First Steps To Jazz Improvisation

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Page	Song Name	Description	Tempo BPM	C Instrument	Bb Instrument	Eb Instrument
9	Exercise 12	Major Chords	60	Play	Play	Play
15	Exercise 12B	Dominant 7 Chords	60	Play	Play	Play
21	Exercise 12C	Minor Chords	60	Play	Play	Play

28	Example 1	Triads C & G	80	Listen
28	Example 2	Extended Chords	80	Listen
28	Example 3	C6-Em7-G7-C6	80	Listen
28	Example 4	C6-Dm7-G7-C6	80	Listen
29	Example 5	C7-F7-G7-C7	80	Listen
29	Example 6	C7-G7-F7-C7	80	Listen
29	Example 7	C6-Em7-Am7-Dm7-G7-C6	80	Listen

Exercise 1 are the chords you need to practice this progression. The rest of the examples are demonstrations of the exercises using the chord progression given in "Exercise 1."
33	Exercise 1	CMaj7-Emin7-Dmin7-G7	60	Play	Play	Play
33	Example 1	Roots of Chords	60	Listen Played on Bb Soprano Sax
33	Example 2	Whole Notes Only	60	ListenPlayed on Bb Soprano Sax
33	Example 3	Whole Notes Only	60	Listen Played on Bb Soprano Sax
34	Example 4	Half Notes Only	60	Listen Played on Bb Soprano Sax
34	Example 5	Quarter Notes Only	60	Listen Played on Bb Soprano Sax
34	Demo	Eight Notes	60	Listen Played on Bb Soprano Sax
34	Demo	Sixteenth Notes	60	Listen Played on Bb Soprano Sax

Example 1 is for demonstration purposes only. Play along with exercises 1 -12. Be sure to pick the play along for your instrument.
Page	Song Name	Description	Tempo BPM	C Instrument	Bb Instrument	Eb Instrument
35	Example 1	Using Quarter Notes Only	60	Listen Played on Guitar
36	Exercise 1	F-C7-F	60	Play	Play	Play
36	Exercise 2	BbMaj7-F7-Bb	60	Play	Play	Play
36	Exercise 3	C6-G7-CMaj7	60	Play	Play	Play
36	Exercise 4	Fmin7-Bb7-EbMaj7-EbMaj7	60	Play	Play	Play
37	Exercise 5	Gmin7-C7-F-Fmaj7	60	Play	Play	Play
37	Exercise 6	C7-Bb7-F7-F7	60	Play	Play	Play
37	Exercise 7	G7-D7-C7-G7	60	Play	Play	Play
37	Exercise 8	Bb7-C7-F7-F7	60	Play	Play	Play
38	Exercise 9	Amin7-Dmin7-Gmin7-C7-FMaj6	60	Play	Play	Play
38	Exercise 10	F#min-Bmin7-Emin7-A7-DMaj7	60	Play	Play	Play
38	Exercise 11	Cmin7-Fmin7-Bbmin-Eb7-AbMaj	60	Play	Play	Play
38	Exercise 12	A7-D7-G7-C7-FMaj7	60	Play	Play	Play

In the first box below are the chords you need to practice the progression. The rest of the examples are demonstrations of the exercises using the chord progression on pages 42 -43.
42	Progression	CMaj7-Emin7-Dmin7-G7	60	Play	Play	Play
42	Example 1	Roots of Chords	60	Listen Played on Bb Soprano Sax
42	Example 2	Whole Notes Only	60	ListenPlayed on Bb Soprano Sax
42	Example 3	Different Whole Notes	60	Listen Played on Bb Soprano Sax
43	Example 4	Half Notes Only	60	Listen Played on Bb Soprano Sax
43	Example 5	Quarter Notes Only	60	Listen Played on Bb Soprano Sax
43	Example 6	Eight Notes	60	Listen Played on Bb Soprano Sax
43	Demo	Sixteenth Notes	60	Listen Played on Bb Soprano Sax

