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Music for Jazz Band
Jazz Standards &
Improvising - It is suggested that the jazz student buy a copy of the "REAL BOOK" (also is available in Bass Clef) which has hundreds of jazz standards. On the pages of this website are tools & information about improvising over the chords of jazz tunes. The tools for making up your own melodies for solos are the notes of the chords (arpeggios) that harmonize the melody of the jazz tune as well as the scales (modes) implied by those chord tones and the melody. Some sample exercises with both arpeggios and scales are included here. The .mus files can be downloaded and opened with FINALE, version 2007 or higher. The .pdf files can be downloaded and opened to print with Adobe Reader. The index to the right lists links to some of the tools that can be used in improvisation over jazz changes (the chords that harmonize the tune). They are written in both treble and bass clef. More Jazz Standards & Improvising Solos:
"When the Saints" "All the Things You Are" "My Funny Valentine" More Studies with Jazz Scales Transcriptions of Jazz Bass Solos | .MUS Back to Lessons Page Nine Jazz Bass Etudes (pizz or arco) Buy the "Real Book" |
FINALE .mus files:
Autumn Leaves Leadsheet (audio) Autumn Leaves Arpeggios Autumn Leaves Solos Video Basic Bass Line - Roots and Fifths only Bass Clef Simple Solo - Chord Tones Treble Clef | Bass Clef Simple Solo - Passing Tones Treble Clef | Bass Clef Extended Solo - Modes & Swing Rhythms Bass Clef | Video Autumn Leaves Modes Autumn Leaves 2 Octave Modes Autumn Leaves Guitar Chord Fingerings .pdf files: Autumn Leaves Leadsheet (audio) Autumn Leaves Arpeggios Autumn Leaves Solos Video Basic Bass Line using Roots and Fifths only Bass Clef Simple Solo using only Chord Tones Treble Clef | Bass Clef Simple Solo with some Passing Tones Treble Clef | Bass Clef Extended Solo - adding Modes & Swing Rhythms Bass Clef | Video Autumn Leaves Modes Autumn Leaves 2 Octave Modes Autumn Leaves Blank Chord Chart - Write Your Own Solo |