Creative Beginnings

I. GETTING STARTED.

 1. How to Practice and Improvise.
 2. Whom to Listen To.
 3. Jazz Rhythms.
II. IMPROVISING IN MAJOR KEYS.

 4. Major Scales and Major 7th Chords.
 5. Mixolydian and Bebop 7th Scales and Dominant 7th Chords.
 6. Dorian Scales and Minor 7th Chords.
 7. The ii - V - I Progression.
III. FORMS.

 8. The Blues Form and the Blues Scale.
 9. Sectional Forms and Rhythm Changes.
IV. IMPROVISING IN MINOR KEYS.

10. The I Chord in Minor; Melodic, Harmonic, and Natural Minor Scales.
11. The ii - V - I Progression in Minor; Locrian and Superlocrian Scales.
V. OTHER SCALES.

12. Pentatonic Scales.
13. Diminished Scales and Diminished Chords.
VI. MUSIC THEORY.

14. Basic Music Theory.
15. Jazz Theory.
Index.