Detailed discussions on how to practice, creatively improvise, and teach improvisation. Gives instructors helpful advice on how to teach and use the text through the layout of practice procedures for the students. Shows students how to get started. Insights on the creative process. Encourages instructors to go beyond merely the theoretical aspects of the music.
Helps keep students from sounding mechanical and predictable.
How to Practice, Creatively Improvise, and Teach Jazz Improvisation. Whom to Listen to. Major Scales and Major 7th Chords. Mixolydian and the Bebop 7th Scales, and Dominant 7th Chords. Dorian Scales and Minor 7th Chords.