Instrumental Jazz 20
CR20.3
Develop ability to analyze jazz music independently in real time while making or listening to the music.
Indicators for this outcome
| (a) |
Individually and in groups, develop, experiment with, and purposefully use strategies to solve different challenges related to music making. |
| (b) |
Identify common chord progressions or forms including but not limited to blues, AABA form, and II-V-Is, in music performed and/or listened to (including progressions that break from the norm). |
| (c) |
Identify the time signature on first hearing a piece of music, including complex time signatures such as 5/4, 6/4, triple metres like 6/8, 9/8 and 12/8, in addition to simpler time signatures. |
| (d) |
On first hearing a piece of music, use previously developed strategies to learn the time signature of the music, and where appropriate clap on 2 and 4. |
| (e) |
Know the pattern of strong and weak beats that are identified with the time signatures. |
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R070129
Beginning Jazz Guitar
Beginning Jazz Guitar is the first book in a series of four books describing a step-by-step method for learning to play jazz guitar. This book includes the major scale and basic triad theory, extended chords and the modes, and a full length etude or song to go with every new concept introduced. The book is clearly organized into easily mastered segments and each chapter is divided into separate lessons. The "A" lessons cover harmonic and chordal topics and the "B" lessons cover improvisation. General information, tips on practicing are at the end (coda) of the book and the music is written in standard notation and TAB.
The accompanying CD demonstrates the examples in the book.
The accompanying CD demonstrates the examples in the book.
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Media and Formats :
Book
CD/DVD
Price :
$29.50
Record posted/updated:
July 8, 2024
R054446
The Jazz Piano Book
The Jazz Piano Book is a comprehensive and concise resource that summarizes musical theory and includes jazz harmony. The book covers a range of topics including 3 note voicings, scales and modes, improvisation, chords and comping. Jazz standards are cited and annotated examples are included. Many piano styles, such as stride, Bud Powell voicings, block chords and more are covered.
Media and Formats :
Book
Price :
$35.99
Record posted/updated:
November 22, 2018
R054445
Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns
This book was first published in 1947 and musicians and composers of all genres, from Arnold Schoenberg and Virgil Thomson to John Coltrane and Freddie Hubbard, have acknowledged this legendary volume and its comprehensive vocabulary of melodic patterns for composition and improvisation.
Media and Formats :
Book
Price :
$33.59
Record posted/updated:
November 22, 2018
R054341
Voicings for Jazz Keyboard: A Comprehensive Approach to Contemporary Keyboard Voicings for the Performer, Arranger, Teacher, Jazz Theorist
This how-to book covers how to move between adjacent harmonies with minimal motion using good sounding state of the art voicings. This well-organized handling of common harmonic situations found in contemporary jazz provides an in-depth examination of what makes good piano players sound great. There are 15 short chapters that cover a range of materials for the jazz keyboardist. A glossary, suggested listening and a semester's syllabus for a jazz keyboard lab are included.
Media and Formats :
Book
Price :
$19.95
Record posted/updated:
November 22, 2018
R052746
Elements of the Jazz Language for the Developing Improvisor
Together with visuals and audio examples, this professional resource describes common licks and shows how they were used by different well-known soloists and how the licks can be inserted into some common chord progressions. The accompanying CD includes solo excerpts that accompany sections of the text and 30 exercises for practising the techniques.
Media and Formats :
Book
CD/DVD
Price :
$37.50
Record posted/updated:
December 7, 2018
R052745
The Jazz Language
A jazz musician must have an understanding of the construction of chords and scales and a ready knowledge of their applications as resources for musical expression. This book includes materials commonly used by a jazz musician and is presented in order of complexity and need. The book is not intended to be an arranging or an improvisation text, but a pedagogical reference. Each chapter concludes with study questions and exercises for the specific concept. The appendices offer additional tools.
Media and Formats :
Book
Price :
$23.95
Record posted/updated:
November 22, 2018
R054342
Patterns for Jazz for Treble Clef Instruments
Jazz improvisation is the spontaneous creation of music in the jazz style. This book provides a collection of patterns that a student of jazz improvisation may practice. The patterns begin with rudimentary exercises such as scales, modes, simple chords and four basic types of chord movement. Following the exercises are usable patterns, as well as more complicated patterns, chords and scales. Finally, the book progresses to interval studies and free-form patterns. This resource is meant to be used while playing and theoretical information is inserted whenever possible to support the context that is presented. The exercises and patterns can be applied to any instrument.
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.
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.
