Jazz Composition: Theory and Practice

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(Berklee Press). When you think of jazz composers, who comes to mind? Jelly Roll Morton, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, Bob Brookmeyer. This book is about what they (and many others) do. Jazz composition has evolved into a disciplined art that often evidences great emotional depth and breadth of sophistication. Berklee College of Music legend Ted Pease demystifies the processes involved in writing jazz tunes and in composing episodic and extended jazz works. Jazz Composition: Theory and Practice is a by-product of Pease's 25 years of teaching jazz composition. The accompanying audio files help demonstrate melody, harmony and rhythmic elements of jazz and also includes a variety of music-writing exercises focused on learning these same elements to help you begin producing your own effective jazz compositions. Preface Introduction What is Jazz? What is Jazz Composition? Prerequisites: What Do I Need to Know? Acknowledgments and Thanks How to Use this Book and CD Review Scales Modes Tensions Approach Notes and Other Embellishments Anticipation and Delayed Attack Guide Tones Chapter 1. Melodic Considerations Definitions Melodic Rhythm Melodic Rhythm Density as a Function of Style Scale Resources Interval Patterns Melodic Variation via Modal Interchange Melodic Devices and the Rudiments of Form Motifs Based On Intervallic Patterns Melodies Based On Guide Tones Embellishing A Guide Tone Line Melodies Based On Compound Lines Antedecent And Consequent Phrases Pitch Contour And Range Apex (Climax) Melodic Tensions As A Function Of Style Source Material - Melodic Considerations Chapter 2. Harmonic Considerations Tonal Harmony (Major Key Orientation) Tonal Harmony (Minor Key Orientation) Modal Harmony Inverted Voicings in Fourths Modal Approach Chords Modal Melodies Harmonic Variation via Modal Interchange Chromatic Harmony Harmonic Rhythm (and Density) Modulations Inversions and Other “Slash” Chords Pedal Point and Constant Structures Pedal Point and Pandiatonicism Harmonization Reharmonization Source Material - Harmonic Considerations Chapter 3. Blues and Song Form Form The Blues Blues: Harmonic Form Blues: Melodic Form Source Material - Blues Rhythm Changes Source Material - Rhythm Changes aaba Form Source Material - aaba Form abac Form Source Material - abac form Ostinatos (Revisited) Source Material - Ostinatos abca Song Form Through-Composed Tunes Source Material - Through-Composed Tunes Chapter 4. Arranging and Formatting Considerations Getting Your Music Played Two-Part Soli Writing Background Writing/Deriving Counterpoint from Guide Tones Intros, Interludes, and Endings The Arranger’s Chorus “Group Effort” Source Material Chapter 5. Metric Considerations Metric Modulation Source Material Chapter 6. Fusion Fusion Melody Fusion Harmony Fusion Rhythm Fusion Instrumentation Chapter 7. Episodic Form “In Celebration of Saxophones” Source Material - Episodic Compositions Chapter 8. Motivic Composition Internal Form for Motivic Compositions “Dynamic Duo”—Internal Form Source Material for Motivic Compositions Chapter 9. Exended Works Motivic Continuity in Extended Works External Form for Extended Works Internal Forms for Extended Works Suite for Jazz Band Bibliography