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Jazz Vocabulary for Major Tonality (Cecil Alexander)

Diatonic, Chromatic, and Rhythmic Phrases Emphasizing Major Language

 

 

25 Chordal Etudes on Jazz Standards

Solo Etudes on Well-Known Standards Using:

  • Shell Voicings
  • Rootless Voicings
  • Drop-2 Voicings
  • Extended Voicings
  • Passing Chords
  • Combination of Concepts

 

 

100 iii-VI-ii-V Phrases

  • Diatonic Scale Tone Phrases 
  • Approach Tone and Enclosure Phrases
  • Tritone Sub Phrases 
  • Pentatonic/Large Intervals Phrases  
  • Altered Substitution Phrases 
  • Combination Phrases 

 

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PDF Sheet Music in all 12 Keys

 

 

27 Approach Tone Etudes

Solo Etudes on Jazz Standards Using Approach Tones & Enclosures

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PDF Sheet Music

 

 

Essential Jazz Guitar Vocabulary

Phrases Using Approach Notes, Bebop Scales, Rhythmic Variation & More

 

 

The Evolution of Jazz Phrases

Tracing Jazz Language from the Trad/Early Jazz Era Through Contemporary

 

 

25 Blues Etudes

Solos Etudes on Various Styles of Blues

 

 

24 Vamp Etudes

Solos on Common Vamps in Jazz Standards

 

 

25 Up-Tempo Jazz Etudes

Solo Improvisations on Fast Jazz Standards

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PDF Sheet Music

Recordings + Backing Tracks Included!

 

Rhythm Changes Workbook

 

• Segmented Approaches 

• Etudes Through All 12 Keys

• Substitution Devices

• Traditional and Modern Concepts

 

Recordings of Phrases & Backing Tracks Included!

 

60 Blues Phrases

 

Blues-rooted phrases over various chords that integrate auxiliary blue notes, tendency tones, vertical and horizontal approach 

 

Videos of Phrases & Backing Tracks Included!

 

20 Essential Jazz Warmups

 

Exercises Using Melodic Cells, Enclosures, and Shapes

 

Recordings and Videos of Exercises Included!

 

70 Straight Ahead Phrases

 

Essential vocabulary on common chord progressions

 

Recordings and Videos of Phrases + Backing Tracks Included!

 

23 Post Bop Etudes

 

Solos using melodic vocabulary on common 1960's-era chord progressions

 

Recordings and Videos of Etudes + Backing Tracks Included!

 

56 Hip Licks

Phrases using Side Slipping, Melodic Cells and Substitutions

Major, Dominant, Minor Tonalities and Common Chord Progressions


Recordings of Phrases and Backing Tracks Included!

 

Bebop Workbook

Methods for Developing Vocabulary with the Bebop Scale

Bebop Scale Application
Shape Variation Exercises
Arpeggiation Studies
Bebop Phrases On Common Tonalities
Bebop Scales Master List (12 Keys)

PDF Sheet Music
Recordings of Phrases and Backing Tracks Included!

 

54 Pentatonic Licks

 

Phrases and techniques on major, dominant and minor tonalities

 

Inside Pentatonic Phrases

Outside Pentatonic Phrases

 

Recordings of Phrases and Backing Tracks included!

 

25 Hard Bop Etudes

 

Solos using melodic vocabulary on common 1950's-era chord progressions

 

Recordings and Videos of Etudes + Backing Tracks Included!

 

57 Double Time Lines

 

Phrases and Techniques for 16th-Note Vocabulary

 

Voice leading

Linear fluency

Harmonic Embellishment

Exercises Written in All 12 Keys!
Audio and Video Recordings + Backing Tracks Included!

 

30 Exercises on Static Harmony

 

Exercises Applied to Various Tonalities

Linear Exercises
Intervallic Exercises
Chromatic Exercises

Exercises Written in All 12 Keys!
Audio and Video Recordings + Backing Tracks Included!

 

20 Bebop Etudes

 

Solos using bebop vocabulary on standard chord progressions

 

Recordings and Videos of Etudes + Backing Tracks Included!

 

50 ii-V-I Phrases

 

Phrase Types:
Bebop 
Diminished
Pentatonic
Substitution
Diatonic

 

Recordings of Phrases and Backing Tracks Included!

 

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