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Media and Formats :
Book
Price :
$28.79
Record posted/updated:
July 8, 2024
R054508
Chop-Monster 2 Jazz Language Tutor. Teacher's Score with Compact Disc
This book is a continuation of Chop-Monster 1 and covers V7-I cadence, bebop scales, iim7-V7 progression, thirds and sevenths. It can be used for teaching improvisation in a large band setting and is designed for use in 10- to 15-minute sections. New concepts are presented with the help of a "call and response" CD.
Media and Formats :
Book
CD/DVD
Price :
$53.50
Record posted/updated:
November 22, 2018
R102479
Jazz Theory to Accompany Instrumental Jazz 10, 20, 30
In this booklet, the goal is to help students learn the language of jazz. Every effort has been made to ensure that the language used here is the common language of jazz musicians. In order to converse intelligently about their music, students need to understand and to use theoretical terms correctly. Finally, effort has been made to try to describe aspects of jazz theory in more than one way, as not everyone always has the same learning style or understands things the same way.
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Media and Formats :
Document
Price :
Free
Record posted/updated:
January 6, 2026
R052743
Jazz Styles. Student Book: History and Analysis(11th ed.)
This resource is for university level courses, but provides excellent information for those teaching secondary level courses in jazz and music. It is organized historically and the styles are presented chronologically. The innovations by single artists, the influence of other players and the chance occurrences that were combined, modified and developed in original ways have also been included. The focus of the text is jazz history and the analysis of the styles is presented in four sections: basics of jazz, premodern jazz, modern jazz 40s to 60s and modern jazz 60s to the present.
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- Jazz Styles. Jazz Classics CD Set
Media and Formats :
Book
Price :
$132.85
Record posted/updated:
November 22, 2018
R070138
Gerry Mulligan. The Age of Steam (CD/DVD Pack)
The CD includes the original A&M recording of "The Age of Steam." The DVD includes a master class, a documentary, a Dolby Digital stereo and surround sound mix of the original recordings and interviews with several of the artists who participated in the recording including Bob Brookmeyer, Roger Kellaway, Tom Scott and Stephan Goldman. The DVD also includes PDFs of the sheet music for each composition on the recording.
Media and Formats :
CD/DVD
Price :
$33.50
Record posted/updated:
December 7, 2018
R070453
Jazz by Ken Burns Series
This is a series of programs that examines this history of jazz music. A website to accompany the series is available at http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/jazz/home/
- A Masterpiece by Midnight (1960 to the Present)
- C-Jam Blues by Duke Ellington
- Dedicated to Chaos (1940-1945)
- Gumbo (Beginnings to 1917)
- I Cover the Waterfront by Louis Armstrong
- New Rhumba by Miles Davis
- Our Language (1924-1929)
- Risk (1945-1955)
- Swing. Pure Pleasure (1935-1937)
- Swing. The Velocity of Celebration (1937-1939)
- The Adventure (1956-1960)
- The First Frame
- The Gift (1917-1924)
- The True Welcome (1929-1934)
Media and Formats :
CD/DVD
Price :
$209.95 (complete series)
Record posted/updated:
December 7, 2018
R054565
Expansions. A Method for Developing New Material for Improvisation(2nd ed.)
Campbell provides a thorough approach to practicing patterns. He uses scales that are not addressed in other books.
Media and Formats :
Book
Price :
$11.99
Record posted/updated:
November 22, 2018
R054444
Encyclopedia of Reading Rhythms
This book is a comprehensive guide to notes, rests, counting, subdividing, time signatures, triplets, ties, dotted notes and rests, cut time, compound time, rhythm studies, counting systems, road maps and more. It can be used to work on individual or group rhythmic reading skills and can be applied to all instruments.
Media and Formats :
Book
Price :
$26.95
Record posted/updated:
November 22, 2018
R054507
Chop-Monster 1 Jazz Language Tutor. Teacher's Score with Compact Disc
This book covers major and minor chords and scales, dominant seventh blues progressions and chromatic notes. It can be used for teaching improvisation in a large band setting and is designed for use in 10 to 15 minute sections. New concepts are presented with the help of a "call and response" CD.
Media and Formats :
Book
CD/DVD
Price :
$39.95
Record posted/updated:
November 22, 2018
R054504
The Art of Bop Drumming
Designed for the non-drumming jazz teacher, this resource describes jazz drumming and includes information on time playing, comping, soloing, brushes, playing in "2" and uptempo playing. Charts to assist in practising, appendices of recommended listings, a general discography and a list of books and videos are also included. The book is accompanied by a CD with specific tracks to enhance instructional parts throughout the book.
Media and Formats :
Book
CD/DVD
Price :
$34.95
Record posted/updated:
November 22, 2018