The Ultimate Obstacle Course For Jazz Players for trumpet & all ๐ treble clef instruments by Rich Willey (PDF)
Could you use a practice regimen designed to improve reading, key fluency, and overall musicianship for an aspiring, improvising commercial player?
This study in tricky rhythms over common chord changes presented in 12 major keys helps you become a literate, musical and competentย jazz player.
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Introducing Rich Willeyโs The Ultimate Obstacle Course For Jazz Players in twelve major keys for trumpet and all treble clef instruments (originally titled โFirst Book of Practical Studies for Jazz Players in twelve major keysโ) for attaining mastery of syncopated reading, key-fluency, chordal comprehension and making music out of jazz phrases. This book is primarily for Bโญ trumpet but is easily usable by all treble clef instruments. Includes 48 downloadable play-along tracks totaling over five hours of play-along time.
Using standard chord progressions, this volume takes you through all the keys by means of a series of syncopated eight-bar phrases. These twenty-four melodic phrases, specifically designed to be tricky to play, help you smooth out your jazz concept and learn to focus on making music one phrase at a time. Each eight-bar phrase spans approximately one octave to make it more easily playable in all twelve keys; however, you are welcome to play these in different octaves than written to put them in a more comfortable (or more challenging) range for you.
The play-along tracks (two tempo settings per phrase & totaling just over five hours in length) allow you to hear the chordal foundation of all the melodies and provide you the opportunity to improve your comprehension of which notes work over the clearly printed chord symbols. Included is a link for downloading the play-along tracks as mp3s and MIDI files (for Band-In-A-Box/sequencing programs). The slower tempo is approximately 20 bpm below the brighter tempo, but people who have the right software can slow down or speed up these tracks any way they see fit. Play-along tracks contain no melody instruments, only piano, bass and drums.
As stated in the front matter, the goal of this book is threefold. First, it is essential for todayโs jazz musician to be the best reader possible. Second, todayโs jazz musician needs to be equally comfortable in every key; the fear of sharp keys and flat keys must be chased away. Third, todayโs jazz musician needs to instantly translate the written note into music. Every page and every play-along track provide tools tailored to help you become a confident, fearless jazz musician.
Chord changes used include portions of:
โข Ainโt Misbehavinโ โข Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered โข Brownie Speaks โข Confirmation โข Have You Met Miss Jones? โข Honeysuckle Rose โข I Got Rhythm โข Iโve Got The World On A String โข Iโve Never Been In Love Before โข Joy Spring โข My One And Only Love โข Polka Dots And Moonbeams โข Prelude To A Kiss โข Sophisticated Lady โข There Is No Greater Love โข Standard Turnarounds โข Weโll Be Together Again โข Well You Neednโt โข You Are Too Beautiful โข You Took Advantage Of Me
Listen to samples of Rich playing along with a couple of the play-along tracks in a few of the keys:
Viewย Ultimate Obstacle Course For Jazz Players Sample Page 16
Customer Comments
โHi, Rich. I just wanted to let you know that I found a few hours to work on Exercise 1 from your new book [Ultimate Obstacle Course]. It is probably the easiest one in the book (duh), and really wasnโt that difficult to play until I started the play-along-track. Holy cow! Up to speed, it becomes more than just a finger-twister (not to mention mind-mangler with all those keys). It is also quite an endurance challenge! Thanks, Rich!โ โย WAYNEย H.ย WRIGHT,ย trumpeter,ย Moore,ย OK
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