The Jazz Blues Workbook

Description

The Jazz Blues Workbook: The Blues as Played by Jazz Musicians

 

If you want to play the blues with a jazz approach, you´ll find in this book a step by step roadmap to play the most common harmonic progressions found in the jazz blues idiom.

 

The workbook 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. Dominant blues.
Resources.
Building melodic lines.
Melodic lines over dominant jazz blues standards.

 

2. Minor blues.
Resources.
Building melodic lines.
Melodic lines over minor jazz blues standards.

 

3. Major blues.
Resources.
Building melodic lines.
Melodic lines over major jazz blues standards.

 

250 pages.

175 exercises.

30 models and templates.

4 listening guides with 300 jazz blues tunes.

Scale options over the dominant, minor and major blues.

Melodic lines with melodic patterns, syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations.

Major and minor (blues) pentatonic scales, bebop scales, chromatics, harmonic paradigms, chord families.
Blues forms: 8, 12 and 16 bar blues, blues with bridge.

 

Contents

 

1. Dominant blues

 

Dominant blues in C: harmonic paradigm -model-

Dominant blues in C: harmonic paradigm -template-

Dominant blues: harmonic evolution

Dominant blues in C: harmony -model-

Dominant blues in C: harmony -template-

Dominant blues in C: scale options -model-

Dominant blues in C: scale options -template-

Dominant blues in C: chord tones and tensions -model-

Dominant blues in C: chord tones and tensions -template-

Dominant blues in C: tensions -model-

Dominant blues in C: tensions -template-

Basic syncopated rhythmic patterns

Dominant blues in C: basic syncopated rhythmic patterns

Dominant blues in C: roots with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Dominant blues in C: thirds with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Dominant blues in C: fifths with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Dominant blues in C: sevenths with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Dominant blues in C: ninths with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Dominant blues in C: elevenths with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Dominant blues in C: thirteens with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Dominant blues in C: movement between chords. Root

Dominant blues in C: movement between chords. Third

Dominant blues in C: movement between chords. Fifth

Dominant blues in C: movement between chords. Seventh

Dominant blues in C: movement between chords. Ninth

Dominant blues in C: movement between chords. Eleventh

Dominant blues in C: movement between chords. Thirteenth

Dominant blues in C: movement between chords combinations

Dominant blues in C: movement between chords combinations with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Dominant blues in C: movement between chords with arpeggiated chords

Dominant blues in C: movement between chords with arpeggiated chords with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Dominant blues in C: scales -model-

Dominant blues in C: scales -template-

Dominant blues in C: scales with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Dominant blues in C: scales with chromatics

Dominant blues in C: arpeggios -model-

Dominant blues in C: arpeggios -template-

Dominant blues in C: arpeggios with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Dominant blues in C: arpeggiated chords -model-

Dominant blues in C: arpeggiated chords -template-

Dominant blues in C: arpeggiated chords with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Dominant blues in C: arpeggiated diatonic chords

Dominant blues in C: arpeggiated diatonic chords with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Dominant blues in C: arpeggios and arpeggiated chords with chromatics

Dominant blues in C: chord + scale -model-

Dominant blues in C: chord + scale -template-

Dominant blues in C: chord + scale with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Dominant blues in C: melodic patterns in thirds

Dominant blues in C: melodic patterns with formulas I

Dominant blues in C: melodic patterns with formulas II

Dominant blues in C: melodic patterns with formulas with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Dominant blues in C: melodic pattern combinations

Dominant blues in C: melodic pattern combinations with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Dominant blues in C: chromatics

Dominant blues in C: chromatics with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Dominant blues in C: major (blues) pentatonic scales

Dominant blues in C: major (blues) pentatonic scales with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Dominant blues in C: major pentatonic scales in groups of four

Dominant blues in C: major pentatonic scales with rhythmic displacement

Dominant blues in C: minor (blues) pentatonic scales

Dominant blues in C: minor pentatonic scales in groups of four

Dominant blues in C: minor pentatonic scales with rhythmic displacement

Dominant blues in C: pentatonic scale combinations

Dominant blues in C: pentatonic scale combinations with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Dominant blues in C: pentatonic scales in thirds

Dominant blues in C: pentatonic scales with chromatics

Dominant blues in C: superimposition with major and minor (blues) pentatonic scales

Dominant blues in C: bebop scales

Dominant blues in C: bebop scales with syncopated rhythmic patterns and articulations

