The jazz theory book / by Mark Levine 6
By: Levine, Mark [, author.] | [, ] |
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Language: Unknown language code Summary language: Unknown language code Original language: Unknown language code Series: ; Petaluma, CA : Sher Music, [1995];℗♭199546Edition: Description: 28 cm. xiv, 522 pages : illustrations, musicContent type: text Media type: unmediated;unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1883217040ISSN: 2Other title: 6 []Uniform titles: | | Subject(s): -- 2 -- 0 -- -- | -- 2 -- 0 -- 6 -- | 2 0 -- | -- -- 20 -- | | -- -- Instruction and study.;History Jazz;Music theory;Improvisation (Music);Piano music (Jazz);Harmony.;Musical intervals and scales. -- -- 20th century.2 -- | -- -- -- 20 -- --Genre/Form: History. -- -- Additional physical formats: DDC classification: | 781.65/1 LOC classification: | MT68 | .L48 19952Other classification:| Item type | Current location | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| Book | PLM | PLM Circulation Section | Circulation-Circulating | MT68 L48 1995 (Browse shelf) | Available | C37311 |
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Discography: pages 487-514;Includes bibliographical references and index
PART I: Theory: chords and scales. Basic theory -- The major scale and the II-V-I progression -- Chord / scale theory -- How to practice scales -- Slash chords -- -- PART II: Improvisation: playin' the changes. From scales to music -- The bebop scales -- Playing outside -- Pentatonic scales -- The blues -- Rhythm changes -- Practice, practice, practice -- -- PART III: Reharmonization. Basic reharmonization -- Advanced reharmonization -- Coltrane changes -- Three reharmonizations -- -- PART IV: The tunes. Song form and composition -- Reading a lead sheet -- Memorizing a tune -- Heads -- The repertoire -- -- PART V: The rest of it. Salsa and Latin jazz -- Loose ends -- Listen
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Introduction A great jazz solo consists of: 1% magic 99% stuff that is explainable, analyzable, categorizeable, doable. This book is mostly about the 99% stuff ... 'Theory' is the little intellectual dance we do around the music, attempting to come up with rules so we can understand why Charlie Parker and John Coltrane sounded the way they did. There are almost as many 'jazz theories' as there are jazz musicians ... When ... listening to a great solo, the player is not thinking 'II-V-I, blues lick, AABA, altered scale, ' and so forth ... Experienced musicians have internalized this information to the point that they no longer have to think about it very much if at all. The great players have also learned what the chords and the scales look and feel like on their instrument ... Aim for that state of grace ... no longer [thinking] about theory, and ... it [will] be much easier to tap into the magical 1%.--
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