(a) |
Listen to jazz music and analyze form, tone, style, era, dynamics, articulation, time signature, characteristic rhythms, time, balance, blend, key and/or pitch. |
(b) |
Analyze the development of the jazz music (head, arrangement, or improvisation) as a whole or in smaller sections. |
(c) |
Analyze and reflect on the structure of the chord progression and the potential development of the chord progression. |
(d) |
Analyze the characteristic sounds, licks, tone and other elements of well-known players and/or groups. |
(e) |
Individually or as a class, identify performers and/or groups on recordings just by listening to the characteristic sounds or ideas presented in the music. |
(f) |
Analyze and reflect on just one instrument from the beginning to the end of the musical selection (e.g., Did the player play the same way all the way through? How was it different or the same? What did he/she play that the student also might be able to play?) |
(g) |
Analyze and reflect on the melody, bass line, fills (including drums and percussion), background lines, chord progression, roots, and sing along with the recording. |
(h) |
Discuss the history, cultural heritage, and effect of current events as these apply to the musical selection. |
The accompanying CD demonstrates the examples in the book.
A second DVD provides special features such as pre- and post-class interviews with the students, interviews with Gary Giddins and Jimmy and Percy Heath and transcriptions of "Sleeves" and "Love Song". During the interview, the brothers talk about making a living and the New Jazz Quartet.
The transcription scrolls across the screen while the brothers are playing "Love Song" and "Sleeves."
Werner's effortless mastery approach teaches students to remove blocks between them and their artistic expression and encourages them to practice with greater efficiency, concentration and effectiveness.
Changes are intrinsic to jazz improvisation and this resource serves as an introduction to pattern-playing in jazz and as a springboard for the development of other, new patterns as they present themselves.
A second DVD provides special features such as pre- and post-class interviews with the students, interviews with Gary Giddins and Clark Terry and a transcription of "Perdido."
A second DVD includes special features such as pre- and post-class interviews with the students, interviews with Gary Giddins and Hank Jones and a transcription of "Alone Together."
The transcription scrolls across the screen while Jones is playing.