BLUES SCALES, THE
Essential Tools for Jazz Improvisation
Dan Greenblatt
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Edition: Paperback Book and Online Audio, B flat, C, and E flat Editions Available
Description: 88 Pages
- Note: Several editions available; please click here to view them all.
- THIS GROUND-BREAKING BOOK/CD package will show you (or your students) how to use the Major and Minor Blues Scales to improvise meaningful solos without having to first master all the scales and chords of a tune.
- GOOD FOR ALL LEVELS - Essential for beginners, perfect for intermediate students, and even useful for professional players to hone their skills on this crucial and often neglected part of the jazz language.
- ACCOMPANYING CD by author Dan Greenblatt and his quartet of swinging, New York jazz musicians shows how each exercise should sound. And it also gives the student numerous play-along tracks to practice with.
- GREAT TRANSCRIPTIONS from Miles, Dizzy Gillespie, Lester Young, Oscar Peterson, Dave Sanborn, Michael Brecker and many more, showing how the Blues Scales are actually used in various styles of jazz.
- THE ONLY COMPREHENSIVE BOOK ON THE BLUES SCALES EVER PUBLISHED!
- Step-by-step exercises to get beginning students able to quickly solo using the two basic Blues Scales.
- Extensive dictionary of classic Major and Minor Blues Scale phrases.
- Help with transposing the ideas learned into other keys.
- Numerous ways to expand the Blues Scales to make them even more useful.
- Appendices for advanced players showing how the masters of jazz use the Blues Scales in their own playing.
- Available in C, Bb, Eb and Guitar versions. 88 page text, plus CD. Click here to view them all.
"An excellent book, useful to beginners as well as advanced players."
Michael Brecker - saxophonist
"Dan has done a marvelous job of dissecting the blues and then bringing all the pieces back together so you can make beautiful music."
Jamey Aebersold, one of the world's foremost jazz educators
"A good method for teaching blues and jazz improvising to beginning students has been much needed. Finally that need has been filled."
Junior Mance, pianist with Dizzy Gillespie, Cannonball Adderley, etc.
"Finally a conscientious educator has created a method which focuses on blues scales. Don't miss this book!"
Reggie Workman, bassist with John Coltrane, Art Blakey, etc.
NOTE: Also available in a guitar edition, catalog number BLSC-Guitar.
