Advanced Harmonic Concepts

Media Type : Book Level : Intermediate-Advanced Musical Genre : All Styles Series : Complete Number of pages : 248 This is a very comprehensive text that combines theory, harmony and voicing material with emphasis placed on voice leading. Although this book's primary focus is on four-note chord voicings on the middle strings of the guitar, much of the knowledge conveyed here can be appreciated and used by all jazz musicians, not only guitarists. Topics covered include: Tensions, Voice Leading Chord Scales, Enharmonic Chordal Substitutions, Fourth Voicings, Chromatic Guide Lines, Triad Over Bass Voicings, and much more! The best part of this book, however, is the unique and practical way the author takes modern harmonic concepts and shows you how to apply them in real music situations! Written for the intermediate to advanced music theory enthusiast who wishes to master this facet of music.

Concepts For Reharmonizing Ii-V--This book offers an easily learned method that will quickly move the student from intermediate into advanced harmonic territory adding richness texture and uniqueness to the improvisational approach. The concept starts withcommon elements of basic diatonic harmony and ?moves? them in ways that gradually increase the harmonic complexity of their application. Students will greatly expand chord vocabulary and add considerable interest and depth toimprovisations. This method provides a simple approach to making the use of alterations and extensions a natural part of any player?s harmonic vocabulary. ?

This Musicians Institute Private Lessons edition is an advanced exploration of guitar scale concepts - a complete resource for applying pentatonic harmonic minor melodic minor whole tone and diminished scales. Expert instructor Jean Marc Belkadi reveals the secrets to creating interesting over-the-top phrases ideal for use in solos and big-riffs! A CD of demonstration tracks is included.

Accessible even to particularly advanced Jr. High bands or honor groups James Curnow’s brilliant fanfare and treatment of Renaissance composer Tylman Susato’s RONDO is truly a jubilant musical expression. FANFARE AND JUBILOSO is dedicated to Harry Begian the world renowned and highly respected American music educator and conductor and is a creative exploration of joyous energy.Investigating those intriguing Renaissance harmonic concepts this celebratory offering will be a fresh and vigorous addition to your concert repertoire!

Fanfare for the Maestro-Accessible even to particularly advanced Jr. High bands or honor groups James Curnow’s brilliant fanfare and treatment of Renaissance composer Tylman Susato’s RONDO is truly a jubilant musical expression. FANFARE AND JUBILOSO is dedicated to Harry Begian the world renowned and highly respected American music educator and conductor and is a creative exploration of joyous energy.Investigating those intriguing Renaissance harmonic concepts this celebratory offering will be a fresh and vigorous addition to your concert repertoire!

Accessible even to particularly advanced Jr. High bands or honor groups James Curnow’s brilliant fanfare and treatment of Renaissance composer Tylman Susato’s RONDO is truly a jubilant musical expression. What a terrific way to energize a concert or conclude a graduation ceremony!FANFARE AND JUBILOSO is dedicated to Harry Begian the world renowned and highly respected American music educator and conductor and is a creative exploration of joyous energy.Investigating those intriguing Renaissance harmonic concepts this celebratory offering will be a fresh and vigorous addition to your concert repertoire!

In this last and comprehensive coursebook in the Practice in Music Theory series the author has skillfully put together the demands of the syllabus in an enlightening style for both teachers and music students. The book is organised into 5 sections - Advanced Harmonic Vocabulary Trio Sonata Textures Pianoforte Writing Melodic Composition Score Reading and Analysis. Each section contains topics which provide the indispensable background to understanding the concepts found in music itself. Theoretical considerations apart specific works are analysis illustrations are abundant musical examples and interesting exercises are plentiful throughout the book.

