Bøger af Jon de Lucia

Are you a classical bass player that wants to apply your hard earned instrumental skills to jazz improvisation?Or are you a jazz bass player looking to open up your scale/interval practice to new worlds of melodic invention?Bach Shapes II for Bass Clef is the sequel to Bach Shapes, the immensely successful scale and interval pattern book for all instruments.In Bach Shapes II you''ll find 140 pages (twice the size of Bach Shapes!)of all things Bach, a culmination of 5 years of work by NYC jazz saxophonist and Bach enthusiast Jon De Lucia that includes:ΓÇó 50 pages of diatonic sequences, now with analysis, articulation suggestions and scale variations (harmonic minor, harmonic major, etc)ΓÇó A chapter on minor and diminished shapes, bringing Bach''s Toccata and Fugue into the Bebop Era with examples from Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley and more.ΓÇó 20 pages on the Circle of Fifths progression, applying Bach Shapes to chord progressions like "All The Things You Are" and "Autumn Leaves," including MIDI chordal accompaniment for the exercises and live band recordings for the etudes.ΓÇó A chapter on Paul Desmond, including etudes and a solo transcription.ΓÇó A chapter on arpeggiation, using Bach''s methods to get through standard tunes.ΓÇó Bach Loops! Short looping patterns from Bach''s music with a ton of practice ideas.ΓÇó Etudes! More lines on jazz standards to help internalize the material.