Jazz Improvisation Using Simple Melodic Embellishment

List of contents

1. Melodic Embellishment: The Concept / 2. The Starting Point: The Melody / 3. Rhythmic and Phrasing Variation / 4. Neighbor Tones / 5. Appoggiaturas / 6. Passing Tones / 7. Blue Notes / 8. Enclosures / 9. Putting It All Together / 10. Embellishing the Blues / 11. Embellishing a Standard Chord Progression / 12. Using Improvisation to Learn Improvisation

About the author

Mike Titlebaum is Associate Professor of Music Performance and Director of Jazz Studies at Ithaca College.

Summary

Jazz Improvisation Using Simple Melodic Embellishment teaches fundamental concepts of jazz improvisation, highlighting the development of performance skills through embellishment techniques while mindful that improvisation is a learned skill as dependent on hard work and organized practice as it is on innate talent.

Product details

• Authors: Mike Titlebaum, Mike (Ithaca College Titlebaum
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9780367427436
• ISBN: 978-0-367-42743-6
• No. of pages: 300
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music theory; Jazz, MUSIC / General, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / General, MUSIC / Instruction & Study / Theory, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Jazz, MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Musicals, Theory of music & musicology, Popular Music, Theory of music and musicology