Waite Brian. Modern Jazz Piano

A study in harmony and improvisation.
Author: Brian Waite
Publicated: Wise Publications
127 p.
Language: English
1987To read or not to read
Scales
Intervals
Compound intervals
Tones and semitones
Interval shorthand
Basic harmony
Inversions
Chord progressions -cadences
The dominant seventh
Conclusion and summary
Seventh chords (major scale)
Seventh chords (minor scale)
Sixth chords
Altered dominant sevenths
Reading and writing chord symbols
Chord charts
Tonality-the III VI andichords
The III and VI chords
The IV chord
The IVm 7 and ~VII 7chords
Cycle of fifths
Ninth, eleventh and thirteenth chords
Polychordalism
The polychord tablesVoicing formula
Practice method
Two-handed voicings
Rootless voicings
Left-hand voicings
Altered left-hand voicings
Right-hand extensions
Further studyGetting started
Scales . A basis for improvisation
The major scale
The minor scales