Jazz Improvisation - Simplified
Jazz Improvisation - Simplified presents Howie Shear's approach to JAZZ improvisation. If you know your major scales, then you have all that is required to get started with this series describing creation of single-line melodies on any instrument (including voice). There are currently six videos in the series...more coming!
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Jazz Improvisation - Simplified pt. 01
Part 1 presents an overview of the approach and describes the basic concept. |
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Jazz Improvisation - Simplified pt. 02
Part 2 presents types of chords and how to use them to identify notes to improvise with. |
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Jazz Improvisation - Simplified pt. 03
Part 3 presents how to Howie's basic approach to minor keys. |
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Jazz Improvisation - Simplified pt. 04
Part 4 covers interchangeability of major/minor scales and provides a summary of the material presented thus far. |
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Jazz Improvisation Simplified - Diatonic Example
USE OF HEADPHONES IS RECOMMENDED A one chorus, technically simple example of what can be done with the diatonic (basic) approach presented in the early chapters of Jazz Improvisation - Simplified by Howie Shear. |
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Jazz Improvisation Simplified - Non-Diatonic Example
USE OF HEADPHONES IS RECOMMENDED A one chorus, technically simple example of what can be done with the non-diatonic (full) approach presented in the later chapters of Jazz Improvisation - Simplified by Howie Shear. |
The Bebop Vocabulary
Howie Shear focuses on the 'vocabulary' used by the players of the bebop and hard bop eras.
Howie Shear focuses on the 'vocabulary' used by the players of the bebop and hard bop eras.
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The Bebop Vocabulary - Intro
Howie Shear provides a brief introduction to his eBook The Bebop Vocabulary |
24 Jazz Trumpet Etudes
Howie Shear illustrates the principles presented in Jazz Improvisation - Simplified and The Bebop Vocabulary through 24 etudes that are jazz solos written on the chord changes of jazz standards.
Howie Shear illustrates the principles presented in Jazz Improvisation - Simplified and The Bebop Vocabulary through 24 etudes that are jazz solos written on the chord changes of jazz standards.
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24 Jazz Trumpet Etudes - Intro
Howie Shear provides a brief introduction to his eBook 24 Jazz Trumpet Etudes |
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24 Jazz Trumpet Etudes - Example
USE OF HEADPHONES IS RECOMMENDED The first chorus of the etude written on the chord changes of All The Things You Are. Each etude is a written implementation of the concepts presented in Jazz Improvisation – Simplified and The Bebop Vocabulary by Howie Shear. |
15 Jazz Trumpet Duets
Howie Shear illustrates the principles presented in Jazz Improvisation - Simplified and The Bebop Vocabulary through 15 duets written on the chord changes of jazz standards.
Howie Shear illustrates the principles presented in Jazz Improvisation - Simplified and The Bebop Vocabulary through 15 duets written on the chord changes of jazz standards.
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15 Jazz Trumpet Duets - Intro
Howie Shear provides a brief introduction to his eBook 15 Jazz Trumpet Duets |