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Jazz vocal improvisation : an instrumental approach

Title
Jazz vocal improvisation : an instrumental approach / Mili Bermejo.
Author
Bermejo, Mili
Publication
  • Boston, MA : Berklee Press, [2017]
  • Milwaukee, Wisconsin : Distributed by Hal Leonard.
  • ©2017

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Notated musicUse in library JMG 17-460Performing Arts Research Collections - Music

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Description
1 score (xi, 121 pages); 31 cm
Summary
This book applies concepts of theory, harmony, melody and rhythm to the practice of jazz vocal improvisation, in the same way these concepts are taught to instrumentalists.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Methods (Music)
  • Jazz.
Note
  • Includes code for online audio access.
  • Includes Foreword by Dr. Diane Richardson, Preface and Afterword by the author, and author biography in English.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes index (pages 117-121).
Contents
Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Creating awareness -- Groove, swing, and vocal sounds and syllables -- Improvising over forms -- Intervals, scales, and chords -- Improvising over a 12-bar blues form -- Functional harmony -- Tensions and chord scales -- Turnarounds -- Patterns -- Analyzing chord progressions -- Improvising on non-diatonic chords and tensions -- Patterns and dominant resolution -- Jazz practice exercises -- Working with advanced patterns -- Developing patterns -- Using the piano for improvisation practice -- Afterword -- About the author -- Index.
Call Number
JMG 17-460
ISBN
  • 0876391854
  • 9780876391853
LCCN
888680617110
OCLC
984485343
Author
Bermejo, Mili, author.
Title
Jazz vocal improvisation : an instrumental approach / Mili Bermejo.
Publisher
Boston, MA : Berklee Press, [2017]
Distributor
Milwaukee, Wisconsin : Distributed by Hal Leonard.
Copyright Date
©2017
Type of Content
notated music
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes index (pages 117-121).
Language
Staff notation.
Other Standard Identifier
888680617110
Publisher No.
HL00159290 Hal Leonard
Research Call Number
JMG 17-460
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