John Coltrane Plays Coltrane Changes (C Instruments)

This songbook features 13 pieces by John Coltrane featuring his trademark 'changes' arranged for C instruments.In the late 1950s John Coltrane composed or arranged a series of tunes that used chord progressions based on a series of key center movements by thirds rather than the usual fourths and fifths of standard progressions. This sound is so aurally identifiable and has received so much attention from jazz musicians that it has become known as Coltrane's 'changes'. This songbook presents an exploration of Coltrane's changes by studying 13 of his arrangements each containing the unique harmonic formula. It includescomplete solo transcriptions with extensive performance notes for each. Featured songs include Body and Soul But Not for Me Central Park West Countdown Fifth House Giant Steps Summertime and more.

Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns-This book is a condensed made-for-guitar version of Nicolas Slonimsky’s publication Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns - the book that musicians as diverse as John Coltrane and Frank Zappa used for ideasand inspiration. Musicians familiar with the original Thesaurus know that it contains a daunting amount of information crammed in it’s over 230 pages. But there is a definite symmetry and logic in these Slonimsky examples.What appear to be random patterns are actually mathematical combinations of some or all of the twelve notes in music. As the musician/student plays through the examples the patterns will unfold and become more obvious.