Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 279 mm, Gewicht: 1370 g
Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 216 mm x 279 mm, Gewicht: 1370 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-761464-8
Verlag: Oxford University Press
You don't have to be a jazz expert to give your students a great introduction to improvisation.
The Classroom Guide to Jazz Improvisation provides what music educators have sought for decades: an easy, step-by-step guide to teaching jazz improvisation in the music classroom. Offering classroom-tested lesson plans, authors John McNeil and Ryan Nielsen draw on their combined 54 years of teaching experience and extensive work as professional jazz musicians to remove the guesswork and mystique from the teaching process.
Each lesson is founded in the authors' realization that the brain responds differently to improvisation than it does rote memory. The resulting lesson plans are flexible, easy to use, and equip students with a quick understanding of the simple choices they can make to create effective jazz lines. Lessons are designed for a range of settings, from ensemble rehearsal to private instruction. Music educators may find relief in the concrete, straightforward materials on rhythm section instruments like bass, drums, piano, and guitar. Beyond the nuts and bolts of improvisation, this book contains carefully curated listening lists, honest discussions about the meaning of the music, and talking points to advocate for jazz programs to administrators and parents.
With an inviting and conversational approach, The Classroom Guide to Jazz Improvisation is an essential resource for all music educators, from early career teachers to seasoned instructors.
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Weitere Infos & Material
- Chapter 1 Getting Started
- Everyone Can Improvise
- Training the Subconscious to Make Choices
- Beyond Rote Memory
- How to Use This Book
- Tips for Getting Started
- Reconsidering Beginning with the Blues
- Chapter 2 Basic Concepts: The Root Triad and Jazz Rhythms
- Chord Versus Scale
- Reading Jazz Chord Symbols
- Lesson Plan 1: Improvising on the Root Triad
- Rhythm Section Tips
- Lesson Plan 2: Adding Rhythm
- Teacher's Notes
- Why Start with the Root Triad?
- Choosing Chords to Begin With
- Adjusting Range
- Designing Rhythm
- Rhythm Section
- General Tips
- Piano: Basic Voicings
- Guitar: Basic Voicings
- Bass: Walking Bass Lines with Triad Pitches
- Drums: Basic Ride Cymbal Technique, Hi-Hat Usage, and Kicks
- Chapter 3 Adding the 2nd (1-2-3-5)
- Lesson Plan 3: Adding the 2nd Degree
- Lesson Plan 4: Building Longer 8th-Note Lines
- Teachers' Notes
- Other Possibilities on 1-2-3-5
- Moving from Chord to Chord
- The Metronome in Rehearsal
- Tunes to Begin With
- More Advanced Rhythms (3/4 + 2/4)
- Chapter 4: Approaching Chord Tones from Below
- Lesson Plan 5: Approach Tones (Half-Step-Below)
- Teacher's Notes
- Upbeats and Anticipation
- Different Chord Qualities (Major)
- Rhythm Section
- Drums: Lightly Kicking the Upbeats
- Piano/Guitar: Approaching 3, 5
- 7, 9 Voicings from Below
- Chapter 5 Approaching Chord Tones from Above
- Lesson Plan 6: Approaching Chord Tones from a Scale Step Above
- Lesson Plan 7: 8th-Note Lines with Approach Tones
- Teacher's Notes
- Rhythm Section
- Bass: Adding Approach Tones to Bass Lines
- Chapter 6: Approaching Chord Tones by Two Notes
- Lesson Plan 8: Two-Note Approach Tones (Above/Below)
- Lesson Plan 9: Approaching Chord Tones from Two Notes Above or Two Notes Below
- Chapter 7: Approaching Chord Tones by Three or More Notes
- Lesson Plan 10: Approaching with Three Notes (Part 1)
- Lesson Plan 11: Approaching with Three Notes (Part 2)
- Lesson Plan 12: Approaching the 7th
- Teacher's Notes
- Approaching with Four or Five Notes
- Simplifying Three Note Approaches for Less Experienced Students
- Chapter 8: Improvising on the Entire Chord/Scale (Part 1)
- Lesson Plan 13: Diatonic Thirds
- Teacher's Notes
- Singing Tetrachords
- Adding Syncopation to Diatonic Thirds
- More Advanced Use of Thirds
- Descending Lines
- Rhythm Section
- Bass: Using Diatonic Thirds in Bass Lines
- Piano: Using Diatonic Thirds in Comping
- Chapter 9 Improvising on the Entire Chord/Scale (Part 2): Longer Lines and Harmonic Changes
- Lesson Plan 14: Creating Longer Lines with Thirds
- Lesson Plan 15: Moving from One Chord/Scale to Another
- Chapter 10 General Scale Skills: Triads, 7th Chords, and Other Intervals
- Lesson Plan 16: Triads and Other Structures
- Lesson Plan 17: Mixing It Up
- Teacher's Notes
- Organizing Other Structures in the Chord/Scale (7th-Chords, Intervals)
- Combining Lessons
- Chapter 11: Understanding Chord Symbols and Respelling Chords
- First, Chord Symbols
- What Is Respelling?
- How to Respell
- Examples of Respelling
- Extra Credit: Parallel Structures
- Teacher's Notes
- Respelling the Dominant
- Respelling the Altered Dominant
- Respelling the Half-Diminished Chord
- Respelling Lydian
- Rhythm Section
- Bass: Only Respell When Soloing
- Piano/Guitar: Voicing the Altered Dominant, When to Respell
- Chapter 12: The II-7
- V7
- Id7 (Part 1) - Using
