Song Name |
Part One: Jazz Fundamentals |
Chords and Scales |
Chord Progressions and how They Work |
Other Basics |
Jazz Keyboard |
Part Two: Beginning Improvisation |
Getting Started |
Rhythm and Syllables |
Creating Melodies |
Diatonic Chord Progressions |
Learning to Hear the Changes |
Part Three: Intermediate Improvisation Articulation |
Melodic Structure |
Non-Diatonic Chord Progressions |
Hearing the Changes |
Part Four: Advanced Improvisation |
Other Aspects of Rhythm |
More About the Bebop Language |
Hearing the Changes Even Better! |
Improvising on Jazz Standards |
Part Five: Other Considerations |
Creating and Retaining Interest |
Practice |
Part Five: Vocal Improvisation In The Classroom |
Working with Groups of Students |
Group Activities and Games |
Appendix A: Interviews with jazz Singers |
Appendix B: Solos for Transcribing |
Appendix C: Index of Exercises |