![]() ![]() Each volume contains a book and one or two recordings. Since most of us do not have a good rhythm section at our disposal, I recommend practicing and soloing with the play-a-long records. There are also other pages that help spell out an excellent practice routine. ![]() Read the pages on Ear Training carefully and institute a daily routine to improve your perception. Gradually train your ears to really HEAR music and all of the components that make the final product. A healthy mental state is also responsible for progress when practicing. They say that things come to us when we are ready to accept them. Don't expect everything to come at one setting. This is great for the ego but does little to advance your musical progress. Don't play things over and over that you can already play. You are in for a treat! Spend your practice time wisely. Start a record collection and listen to what has been recorded over the past 70 years. You can learn much from live performances as well as records. Listen, listen, listen carefully to anyone playing jazz or improvising. Mark with pen or pencil points that you feel are important so when you flip through the pages In the future your eye will catch them. If you want to get it all together, I suggest reading each of the pages in this booklet very carefully. If you equip yourself well, you may be one of those people who influence others and set new trends in jazz. Each generation of jazz musicians contribute their own unique ideas, feelings, and sound to the music and this is what creates the change. Jazz has changed greatly over the past 85 years and is presently in transition. In order to be a part of the jazz movement one must accept change. The language of jazz or the jazz idiom is in a constant state of flux. To play jazz requires discipline, and discipline is good for all of us. I feel it is good to establish a practice routine, especially for those of you who are new to learning the language of jazz. A few of the tools are: scales, chords, patterns, licks, songs (standards and originals), training the ear, listening to records of jazz greats and any other thing which they feel will contribute to the growth of a well-rounded musician. If they are special, it is because they have spent their time wisely learning the tools of the trade. ![]() Many feel that people who improvise or play jazz are special. GENERAL INFORMATION This booklet is designed to give you the basics which you will need in order to learn the art of improvising in music. ![]()
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