Write for a horn section!
In this book, you will learn how to add saxophones and brass to a rhythm section ensemble. You will learn the capabilities and characteristics of the most common instruments, and how to order them effectively. You will also learn the different roles that a horn section can serve in your ensemble. Online audio tracks demonstrate the key concepts, as exemplified in a complete score.
You will learn to:
Write for alto, tenor, and baritone saxophone, as well as trumpet and trombone
Construct common voicings, such as unisons, octave unisons, two- to five-part soli, and open voicings
Expand your harmony by using jazz chords
Use brass mutes
Compose many textures, including melodies, solis, fills, pads, comping parts, background lines, and others
Score advanced harmonic techniques characteristic of brass sections, such as chromatic approach chords, four- and five-part voicings, tension substitutions, and more
?An amazing book that opens your mind for new horn arranging techniques. Horns on steroids!?
?Hassan El Shafei, Artist/Record Producer
?Arranging for Horns is the one-stop-shop the young arranger can make to explore the techniques, applications, and context for contemporary horn arranging. Jerry Gates masterfully compiled three decades of experience?both in classroom and in professional writing?into an organized and concise 80-page text. Highly recommended!?
?Adi Yeshaya, Composer, Arranger (Prince, Aretha Franklin, The Voice)
?An insightful and valuable resource for all arrangers. Jerry?s explanations are very clear and concise. Highly recommended!?
?Mark Harrison, Keyboardist/Composer, Music Educator, and Author
?Jerry is a devoted musician and educator who has written yet another clear and concise book! This time Jerry guides the reader through a direct and useful approach to writing horn arrangements. Included are rhythm section considerations, notations, and a valuable mention about contour shaping as the blueprint for a successful arrangement. This book demystifies arranging for horns and inspires us to dive right in. There are great tools included and distilled from Jerry?s many years of experience and education. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to get quick and positive results without excess theory to weigh the creative process down.?
?David Goldblatt, Composer, Pianist, and Music Director (for national television programs, world tours, and varied media)
?Jerry Gates? Arranging for Horns is a concise yet thorough guide to horn arranging in jazz and popular styles. The book progresses through each vital instrument, offering writing techniques for them as individuals and as a group. Arranging for Horns goes one step further than many treatments of this topic, looking at how an arrangement can vary throughout a song?changing the intensity of the music. This added consideration gives arrangers a powerful tool for adding shape and contour to their songs. Recommended for all arrangers and songwriters.?
?Ben Newhouse, Composer and Educator
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Jazz PentatonicS-Jazz Pentatonics is for intermediate to advanced players wishing to expand their melodic and harmonic vocabulary. The music is in standard notation as well as tablature and audio is included in which the moredifficult exercises are played at a slower as well as faster tempo. The audio was recorded with live Drums acoustic Bass and Guitar. All the exercises are included on the audio recording as well as play-along tracks that enablethe student to play with a rhythm section.This book covers the minor 7 dominant 7 minor 7(b5) and major (b6) pentatonics and gives the student many etudes and exercises from which to draw improvisational ideas. Includesaccess to online audio.

The conclusion to this power-packed jazz method starts with a review of concepts from Intermediate Jazz Keyboard and quickly moves on to more-advanced concepts like chord voicings, modal soloing, substitution, reharmonization, modes of the minor scales, diminished and whole tone scales, walking bass, stride piano technique, non-diatonic progressions, and much more. The perfect launching pad for a lifetime of discovery and joy from playing music, Mastering Jazz Keyboard is essential to any keyboardist's journey into jazz. Companion MP3 audio demonstration tracks are included and can be streamed online or downloaded. / Clavier

Drop-2 chord forms have been used by guitarists in all musical genres for years. The concept refers to 4-way, closed voicings in root position or any inversion, dropping the second note from the top by 1 octave, hence the term drop-2. In practice, a nifty guitar harmonic symmetry occurs as drop-2 chords are invariably played on any four successive strings, muting or avoiding the remaining 2 strings. This collection will open up a new world of harmonic possibilities for the beginning to intermediate guitarists, and will shore up the basics and provide added harmonic visualization for the advanced player. Chapter on comping the chord soloing applications are also included. Written in notation and tablature.