Description

Lesson topics include:Book 1 – Lessons 1-25Basic Elements; Swing Feel; Syncopation; Major Scales, Triads, Seventh Chords; Major Scale modes; 9th Scales and Chords; V7 Resolutions, V7-I Voice Leading; Dominant Scales, Chords; Blues Scales, Chords, Progressions, 12-bar Blues.Book 2 – Lessons 26-50Counterpoint Bass and Melody; Walking Basslines; Comping, Comp Rhythms; Brazilian Basslines; Minor 7th and 9th Chord Inversions; Supertonic Functions; iim7-V7 Progression, Licks; Jazz Language, Triplet Arpeggios and Dominant Bebop Licks; Passing Minor Chords; IV Chord, ii-V7 turnaround to IV; Altered Dominant Scales, Chords; Diminished Harmony; Turnbacks; AABA Song Form; Bop Scales, Chromatic Leading Notes; Enclosures.Book 3 – Lessons 51-75Melodic Soloing and Sequencing; Afro-Cuban Jazz Rhythms; Drop-Two Voicings; Minor 11th Chords, Minor Scales, Turnarounds; Half Diminished Scale, Harmonic Minor keys; Turnarounds in Minor Keys; Backdoor Cadence; Altered Dominant Chords, Licks; ABAC Song Form; Slash Chords.Each book comes with a CD, allowing students to hear the musical elements discussed, and offering students the opportunity to test their listening skills. Music examples are played by a variety of instruments.Included are also Alfred’s Handy Guides and Alfred’s Adult Piano Course books.