Reading Key Jazz Rhythms (Alto saxophone)
Description
With this book/CD set you will learn essential jazz rhythms
first-hand from world-class professionals !
"Reading Key Jazz Rhythms" is a collection of 24 easy to medium
level jazz etudes, and 24 simplified guide tone versions of the
etudes. They are ideal for learning the basic language of jazz,
swing phrasing, and articulation. A perfect tool for preparing for
the jazz ensemble or for any other ensemble/orchestra which
performs jazz related music (f.i., pops orchestras, musical,
studio, movie scores, concert and marching bands, etc.).
Each etude is based on a specific rhythm or a combination of
rhythmic figures. Some etudes sound like very lyrical improvised
jazz solos, while others are more like a melody to a standard.
On the accompanying CD the soloist demonstrates the 24 melodious
etudes together with a professional rhythm section.
You can also improvise along with the play-along tracks using the
chord symbols. The guide tones are the essential or defining notes
for each given chord type. So if improvising is new to you and you
find yourself getting lost, you can always return to a guide tone
and play ryhthmically around it. Any etude and its corresponding
simplified guide tone version can be played together as a duet
(with or without the CD accompaniment) with your teacher or a
friend.