Beginning Jazz Improvisation (with Cassette)

Part 1 Fundamentals: the circle of fourths; the major seventh chord; the dominant seventh chord; the dominant seventh chord and the whole pentatonic scale; the minor seventh chord; the flat 7 and the flat 3; the blue pentatonic scale. Part 2 Applications: major 7th chords; dominant 7th chords; minor 7th chords; the blues; rhythmic concepts; melodic concepts. Part 3 Playing changes: the ii7-V7 and ii7-V7 -lMaj7 progressions; half diminished chords; rhythmic changes; diatonic linking; patterning. Part 4 Progressive concepts: guide tones; augmented chords and the wole-tone scale. Augmented/whole tone diminished scales and chords; ballad playing and double timing; the suspended 7th, the sharp 11, and synthetic scales.