Dominant blues in C: bebop scales with chromatics

Dominant blues in C: bebop scales with melodic patterns

Dominant blues in C: bebop scales with rhythmic displacement

Dominant blues in C: phrasing

Dominant blues in C: building melodic lines I

Dominant blues in C: harmonic variations. Secondary dominant chords

Dominant blues in C: harmonic variations. Extended dominant chords

Dominant blues in C: harmonic variations. Substitute dominant chords

Dominant blues in C: harmonic variations. Modal interchange

Dominant blues in C: harmonic variations. Passing diminished chords

Dominant blues in C: harmonic variations. Tournarounds -model-

Dominant blues in C: building melodic lines II

Dominant blues in C: building melodic lines III

Dominant blues in F: building melodic lines III

Dominant blues in Bb: building melodic lines III

Dominant blues in D: building melodic lines III

Dominant blues in G: building melodic lines III

Dominant blues: transpositions

Dominant blues in F: harmony -model-

Dominant blues in Bb: harmony -model-

Dominant blues in D: harmony -model-

Dominant blues in G: harmony -model-

Dominant blues in F: tensions -model-

Dominant blues in Bb: tensions -model-

Dominant blues in D: tensions -model-

Dominant blues in G: tensions -model-

Dominant blues in F: scale options -model-

Dominant blues in Bb: scale options -model-

Dominant blues in D: scale options -model-

Dominant blues in G: scale options -model-

Dominant blues in F: scales -model-

Dominant blues in Bb: scales -model-

Dominant blues in D: scales -model-

Dominant blues in G: scales -model-

Dominant blues in F: major (blues) pentatonic scales -model-

Dominant blues in Bb: major (blues) pentatonic scales -model-

Dominant blues in D: major (blues) pentatonic scales -model-

Dominant blues in G: major (blues) pentatonic scales -model-

Dominant blues in F: minor (blues) pentatonic scales -model-

Dominant blues in Bb: minor (blues) pentatonic scales -model-

Dominant blues in D: minor (blues) pentatonic scales -model-

Dominant blues in G: minor (blues) pentatonic scales -model-

Dominant blues in F: bebop scales -model-

Dominant blues in Bb: bebop scales -model-

Dominant blues in D: bebop scales -model-

Dominant blues in G: bebop scales -model-
 

2. Minor Blues

 

Minor blues in C: harmonic paradigm -model-

Minor blues in C: harmonic paradigm -template-

Minor blues: harmonic evolution

Minor blues in C: harmony -model-

Minor blues in C: harmony -template-

Minor blues in C: scale options -model-

Minor blues in C: scale options -template-

Minor blues in C: basic syncopated rhythmic patterns

Minor blues in C: tensions -model-

Minor blues in C: movement between chords. Root

Minor blues in C: movement between chords combinations

Minor blues in C: movement between chords with arpeggiated chords

Minor blues in C: scales -model-

Minor blues in C: scales -template-

Minor blues in C: scales with chromatics

Minor blues in C: arpeggios -model-

Minor blues in C: arpeggios -template-

Minor blues in C: arpeggiated chords -model-

Minor blues in C: arpeggiated chords -template-

Minor blues in C: arpeggiated diatonic chords

Minor blues in C: arpeggios and arpeggiated chords with chromatics

Minor blues in C: chord + scale -model-

Minor blues in C: melodic patterns in thirds

Minor blues in C: melodic patterns with formulas I

Minor blues in C: melodic patterns with formulas II

Minor blues in C: chromatics

Minor blues in C: major and minor (blues) pentatonic scales -model-

Minor blues in C: superimposition with major and minor (blues) pentatonic scales

Minor blues in C: bebop scales

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

Minor blues in C: building melodic lines I

Minor blues in C: harmonic variations. Secondary dominant chords

Minor blues in C: harmonic variations. Substitute dominant chords

Minor blues in C: building melodic lines II

Minor blues in C: building melodic lines III

 

3. Major Blues

 

Major blues in C: harmonic paradigm -model-

Major blues in C: harmonic paradigm -template-

Major blues: harmonic evolution

Major blues in C: harmony -model-

Major blues in C: harmony -template-

Major blues in C: scale options -model-

Major blues in C: scale options -template-

Major blues in C: basic syncopated rhythmic patterns

Major blues in C: tensions -model-

Major blues in C: movement between chords. Root

Major blues in C: movement between chords combinations

Major blues in C: movement between chords with arpeggiated chords

Major blues in C: scales -model-

Major blues in C: scales with chromatics

Major blues in C: arpeggios -model-

Major blues in C: arpeggiated chords -model-

Major blues in C: arpeggios and arpeggiated chords with chromatics

Major blues in C: chord + scale -model-

Major blues in C: melodic patterns in thirds

Major blues in C: melodic patterns with formulas I

Major blues in C: melodic patterns with formulas II

Major blues in C: chromatics

Major blues in C: major (blues) pentatonic scales -model-

Major blues in C: minor (blues) pentatonic scales -model-

Major blues in C: superimposition with major and minor (blues) pentatonic scales

Major blues in C: bebop scales

Major blues in C: building melodic lines I

Major blues in C: harmonic variations. Secondary dominant chords

Major blues in C: harmonic variations. Extended dominant chords

Major blues in C: harmonic variations. Substitute dominant chords

Major blues in C: harmonic variations. Passing diminished chords

Major blues in C: harmonic variations. Modal interchange

Major blues in C: harmonic variations. Blues For Alice

Major blues in C: building melodic lines II

Major blues in C: building melodic lines III

 

How to compose a blues riff I

How to compose a blues riff II

How to compose a blues riff I -template-

8 bar blues: harmonic paradigm

16 bar blues: harmonic paradigm

Blues with bridge: harmonic paradigm

Jazz language: blue note

Basic syncopated rhythmic patterns in jazz blues melodies

Blues in all keys -template-

The Jazz Blues Workbook – Listening Guide I

Listening Guide I – Forms

Listening Guide I – Keys

The Jazz Blues Workbook – Listening Guide II

The Jazz Blues Workbook – Listening Guide III

The Jazz Blues Workbook – Listening Guide IV

Notes I

Notes II

 

Download now the Jazz Blues Workbook and start playing the blues with the authentic jazz sound.

 

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