This jazz method curriculum is a vehicle for developing improvisational skills, theory, history and language that meets the objective to play jazz. It is a self-contained book with 12 sequential lessons for elementary and middle school students. This second edition includes testimonials, a new rhythm sheet, a newly designed cover and much more. This is a great book to learn about jazz.

This jazz method curriculum is a vehicle for developing improvisational skills, theory, history and language that meets the objective to play jazz. It is a self-contained book with 12 sequential lessons for elementary and middle school students. This second edition includes testimonials, a new rhythm sheet, a newly designed cover and much more. This is a great book to learn about jazz.

THE ULTIMATE JAZZ MEDTHOD is very unique in structure and provides an abundance of information. The structure grew from my extremely successful experience with children who had never played a musical instrument before my class and had never heard of jazz. This jazz method curriculum is a vehicle for developing improvisational skills, theory, history and language that meets the objective to play jazz. It is a self-contained book with 12 sequential lessons for middle and high school students. Each lesson covers an era of jazz beginning with the early period, the blues. The student's edition is self-guided with objectives, goals, theory, melodic patterns, quizzes and tunes with traditional chord progressions that represent each period of jazz. It is well constructed and easy to follow for anyone who is not experienced or an expert in the field of jazz music. A teacher could review and prepare a lesson within ten minutes prior to class. In addition, the history, quiz and recording section of this curriculum is recommended for cross curriculum teaching in history and English classes.

Anyone with a knowledge of basic chords and guitar scale fingerings can dig right in and start learning to play jazz right away. Spanning from the major scale and basic triad theory all the way up to extended chords and the modes, this book features a full-length etude or song to go with every new concept introduced. Beginning Jazz Guitar breaks the age-old tradition of dry, intimidating and confusing jazz books, and provides an actual step-by-step and enjoyable method for learning to play in this style. Clearly organized into easily mastered segments, each chapter is divided into separate lessons on harmony or improvisation. All music is shown in standard notation and TAB.

(Guitar Collection). If you're new to jazz guitar, you are probably eager to learn some songs. This book provides chord-melody style arrangements in standard notation and tab for the most popular songs jazz guitarists like to play. This accessible collection of must-know jazz hits include: All the Things You Are * Body and Soul * Don't Get Around Much Anymore * Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words) * The Girl from Ipanema (Garota De Ipanema) * I Got Rhythm * Laura * Misty * Night and Day * Satin Doll * Summertime * When I Fall in Love * and more.