Encyclopedia of Scales, Modes and Melodic Patterns

Par BERLE ARNIE. Not just another book of scales and patterns, this is a method that trains the mind, the ears and the fingers to work in perfect synchronization to respond instantaneously to any given chord progression. This ability is of paramount importance to any musician who wants to improvise in the jazz idiom. Leading jazz players have used this method for years, but this is the first time it has been published in book form. The author offers a comprehensive guide to improvisation on any instrument through chord changes in any key. A great source book for dozens of scales from the traditional major and minor forms to the modal scales used by jazz musicians. Even scales from other cultures Arabian, Balinese, Iranian, Hungarian, can be found here. A must-have for any musician who aspires to improvise with authority. / Niveau : Débutant à Intermédiaire / All Styles - Theory and Harmony / Etude / Tout Instrument

This long awaited volume covers the use of chords in progressions and improvisation. Filled with hundreds of exercises and diagrams in Adam Kadmon's unique and path-breaking style of presentation, this book completely examines the craft and universe of progressions. Improvisation and compositional technique are explained and interwoven to create a virtual encyclopedia of melodic and chordal possibilities, styles, dimensions and potentials. With this book the user will be able to put the chords, modes and scales of The Guitar Grimoire to use in creating original music in almost any style. Contents: Teaches how to use progressions for song creation , Unique instant song creator , Window soloing , Circle progressions , Scale tone degree progressions , Diatonic progressions , 12 bar progressions , Exercise progressions , Easier than tablature , College level made easy , 282 jam-packed pages !!
Langue : en anglais