A practical Guide to Improvisation: Contents
The book is made up of two parts: Part 1 concentrates on the chords for 'When you're Smiling', focusing on alternative chords and how they combine to form new progressions within the given framework.
Part 2 takes up some of the ideas discussed in Part 1 and elaborates on them.
CONTENTS : PART ONE
PROGRESSION 1: WHAT TO PLAY OVER A MAJOR SCALE
PROGRESSION 2: ALTERNATIVE MINOR SCALE
PROGRESSION 3: DIMS AND DOMS
PROGRESSION 4: EXTENDING THE MINOR
PROGRESSION 5: ALTERING THE DOM
PROGRESSION 6: MINOR/DOM INTERCHANGE
PROGRESSION 7: BLUES-THE SECOND LINE
PROGRESSION 8: DROPPING DOWN ON THE DIM
PROGRESSION 9: DIATONIC SUBSTITUTIONS
PROGRESSION 10: CHANGING THE CHORD QUALITY
PROGRESSION 11: GOOD OLD DORIAN
PROGRESSION 12: TURNAROUNDS
CONTENTS : PART 2
Part 2 expands and adds to the ideas discussed in Part 1
page 66 MAJOR EXERCISES
page 67 MINOR EXERCISES
page 68 DOMINANT SEVEN EXERCISES
page 69 DOMINANT SEVEN ALT. EXERCISES
page 70 PICKUPS
page 73 RUN ENDINGS
page 75 HALF DIMINISHED EXERCISES
page 76 DIMINISHED SCALES
page 88 DIMINISHED SCALES AND PATTERNS
page 91 MORE SLIP-SLIDING
page 93 WHOLE-TONE SCALES
page 96 THE LYDIAN AND OTHER MODES
page 99 THE W-H DIMINISHED SCALES USED AS MINORS
page101 THE HARMONIC AND MELODIC MINOR SCALES
page 105 EXTENDED BLUES SCALE
page 109 COMPARISON OF MINOR SCALES
page 113 MINOR SCALES-SUMMARY
page 114 MODAL INTERCHANGE
page 116 CHORD EXTENSIONS
page 125 CHORD EXTENSIONS- SUMMARY
page 127 CHAINED 2-5's
page 129 LEAVING THE TRACK !
page 132 TONICITATION
page 133 BEBOP SCALES
page 134 BEBOP ELEMENTS (9 pages)
page 135 MOTIF, REPETITION, SEQUENCE
page 137 WHEN YOU'RE SMILING - ORIGINAL CHORD SEQUENCE
page 138 WHEN YOU'RE SMILING - CHANGED CHORD SEQUENCE
page 139 FORMULAS
page 140 PRACTIsE PAGE WITH PAGE NUMBERS
page 141 PRACTIsE PAGE WITH SCALE GRID
page 142 SUMMARY OF SCALES
page 143 MOVING ON: MAJOR, MINOR, DOMINANT SEVEN SCALE SOURCES
page 146 SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
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