piano voicings and how they work. Each new chapter includes a page of concise instructions for the teacher or the student. Also provides voicings for many of the common chord progressions you'll see in jazz songs because moving smoothly from one chord to another is the difference between a 'professional' sound and a 'choppy' sound. Works well for both classroom or individual study. The 156 spiral bound pages allow the book to open fully and easily on your keyboard music rack.

Jazz Piano Voicing Skills

Dan Haerle

Book and CD Drum Play-Along Set by Steve Davis. Includes a book with transcriptions and analysis of 13 great dummers, including Grady Tate, Al Foster, Billy Hart, Ben Riley, Billy Higgins, Louis Hayes, Roy McCurdy, Bill Goodwin, Ed Soph and many more. The tracks cover a variety of grooves, styles, and tempos. No other method on the market gives you the work of so many outstanding (and legendary) jazz drummers. Special stereo separation on the CD allows you to remove the drummer and play along with Tenor, Bass, and Piano by simply turning your stereo's balance control to one side!

Drummers: Masters of Time

Davis, Steve

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