Patterns for Jazz: Treble Clef 
asked by perfect10 on November 27, 2006 9:05 PM
Patterns for Jazz stands as a monument among jazz educational materials. Condensed charts and pertinent explanations are conveniently inserted throughout the book to give greater clarity to the application of more than 400 patterns built on chords and scales -- from simple (major) to complex (lydian augmented scales).
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Although I have played saxophone for many years, I'm a rather
late-comer to improvisation. In spite of a couple classes, this book has given me the most insight. By that, I think its pre- sentation of studies as connection of,let's say, various chords
in ascending or descending creates a challenge to develope familiarity and smoothness one will obviously need in real life improvisation. Have only got to the first 10 pages and all I can say is this book has exposed my weaknesess and shows what I need to work on.
late-comer to improvisation. In spite of a couple classes, this book has given me the most insight. By that, I think its pre- sentation of studies as connection of,let's say, various chords
in ascending or descending creates a challenge to develope familiarity and smoothness one will obviously need in real life improvisation. Have only got to the first 10 pages and all I can say is this book has exposed my weaknesess and shows what I need to work on.
reviewed by shirley49 on November 28, 2006 1:58 PM
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Useful to demonstrate how patterns are devised, but not how to apply them to a musical situation. Those who use this as a practice book are left to figure that out for themselves.
Far more useful for a beginning student would be examples of how scale/patterns are musically applied to a tune/chord progression.
reviewed by mattisboss on November 29, 2006 3:46 AM