The II-V-I Progression Workbook

Description

The II-V-I Progression Workbook: Improvise your own Melodic Lines with the Authentic Jazz Sound

 

If you have problems learning how to play the major and minor II-V-I progressions, you´ll find in this book a step by step roadmap to play the most common harmonic progression found in the jazz idiom.

 

This workbook has exercises to practice the scales used in the II-V-I progression and incorporate them to your practice routine.

 

The book follows the sequence of the rest of the workbooks of the series: building melodic lines starting with melodic patterns, combine them with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations and add the most important element: swing.

 

This workbook includes models and templates to write, correct yourself, and improve memorization.

 

The exercises included in the workbook can be played over play alongs and the contents are related to the rest of the Jazz Language Workbooks series.

 

What you will find in this book:

 

1. Major II-V-I: resources

2. Major II-V-I: building melodic lines

3. Major II-V-I: melodic lines over jazz standards

 

4. Minor II-V-I: resources

5. Minor II-V-I: building melodic lines

6. Minor II-V-I: melodic lines over jazz standards

 

 

243 pages.

 

175 exercises.

 

35 models and templates.

 

Scale options over the major and minor II-V-I progressions.

 

Major and minor II-V-I melodic lines with melodic patterns, syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations.

 

Major and minor II-V-I melodic lines with bebop and pentatonic scales.

 

Major and minor II-V-I melodic lines over AABA, blues and rhythm changes.

 

 

Contents:

 

1. Major II-V-I: resources

Introduction to the study of the II-V-I progression

Major scales -model-

Major scales -template-

Avoid notes in the modes of the major scale -model-

Major scale: melodic patterns in C -model-

Basic syncopated rhythmic patterns -model-

Jazz language: articulation

Jazz language: phrasing

Jazz scales: how to study I

Jazz scales: how to study II

Mixolydian scales -model-

Mixolydian scales -template-

Dorian scales -model-

Dorian scales -template-

Major II-V-I chord progressions in all keys -model-

Major II-V-I chord progressions in all keys -template-

Major II-V-I: scale options in C -model-

Major II-V-I: scale options in C -template-

Major II-V-I: fundamentals I -model-

Major II-V-I: fundamentals I -template-

Major II-V-I: fundamentals II -model-

Major II-V-I: fundamentals II -template-

Major II-V-I: fundamentals III -model-

Major II-V-I: fundamentals III -template-

2. major II-V-I: building melodic lines

Major II-V-I: melodic lines building process

Major II-V-I: syncopated rhythmic patterns

Major II-V-I: syncopated rhythmic patterns combinations

Major II-V-I: movement between chords – tonic

Major II-V-I: movement between chords with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations – tonic

Major II-V-I: movement between chords – third

Major II-V-I: movement between chords with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations – third

Major II-V-I: movement between chords – fifth

Major II-V-I: movement between chords with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations – fifth

Major II-V-I: movement between chords – seventh

Major II-V-I: movement between chords with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations – seventh

Major II-V-I: movement between chords – ninth

Major II-V-I: movement between chords with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations – ninth

Major II-V-I: movement between chords – eleventh

Major II-V-I: movement between chords with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations – eleventh

Major II-V-I: movement between chords – thirteenth

Major II-V-I: movement between chords with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations – thirteenth

Major II-V-I: movement between chords with arpeggiated chords

Major II-V-I: movement between chords with arpeggiated chords with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Major II-V-I: movement between chords combinations

Major II-V-I: movement between chords combinations with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Major II-V-I: melodic patterns I

Major II-V-I: melodic patterns II

Major II-V-I: melodic patterns III

Major II-V-I: melodic patterns IV

Major II-V-I: melodic patterns with syncopated rhythmic pattern and articulations

Major II-V-I: melodic patterns with formulas

Major II-V-I: melodic patterns with formulas with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Major II-V-I: melodic patterns combinations

Major II-V-I: melodic patterns combinations with syncopated rhythmic pattern and articulations

Major II-V-I: chromatics I

Major II-V-I: chromatics II

Major II-V-I: chromatics III

Major II-V-I: chromatics IV

Major II-V-I: chromatics V

Major II-V-I: chromatics with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Major II-V-I: chromatics combinations

Major II-V-I: chromatics combinations with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Major and minor (blues) pentatonic scales -model-

Major and minor (blues) pentatonic scales -template-

Pentatonic scales: options in major

Pentatonic scales: options in dominant

Pentatonic scales: options in minor

Pentatonic scales: scale options over the major II-V-I progression -model-

Major II-V-I: pentatonic scales -model-

Major II-V-I: pentatonic scales -template-

Major II-V-I: pentatonic scales in groups of four

Major II-V-I: pentatonic scales with forward motion

Major II-V-I: pentatonic scales in thirds

Major II-V-I: pentatonic scales with chromatics

Major II-V-I: pentatonic scales with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Major II-V-I: pentatonic scales combinations

Major II-V-I: pentatonic scales combinations with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Major II-V-I: pentatonic scales. Superimposition I

Major II-V-I: pentatonic scales. Superimposition II

Bebop scales: scale options over the major II-V-I progression -model-

Major bebop scale: fundamentals

Mixolydian bebop scale: fundamentals

Dorian bebop scale: fundamentals

Major II-V-I: bebop scales -model-

Major II-V-I: bebop scales -template-

Major II-V-I: connected bebop scales

Major II-V-I: bebop scales with melodic patterns

Major II-V-I: bebop scales with forward motion

Major II-V-I: bebop scales with chromatics

Major II-V-I: bebop scales with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Major II-V-I: bebop scales combinations

Major II-V-I: bebop scales combinations with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Major II-V-I: major scale superimposition