Example is for demonstration purposes only. Play along with exercises 1 -12. Be sure to pick the play along for your instrument.
Page	Song Name	Description	Tempo BPM	C Instrument	Bb Instrument	Eb Instrument
44	Example	Using Quarter Notes Only	60	Listen Played on Guitar
45	Exercise 1	F-C7-F	60	Play	Play	Play
45	Exercise 2	BbMaj7-F7-Bb	60	Play	Play	Play
45	Exercise 3	C6-G7-CMaj7	60	Play	Play	Play
45	Exercise 4	Fmin7-Bb7-EbMaj7-EbMaj7	60	Play	Play	Play
46	Exercise 5	Gmin7-C7-F-Fmaj7	60	Play	Play	Play
46	Exercise 6	C7-Bb7-F7-F7	60	Play	Play	Play
46	Exercise 7	G7-D7-C7-G7	60	Play	Play	Play
46	Exercise 8	Bb7-C7-F7-F7	60	Play	Play	Play
47	Exercise 9	Amin7-Dmin7-Gmin7-C7-FMaj6	60	Play	Play	Play
47	Exercise 10	F#min-Bmin7-Emin7-A7-DMaj7	60	Play	Play	Play
47	Exercise 11	Cmin7-Fmin7-Bbmin-Eb7-AbMaj	60	Play	Play	Play
47	Exercise 12	A7-D7-G7-C7-FMaj7	60	Play	Play	Play

Examples and Demos below are for demonstration purposes only. The page numbers after the slash are for the bass clef version of the book.
70/78	Demo	Chromatic Scale		Listen Played on Piano
70/78	Example 1	Chromatic Scale in Solo		Listen Played on Piano
70/78	Demo	Whole Tone Starting on C		Listen Played on Piano
70/78	Demo	Whole Tone Starting on C#		Listen Played on Piano
70/78	Example 2	Whole Tone Solo		Listen Played on Piano
71/79	Demo	Diminished Scale Starting on C		Listen Played on Piano
71/79	Demo	Diminished Scale Starting on C#		Listen Played on Piano
71/79	Demo	Diminished Scale Starting on D		Listen Played on Piano
71/79	Example 3	Solo Using Diminished Scale		Listen Played on Bb Soprano Sax
71/79	Demo	CMaj Pentatonic Scale		Listen Played on Piano
71/79	Demo	Amin Pentatonic Scale		Listen Played on Piano
71/79	Example 4	Solo Using Pentatonic Scale		Listen Played on Guitar

Examples and Demos below are for demonstration purposes only.
72/80	Demo	Pattern in 3 Keys		Listen Played on Piano
73/81	Demo	Change Phrasing		Listen Played on Piano
73/81	Demo	Easy Pattern		Listen Played on Piano
73/81	Demo	Another Easy Pattern		Listen Played on Piano
73/81	Demo	Change Up Rhythm		Listen Played on Piano
73/81	Demo	Pentatonic Sale		Listen Played on Piano
73/81	Demo	Blues Scale		Listen Played on Piano
73/81	Demo	Chromatic Scale		Listen Played on Piano
73/81	Demo	Pattern Over Chord Changes		Listen Played on Piano

Page	Song Name	Description
74/82	Example 1	Straight Eighths		Listen Played on Piano
74/82	Example 2	Dotted Eighths		Listen Played on Piano
74/82	Example 3	Eighth Note Triplets		Listen Played on Piano
74/82	Example 4	Tied Triplets		Listen Played on Piano
74/82	Example 5	Swing Eighths		Listen Played on Piano
74/82	Example 6	Syncopation		Listen Played on Piano
75/83	Example 7	Syncopation		Listen Played on Piano
75/83	Example 8	Syncopation (With Swing Feel)		Listen Played on Piano
75/83	Example 9	Over 2 Bars (With Swing Feel)		Listen Played on Piano
75/83	Example 10	Phrasing		Listen Played on Piano
75/83	Example 11	More Examples (With Swing Feel)		Listen Played on Piano

SONGS FOR PRACTICING The following songs are from pages 79 - 95. Make sure you are playing the correct page for your instrument. For example, if you play alto sax, use page 81 for "I'm Impressed" marked Eb Instrument. If you have the bass clef book, there is a tuba version of the songs. I included slow (60 BPM) and faster (80 BPM) versions of the play-alongs. If you feel comfortable with the slower versions try your hand at the faster ones. On "Pennies Are Heavy" I played the solo part at an even faster tempo. You can hear what the completed solo sounds like.
Pages	Song Name	Description	Tempo BPM
79-88	I'm Impressed		60	Play
79-88	I'm Impressed		80	Play
83-90	12 Bar Blues		60	Play
83-90	12 Bar Blues		80	Play
88-95	Pennies Are Heavy		60	Play
88-95	Pennies Are Heavy		80	Play
88-95	Pennies Are Heavy - Putting It All Together		120	Listen Played on Tenor Sax

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First Steps To Jazz Improvisation

SONGS FOR PRACTICING

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