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Easing Into Jazz Improvisation With the Blues

“…Teachers can also explore the concept of chords and their roots within the context of the 12-bar blues. Jamey Aebersold’s (1988) book Blues in All Keys provides a “backing track” with piano, bass, and drums playing a slow, repeated blues progression over which students can practice. Students sing or play each chord’s root note with one whole note per measure of music using movable Do solfege to help solidify their sense of the key (see Figure 5 where each four-measure section is delineated with blue bar lines).…”

“…Jazz musicians often gain inspiration from other artists and preexistent melodies can present fresh improvisational ideas. The entire class can learn the sample melodies presented by Jamey Aebersold (1988) as a part of his book Blues in All Keys that are suitable for any voice or instrument range. Recordings are also a rich source of improvisational learning.…”