En komplett samling av Luke Gillespie som omfattar alla kompstilar för jazz-keyboardisten: från grundläggande metod till moderna.
Innehåll
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- To the Teacher and Student
LESSON 1: ii V I CHORDS & SCALES
- Key circle
- ii V I root movement
- Dorian (ii), Mixolydian (V), Major (I ) scales
- Voicings, chord tone awareness (3rds and 7ths) and resolution
- "Bud Powell" 1-7 shell voicing in LH
- 3-5-7-9 voicing in RH
- Inversions
- Voicings with doubled notes, with no note doubling, with notes out
- Developing the ear/singing
- Ways to practice ii VI scales and chords
- Tips for practice
- A word about technique
LESSON 2: ii V I VOICINGS WITH DROPPED NOTES
- Drop 2nd note
- Drop 3rd note
- Drop both 2nd and 3rd notes
LESSON 3: ALTERED DOMINANT CHORDS & SCALES
- 75, 7b9#5 chords (diminished/whole tone scale)
- 7b9, 7b9b5 chords (diminished scale)
- 7#11 chord (lydian/dominant scale)
- 7#5 or 7+5 chord (whole tone scale)
- Inversions
LESSON 4: ROOTLESS ii V I CHORD VOICINGS
- Two-hand voicings
- Drop 2nd note
- "Red Garland" voicings (doubling the 5th and 9th)
- Altered rootless voicings
LESSON 5: MINOR ii V i CHORD VOICINGS
- Half-diminished ii chord, altered V chord, minor i chord with various resolutions
- Voicings and inversions
- Drop 2nd note
- Voices moving in parallel and contrary motion
- Suspended voicings
- Rootless two-hand voicing
LESSON 6: ii bII I TRITONE SUBSTITUTION
- How the V7 and bll7 chords share the same 3rd and 7th notes
- ii bII I chord voicings
- Minor ii bII i chord voicings
- How the G75 (diminished/whole tone) and Db7#11 (lydian/dominant) chords and scales, as well as Abm∧ (melodic minor), share the same notes and chord tones
LESSON 7: MORE ON CHORD SUBSTITUTION
- The diminished scale and chord as sources for playing ii VI chords
- The tritone substitution revisited
- The minor 3rd substitution
- Modal sequencing
- "Giant Steps" and "Countdown" chord changes in a ii VI progression
- Bill Evans' variation on "Giant Steps" changes
LESSON 8: QUARTAL AND QUINTAL ii V I CHORD VOICINGS
- "So What" and McCoy Tyner inspired voicings
- Combinations of Quartal and altered chords
- Quintal and suspended chords
LESSON 9: CONTRAPUNTAL ii VI CHORD VOICINGS
- Parallel motion (10ths and 6ths), contrary motion
- Altered major chords
- Minor ii V i chords with moving voices
- Bill Evans inspired voicings using counterpoint
LESSON 10: BITONAL ii V I CHORD VOICINGS
- Study in chromatic triad movement
- Pedal points on the dominant
- Half-step, whole step, minor 3rd triad movement
- Passing bitonal chords for ii V I and minor ii V i progressions
APPENDIX: DEMONSTRATION OF ii V I VOICING TECHNIQUES