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Jazz ukulele, comping, soloing, chord melodies, Abe Lagrimas Jr

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Jazz ukulele

915960852

Abe Lagrimas Jr

comping, soloing, chord melodies

Learn the essential theory, concepts, and techniques to perform jazz. This book will help you to understand and play jazz harmonies and tension substitutions, and the principles for improvisation and accompanying other musicians. It includes traditional notation and tablature, and also introduces additional types of notation common in jazz

Introduction : getting started. Types of ukuleles ; Holding the ukulele and posture ; Tuning ; The recordings -- Playing the ukulele. Strumming technique ; Fingerpicking technique ; Warming up -- Basic jazz chords. Triads ; Seventh and sixth chords ; Chord tensions ; Ukulele chord voicings ; The II V I progression ; Voice leading ; The circle of fifths -- Comping. Comping with the thumb and fingers ; Syncopation ; Comping in different jazz styles -- Notes for soloing. The relationship between scales and chords ; Avoid notes ; Making your solo sound "jazzy" ; Chromatic approach notes ; Motifs -- The blues. The blues scale ; Mixolydian scales ; Minor blues ; Jazz blues progression ; The "Parker blues" -- Playing the head and jazz song forms -- Solo ukulele. Alternate voicings for chords ; Chord melodies ; Playing melodies on the G string ; In time vs. rubato tempos -- Jam session. Lotsa bossa ; It's autumn again ; Brazilian games ; Big Apple jam ; Centipedes -- Appendix. Suggested jazz ukulele recordings