Jazz Theory
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🌠 Jazz Library - Free Jazz Theory Resources
- Learn the fundamentals of Jazz Piano, or explore the endless depths of Jazz Theory through applying practical exercises for improving your own playing. Pages on Modes of the Major scale, Understanding the Tonnetz Mode Mesh, All About Suspended Chords, Chord Voicings: Minor 7th Chords, Chord Voicings: Major 7th Chords, Chord Voicings: Dominant 7th Chords, Foundations of the Modes of the Major Scale, and How to Use the Overtone Series.
🌠 New York Jazz Workshop: Jazz Theory
🌠 MusicTheory.net Free lessons
- covers the basics, rhythm and meter, scales and key signatures, intervals, chords, diatonic chords, chord progressions, and neopolitan chords.
🌠 Jazz Theory and Practice: For Performers, Arrangers and Composers,
- Jeffrey Hellmer and Richard Lawn, (Alfred Publishing Co., 1996).
🌠 Review of Mark Levine's The Jazz Theory Book
- critiqued by Robert Rawlings, Music Theory Online, A Journal of the Society for Music Theory, Volume 6, Number 1, January, 2000.
Among the most thorough approaches to chord/scale theory are:
- * David Baker, Jazz Improvisation: A Comprehensive Study for All Players, (Chicago: Maher, 1969; rev. ed. Van Nuys, Cal.: Alfred Publications, 1988).
- * Yusef Lateef, Repository of Scales and Melodic Patterns, (Amherst, Mass.: Fana Music, 1981).
- * Dan Haerle, Scales for Jazz Improvisation (Miami, Fla.: Columbia Pictures Publications, 1975).
- * Jerry Coker, Complete Method for Jazz Improvisation, (Miami, Fla.: Columbia Pictures Publications, 1980).
- * George Russell, The Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization for Improvisation for all Instruments, (New York: Concept Publishing, 1971).
- * Jamey Aebersold, Jazz Aids Handbook, (New Albany, Ind.: Jamey Aebersold Jazz, 1982).
- * Dan Haerle, The Jazz Language, (Miami, Fla.: Warner Brothers Publications 1980).
- * David Baker, How to Play Bebop, (Van Nuys, Cal.: Alfred Publications, 1987).
- * Richard Sorce, Music Theory for the Music Professional, (New York: Ardsley House, 1995).
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