VOL. 7 HEXATONICS - JERRY BERGONZI
(230 page book w/ CD) $34.95
If you like Pentatonics you will love Hexatonics. It is an easy and sophisticated way to organize melodic material.
VOL. 6 DEVELOPING A JAZZ LANGUAGE - JERRY BERGONZI
(172 page book w/ CD) $34.95
Developing a Jazz Language, is the sixth volume of Jerry
Bergonzi’s series, Inside Improvisation. Learning a language requires listening
on many levels to the meanings, the sounds, the intentions, and the inflections
or nuances of the language. The first chapters of this volume on learning the
language of jazz focus on the prerequisites of chord scales, approach notes to
chord tones and target notes, scale motives and sequences, and lines.
Part two qualifies improvisational techniques into three areas; melodic,
harmonic and sonic (rhythmic devices are the focus of Vol. IV, Melodic Rhythms)
and it is designed as a menu of soloing devices from which you can select your
personal course of study. Over 100 specific devices are discussed and
conceptualized so as to give the improviser more depth of expression and a
greater well from which to draw ideas. Among the numerous topics presented are:
guide tones, voice leading, chord substitutions, three tonic system for
composition, tritonics, hexatonics, tonal expansions, whole tone playing,
augmented symmetric scales, double diminished scales, limited range and large
range playing, shapes, blues melodies, accents, comping as a soloing device,
common tones, articulations, laying back on the...
The CD contains twelve standard chord progressions, each played in two different
tempos.
Practicing out of this book by just reading the melodies has changed and expanded my playing, says Jerry Bergonzi. He offers a number of suggested uses and applications for this intervallic system including ear training, compositions, improvisation, improving technical facility, intonation, sight reading, breaking finger habits, and pitch retention. This book as accompanied by a play-along CD with 19 tunes and eight vamps featuring Jerry Bergonzi and Allan Chase, saxophones (soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone); Renato Chico, piano; Dave Santoro, bass; and Tom Melito, drums.
The intervallic system presented in this book is a means for creating original lines and themes - a modern thesaurus of intervallic melodies. Each page concentrates on three, four, or five specific intervals. Combining these intervals with all of the possibilities for moving in ascending or descending direction creates an infinite variety of very distinctive melodies. Although these melodies were composed independent of any particular harmony they can sound quite effective when played over chord changes.
Chord changes and heads are included for C concert, Bb, Eb, and bass clef instruments.
Line Playing . Voice-Leading . Chromaticism . Bebop Scales
A clear and practical step-by-step approach to chromaticism, line playing and voice leading. The CD contains 23 play-along tracks (most of them played in two tempos), based on standard chord progressions, performed by a professional rhythm section, featu ring Renato Chicco on piano, Dave Santoro on bass, and Adam Nussbaum on drums. In addition Jerry demonstrates various exercises and approaches on tenor saxophone. Chord changes are included for C concert, Bb and Eb instruments.
Jerry Bergonzi is a highly respected jazz educator/musician who lives and teaches in the Boston area. Over many years his "Inside Improvisation" system has proven to be tremendously successful.
A clear and practical step-by-step approach to chromaticism, line playing and voice leading. The CD contains 23 play-along tracks (most of them played in two tempos), based on standard chord progressions, performed by a professional rhythm section, featu ring Renato Chicco on piano, Dave Santoro on bass, and Adam Nussbaum on drums. In addition Jerry demonstrates various exercises and approaches on tenor saxophone. Chord changes are included for C concert, Bb and Eb instruments.
Jerry Bergonzi is a highly respected jazz educator/musician who lives and teaches in the Boston area. Over many years his "Inside Improvisation" system has proven to be tremendously successful.
