Class from 9/13/2010 to 10/1/2010
taught by
Adam Nitti
. Enrollment
is open for this class and closes on
9/20/2010.
Course Description
A first level course for bass players interested in learning how to improvise over chord changes. These lessons focus on the relationships between scales and chords, and provide a foundational approach for analyzing and playing over changes, with an emphasis on jazz, fusion, and other related styles and phrasing methods. Major and minor scale-derived harmonic concepts and key components are utilized and put into practice through 'hands-on' improvisational exercises. Some common and traditional chord progressions are demonstrated and exercised. Also covers elementary tune analysis and improvising through key centers. Recommended for any player interested in learning how to improvise in any style.
Please note that this is the second half of the Jazz Improvisation 1 course. The first half is BI105-A, and should be taken before this course.
Lesson 1: ii-V-I's Introduced
Lesson 2: ii-V-I's (Continued)
Lesson 3: Minor ii-V-i's Introduced
Lesson 4: Minor ii-V-i's (Continued)
Lesson 5: Jazz Blues Progressions
Lesson 6: Jazz Blues (Continued)
Lesson 7: The Importance of Melody
Lesson 8: Scale Substitutions Introduced
Lesson 9: Scale Substitutions (Continued)
Lesson 10: Scale Substitutions (Continued): The Melodic Minor Scale