Major II-V-I: diminished scale superimposition

Major II-V-I: diminished whole tone scale superimposition

Major II-V-I: whole tone scale superimposition

Major II-V-I: lydian scale superimposition

Major II-V-I with modal interchange: fundamentals -model-

Major II-V-I with modal interchange: fundamentals -template-

Major II-V-I: melodic lines with modal interchange

Major II-V-I: building melodic lines I -model-

Major II-V-I: building melodic lines I -template-

Major II-V-I: building melodic lines II

Jazz language: embellishments

Jazz language: clichés

Jazz language: ghost notes

Jazz language: pivoting

Jazz language: step and skip

Major II-V-I: transformation of the melodic line

Major II-V-I: building melodic lines III

Major II-V-I: piano voicings

Major II-V-I: walking bass lines

Major II-V-I: melodic lines with piano comping and walking bass lines

3. major II-V-I: melodic lines over jazz standards

Major II-V-I: melodic line 1 in all keys

Major II-V-I over the major blues form

Major II-V-I over the dominant blues form

Major II-V-I over the 16 bar form

Major II-V-I over the AABA form

1. minor II-V-I: resources

Aeolian scales -model-

Locrian scales -model-

Melodic minor scales -model-

Locrian +2 scales -model-

Diminished whole tone scales -model-

Harmonic minor scales -model-

Half step-whole step diminished scales -model-

Whole tone scales -model-

Minor II-V-I: scale options in C -model-

Minor II-V-I: scale options in C -template-

Minor II-V-I: fundamentals I -model-

Minor II-V-I: fundamentals I -template-

Minor II-V-I: fundamentals II -model-

Minor II-V-I: fundamentals II -template-

Minor II-V-I: fundamentals III -model-

Minor II-V-I: fundamentals III -template-

2. minor II-V-I: building melodic lines

Minor II-V-I: meloc lines building process

Minor II-V-I: syncopated rhythmic patterns

Minor II-V-I: syncopated rhythmic pattern combinations

Minor II-V-I: movement between chords – tonic

Minor II-V-I: movement between chords with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations – tonic

Minor II-V-I: movement between chords – third

Minor II-V-I: movement between chords with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations – third

Minor II-V-I: movement between chords – fifth

Minor II-V-I: movement between chords with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations – fifth

Minor II-V-I: movement between chords – seventh

Minor II-V-I: movement between chords with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations – seventh

Minor II-V-I: movement between chords – ninth

Minor II-V-I: movement between chords with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations – ninth

Minor II-V-I: movement between chords – eleventh

Minor II-V-I: movement between chords with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations – eleventh

Minor II-V-I: movement between chords – thirteenth

Minor II-V-I: movement between chords with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations – thirteenth

Minor II-V-I: movement between chords with augmented arpeggios

Minor II-V-I: movement between chords with augmented arpeggios with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Minor II-V-I: movement between chords with diminished chords

Minor II-V-I: movement between chords with diminished chords with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Minor II-V-I: movement between chords with half diminished chords

Minor II-V-I: movement between chords with half diminished chords with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Minor II-V-I: movement between chords combinations

Minor II-V-I: movement between chords combinations with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Minor II-V-I: melodic patterns I

Minor II-V-I: melodic patterns II

Minor II-V-I: melodic patterns III

Minor II-V-I: melodic patterns IV

Minor II-V-I: melodic patterns with syncopated rhythmic pattern and articulations

Minor II-V-I: melodic patterns with formulas

Minor II-V-I: melodic patterns with formulas with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Minor II-V-I: melodic pattern combinations

Minor II-V-I: melodic pattern combinations with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Minor II-V-I: chromatics I

Minor II-V-I: chromatics II

Minor II-V-I: chromatics III

Minor II-V-I: chromatics IV

Minor II-V-I: chromatics V

Minor II-V-I: chromatics with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Minor II-V-I: chromatic combinations

Minor II-V-I: chromatic combinations with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Pentatonic scales: scale options over the minor II-V-I progression -template-

Pentatonic scales: options in half diminished

Minor II-V-I: pentatonic scales -model-

Minor II-V-I: pentatonic scales -template-

Minor II-V-I: pentatonic scales with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Minor II-V-I: pentatonic scales in groups of four

Minor II-V-I: pentatonic scales with forward motion

Minor II-V-I: pentatonic scales in thirds

Minor II-V-I: pentatonic scales with chromatics

Minor II-V-I: pentatonic scales combinations

Minor II-V-I: pentatonic scales combinations with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Bebop scales: scale options over the minor II-V-I progression -model-

Minor bebop scales -model-

Aeolian bebop scale: fundamentals

Melodic Minor bebop scale: fundamentals

Harmonic minor bebop scale: fundamentals

Minor II-V-I: bebop scales -model-

Minor II-V-I: bebop scales -template-

Minor II-V-I: connected bebop scales

Minor II-V-I: bebop scales with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Minor II-V-I: bebop scales combinations

Minor II-V-I: bebop scales combinations with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Minor II-V-I: whole tone scale. Superimposition

Minor II-V-I: building melodic lines I -model-

Minor II-V-I: building melodic lines I -template-

Minor II-V-I: building melodic lines II

Minor II-V-I: transformation of the melodic line

Minor II-V-I: building melodic lines III

Minor II-V-I: piano voicings

Minor II-V-I: walking bass lines

Minor II-V-I: melodic lines with piano comping and walking bass lines

3. minor II-V-I: melodic lines over jazz standards

Minor II-V-I: melodic line 1 in all keys

Minor II-V-I over the minor blues form

Minor II-V-I over the 16 bar form

Minor II-V-I over the AABA form

Jazz language: the II-V-I progression -chart-

II-V-I progression: my own melodic lines -template-

Notes I

Notes II

 

 

 

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