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RAMON RICKER IMPROVISATION SERIES VOL. 4: THE DEVELOPING IMPROVISER

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Edition: Paperback Book and CD Package

Description: 118 Pages

This improvisation method is more than just another play-along. It is a series of books and CDs that progress step by step, offering concrete suggestions and advice that shows you how and what to practice. Drawing on twenty-five years of teaching experience at the Eastman School of Music, Ramon Ricker uses text, recorded demonstrations by him and his students, and practice and play-along tracks that present the material in a clear and concise manner.

Most of the play-along tracks feature the rhythm section of the 1980 Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Big Band with Harold Danko on piano, Rufus Reid on bass and the late, great Mel Lewis on drums. Since they performed and recorded together consistently over a period of several years, they played as a unit - a true jazz rhythm section. The recordings were brought up to meet today's higher CD standards and served as an inspiration for Ramon Ricker to write three entirely new books. In addition, new demonstration, ear training, and play-along tracks were added.

VOLUME FOUR is devoted exclusively to the melodic minor scale and its use in jazz. The concept behind this book is to learn this scale extremely well, then to find as many different places ass possible to use it. If the student can master it, HEAR IT, and learn to use it with many different chord types, seemingly difficult chord progressions can be simplified and an expanded harmonic/melodic vocabulary will result.

 

  • BACKGROUND: Natural minor, harmonic minor, melodic minor as taught in traditional and jazz theory.
  • THEORY: Modes of the melodic minor, how to practice diatonic seventh chords, how to practice melodic minor scales with a passing tone, application of melodic minor scales to various chord types, summary of melodic minor chord/scale relationships, a reminder about altered domininant chords.
  • WORKOUTS: Melodic minor workouts, how to practice workouts, minor chords, half-dim. chords, dom. 13th chords, alt. dom. chords, maj 7th #5 chords.
  • APPLYING MELODIC MINOR SCALES TO MINOR II-V-I, and V-I PROGRESSIONS: The harmonic minor scale over minor II-V-Is, the melodic minor scale over minor II-V-Is, the melodic minor with a passing tone scale applied to minor II-V-Is, melodic minor with a passing tone scale applied to dominant 13th, susb9 chords.

     

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