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Seventh Chords
Book 3
Ed Byrne
LINEAR JAZZ IMPROVISATION
Seventh Chords
Book 3
Ed Byrne
It is intended that you do these exercises by rote, one of the basic skills we
intend to master. All Linear Jazz Improvisation exercise books include state
of the art Finale Notepad Playback with which to practice. Sing all of these
exercises. Read each seventh chord at first if you must, but only as a starting
point, since the goal is to make these patterns part of your vocabulary.
Eventually you will be able to play them in a given tempo with the aid of a
metronome alone.
We use the key signature of no sharps or flats here for ease in reading and
ideation. A key signature would be misleading, because any and all of these
chords can appear in any key. In those few exercises which exceed the
ranges of the tenor trombone (with no F attachment) and the bass, merely
tacit them. Play these exercises at first without vibrato and inflection: Add
them later.
LJI TEN CHROMATIC TARGETING GROUPS
TYPE 1a
TYPE 1b
TYPE 2a
TYPE 2b
TYPE 3a
TYPE 3b
TYPE 4a
TYPE 4b
TYPE 5a
TYPE 5b
TWELVE BASIC JAZZ SEVENTH CHORDS
MA7
MA7-5
+MA7
m7
mMA7
m7-5
7sus4
7-5
+7
o7
oMA7
PRACTICING LJI WITH NOTEPAD PLAYBACK
Read only to get started: Sing and play the entire book back in Finale
Notepad by rote until internalized. Then play each exercise from memory
with a metronome alone.
4. Play back one exercise type in Notepad, such as the reduced melody,
while practicing another (guide tone line or root progression).
5. While the book is programmed to play back at q.n. = 60, you can set the
document for any tempo for each exercise in the tempo menu at the top.
6. Measure numbers are supplied, since with the free Notepad program you
will need to type that number into the measure box at the top in order to
restart at a specific place.
EXCERPTS 1 & 2: