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The three Jazz Tutors available provide a course of study ranging from
playing through simple chordal progressions to complex substitution and
soloing techniques.
Starting with the Primer pack, it is assumed that the student can already
play both major and minor scales and is familiar with arpeggio patterns.
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Take
a look at the manuscript and listen to a Real Audio
sound sample of an extract from Jazz
Primer No.11. |
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Introductory
package for beginners includes:- II-V-I lines in both arpeggio and scalar
forms, chromatic movement of lines, playing through minor progressions,
use of altered tones and rhythmic variation.
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Complete
solo included with play along facility.
Projects
include:
Arpeggio
playing, inner-lines, altered chords, warm up techniques and solo construction.
Backtrack section contains standard jazz progression in various styles
in the keys of D minor, C major, F major, G major and G minor.
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Inter/Advanced
Tutor develops the ideas in Primer Jazz and includes the techniques :-
Rhythmic displacement, upper and lower neighbour tones, chromatic approach
tones, modal ideas, left hand techniques and playing over the bar line.
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Complete
solo included with play along facility.
Projects
include:
Repeated
rhythmic figures, wide interval playing, substitution principles and
syncopated rhythms. Backtrack section includes standard jazz progression
in the following keys: E flat major, G minor.
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Advanced
jazz guitar techniques include the following:- Flat five substitution,
lines in fourths, triadic substitution, contemporary and modern rhythm
changes, scales built from the lydian mode, diminished lines and wide
interval playing.
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Extended
solo included with play along facility.
Projects
include:
Quartal
harmony, movement of a half step, exploiting the flattened fifth, combining
major arpeggios. Backtrack section contains standard jazz progression
in various styles including rhythm changes in G, altered chord progressions
and two lydian backtracks.
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