Table of Contents
Focus on Music

Index - Introduction

Jazz Improvisation Lessons

Lesson 1: One-measure jazz riffs

Lesson 2: Learning the form of the blues

Lesson 3: Introduction to harmony, improvisation on scale degrees 1 and 3

Lesson 4: Playing scale degrees 1 and 3 on the B flat blues

Lesson 5: Variations and Scale Degrees 5 and 7

Lesson 6: Variations in the Blues Using Scale Degrees 5 and 7

Lesson 7: Two-Measure Riffs on Scale Degrees 3 and 7

Lesson 8: Guide Tone Lines

Lesson 9: Contrasting Ideas

Lesson 10: Improvising on Chord Tones

Lesson 11: Improvising on chord tones on the B flat blues

Lesson 12: Chord Tone Solos with an Emphasis on Guide Tones

Lesson 13: Building Intensity through Increased Range of Pitch and Dynamics

Lesson 15: Building Intensity through Repetition

Lesson 17: Building Intensity through Increased Rhythmic Activity

Lesson 19: Improvising on Scale Tones