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This is a preview of the educational program
A Jazz Improvisation Almanac
which is
under development
for the
Outside Shore Music Online School.
Feel free to browse this preview
and learn what you can from it.
For a more completed product, though,
check out the original freely browsable jazz textbook,
A Jazz Improvisation Primer.
In modern times, the theory of melody is a subject that is not discussed nearly as often and or in as much depth as the theory of harmony. This holds in both jazz and classical music. In jazz, the situation is especially interesting. Melody is usually improvised, and is therefore rarely analyzed the way harmony is. Yet in order to improvise successfully, one must have an intuitive feel for melody that goes beyond theory. One does not have time to analyze each note one plays in this context.
There are a number of devices that can aid the jazz musician in constructing a melody over a given harmony. This chapter describes some of the ways a jazz musician can use a chord progression as a basis for melody. Note that the focus of this program is now starting to shift from description and analysis to methods and advice for improvisation.
Copyright 2000 Outside Shore Music
Authored by Marc Sabatella
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