COMPLETE JAZZ SAX BOOK (BOOK)
BY WILLIAM BAY

FORMAT: BOOK
SKILL LEVEL: INTERMEDIATE
NOTATION TYPE: STANDARD NOTATION
PAGES: 140
BINDING: SQUAREBACK SADDLE STITCHED
SERIES: COMPLETE
PUBLISHER: MEL BAY PUBLICATIONS, INC.
DATE PUBLISHED: 1/1/1994

DESCRIPTION:
-A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY TEXT TEACHING ELEMENTS OF JAZZ PHRASING, ARTICULATION, VIBRATO, CHORD STUDIES, AND TECHNICAL STUDIES LEADING TO IMPROVISATION. IN ADDITION, A THEORY WORKBOOK SECTION TEACHES SCALES, MODAL CONCEPTS AND CHORD CONSTRUCTION. INCLUDES JAZZ SAX STUDIES AND SAX IMPROVISING.

CONTENTS:
PART ONE: JAZZ SAX STUDIES
-BASIC RHYTHMIC CONCEPTS FOR JAZZ AND CONTEMPORARY PHRASING
-SPECIAL EFFECTS/THE STANDARDIZATION OF STAGE BAND ARTICULATIONS
-JAZZ TECHNIQUES
-CHORD SCALE STUDIES
-DOMINANT 7TH CHORD
-MINOR 7TH CHORD
-7FLAT5 CHORD
-MINOR 7FLAT5 CHORD
-AUGMENTED 7TH CHORD
-DIMINISHED 7TH CHORD
-VIBRATO

PART TWO: SAXOPHONE IMPROVISING
-CONSTRUCTING MAJOR SCALES
-MAJOR CHORDS
-BEGINNING PROGRESSIONS
-MINOR CHORDS
-DORIAN MODE
-PURE OR NATURAL MINOR
-MAJOR TO PURE MINOR
-DORIAN TO BLUES
-DOMINANT 7TH SCALE
-THE HALF DIMINISHED SCALE
-DIMINISHED 7TH CHORD
-JAZZ SCALES
-PHRYGIAN MODE
-HARMONIC MINOR
-HARMONIC TO PHRYGIAN
-MINOR JAZZ SCALES
-DORIAN STUDIES
-AEOLIAN STUDIES
-ASCENDING MELODIC STUDIES
-HARMONIC MINOR STUDIES
-PHRYGIAN STUDIES
-BLUES SCALE STUDIES
-LOCRIAN STUDIES
-DIMINISHED #1 STUDIES
-DIRECT SUBSTITUTION
-IMPROVISATION STUDY
-I-VIM-IIM-V7-I
-I-IIIM-IIM-V7-I
-I-VM6-IV-VI7-IIM7-V7-I
-WHOLE TONE SCALE
-DIMINISHED SCALE #2
-TURN AROUNDS AND ENDINGS
-BRIDGES
-MORE BLUES
-EXPANDING IMPROVISATIONAL IDEAS
-HARMONIZING MAJOR SCALES