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PostPosted: Fri Feb 08, 2019 3:49 am    Post subject: Jazz influenced practice materials Reply with quote

I'm wondering if anyone could suggest any books of jazz scale or pattern exercizes that I could use for practice. Not necessarily for jazz purposes-but just for technique and dexterity.

Basically I find Arban, Charlier, Clarke kind of boring sometimes and would like to have daily practice material for technique and tonguing that is harmonically and melodically more interesting to me.

Kind of a shot in the dark but I would appreciate any suggestions.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 08, 2019 3:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ask Rich Willey, he has some very good books.
https://www.boptism.com/product-category/jazz-trumpet-books/jazz-study-zone/
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 08, 2019 5:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bobby Shew's Excercises Etudes book: https://www.wwbw.com/Carl-Fischer-Exercises-Etudes-Book-H72161.wwbw

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 08, 2019 6:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Rich Willey's books are excellent.

I learned all my improv fundamentals with "Patterns for Jazz" by Coker.
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 08, 2019 6:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is a good brief reference book about scales, intervals, chords, and most other aspects of playing. It isn't a 'theory' book or 'practice routines' - but it is the best short 'single package' of material I've found.

"Total Musicianship" Frank Bencriscutto cornet
published by Kjos
google it!

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 08, 2019 8:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have a free Jazz-focused practice routine I posted back in December. It even has a play-along on YouTube so you can rest as long as you play:

MAJOR DAY

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MINOR DAY

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And you can get the sheet music here: https://bit.ly/2EnEGjW
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 08, 2019 12:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here are a few books that come to mind:

Eric Bolvin's "Modern Jazz Trumpet Method" has a variety of scale patterns and arpeggios. You might also consider his "Be-Bop Range Book" and "The Clarke Variations."

Craig Fraedrich's "A Daily Dose of Scales for Improvisation" has lots of useful material.

Pat Harbison's "Technical Studies for the Modern Trumpet" includes Arban and Clarke exercises modified for jazz and commercial players.

Chris Kase's "21st Century Technique" is full of Clarke exercises modified to meet "contemporary musical requirements." Kase's"Arpeggiare" has some really good chordal exercises.

John McNeil's "Art of Jazz Trumpet" has a series of practice patterns along the lines of Clarke technical studies.

So much great material out there!

Good luck!
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 08, 2019 12:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 08, 2019 12:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks to everyone! Lots of good stuff here!
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PostPosted: Fri Feb 08, 2019 3:40 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great suggestions on this thread. I would like to add that as much as books are excellent in building a foundation for jazz, most of one's learning should come from listening to the masters-Clifford, Miles, Freddie, Lee Morgan, Kenny Dorham, Woody Shaw, Blue Mitchell etc. Scales and theory are important, but without countless hours of listening to the innovators that created the music, you won't have concept, style and melodic vocabulary-without that you'll only be playing scales.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 09, 2019 7:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote


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PostPosted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 5:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Dayton wrote:
Here are a few books that come to mind:

Eric Bolvin's "Modern Jazz Trumpet Method" has a variety of scale patterns and arpeggios. You might also consider his "Be-Bop Range Book" and "The Clarke Variations."

Craig Fraedrich's "A Daily Dose of Scales for Improvisation" has lots of useful material.

Pat Harbison's "Technical Studies for the Modern Trumpet" includes Arban and Clarke exercises modified for jazz and commercial players.

Chris Kase's "21st Century Technique" is full of Clarke exercises modified to meet "contemporary musical requirements." Kase's"Arpeggiare" has some really good chordal exercises.

John McNeil's "Art of Jazz Trumpet" has a series of practice patterns along the lines of Clarke technical studies.

So much great material out there!

Good luck!


Bolvin's jazz stuff (https://bolvinmusic.com/product/jazz-trumpet-bundle/) is great (and cheap, as it's print-it-yourself); I use it to keep in shape on my flugelhorn after I get through the day's Claude Gordon routines. It's useful for jazz, providing practical licks and scale patterns in all keys, and in different modes. And if you follow his articulation patterns it gets you in the "jazz mindset." I actually bought his Complete Trumpet Method but I haven't got to any of the "legit" stuff yet. I figured I'd work through it when I got to the end of Gordon, but I'm starting to feel like that might be never .
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 05, 2020 11:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Although John McNeil's "Art of Jazz Trumpet" has been around a while, it is a very thoughtful introduction into "phrasing, articulation and valve technique," from a jazz perspective. These subjects are discussed in the context of modern jazz trumpet history, with sections on influential players such as Blue Mitchell, Miles Davis and Freddie Hubbard. The second half of the book contains many exercises exploring such jazz elements as rhythm changes, swing articulation, cross-accents and alternate fingerings. A very helpful CD, keyed to the book, is included.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 05, 2020 12:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

John Racina has some nice jazz etude books including a one that has 24 etudes on rhythm changes in different keys. They're $21.95 at ejazzlines.com

https://www.ejazzlines.com/jazz-etudes-to-rhythm-changes-john-racina
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 05, 2020 5:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Resurrected thread. I've looked at a number of books over the years. But I've primarily used only 3 books to learn jazz scales and patterns.

1) Aebersold Play-Alongs Volume 1,2, and 3. Lots of basic patterns, about 8 or so foundational jazz scales, and lots of helpful information on how to approach this area.

2) Jerry Coker's Patterns for Jazz. This is the "Arbans" of jazz patterns. And like Arbans, it's not for beginners. But once you have a foundation, it's a great resource.

3) Dan Haerle's Scales for Jazz Improvisation. No exercises. But a nice reference of about 30 jazz scales. It doesn't have blues scales or bebop scales. But otherwise it's probably the most exhaustive list of jazz scales.

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 05, 2020 5:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've rewritten some Arban exercises in whole-tone, diminished, and relative minor modes. The book is freely available on the University's repository.
https://shareok.org/handle/11244/325292

Enjoy!

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PostPosted: Sun Dec 06, 2020 1:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

In additio0n to my original response:

Tony D'Aveni's "Jazz Trumpet Technique" series is quite useful.

Rich Willey's books were already mentioned. His "Arban Jazz Scale Connection" is particularly good because it gets you thinking about how you could approach your legit practice material differently.

Also, take a book of transcriptions -- or make your own -- and grab a few interesting lines. Transcribe them into as many keys as you can to turn them into your own technical study. Plug it into Muse Score and have it transpose for you if you cannot do that in your head. I did that in high school with the Charlie Parker Omnibook to build interesting/challenging range studies.
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