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ERIC Number: EJ523767
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1069-7446
Using Guides Tones for Improvisation.
Day, Michael
Teaching Music, v3 n3 p31-32,52 Dec 1995
Provides some tips on jazz instruction for the beginning music educator who may not have had much experience in that field. Specifically recommends teaching guide tones, the root, third, and seventh chords, as an invaluable aid to jazz improvisation. Includes musical notation showing guide tones for two jazz standards. (MJP)
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, Improvisation, Instructional Improvement, Instructional Materials, Instrumentation and Orchestration, Jazz, Music Activities, Music Education, Music Techniques, Musical Composition, Musical Instruments, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Guide Tones; Innovative Instruction
Note: Journal availability: Music Educators Natl. Conference, 1806 Robert Fulton Dr., Reston, VA 22091-4348.