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Charlie Shoemake

4 Articles by Charlie Shoemake

Brass Bulletin 58 - 2 / 1987

Jazz Improvisation
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Shoemake, Charlie

Part 1

Jazz Improvisation

Major scales

Major scales, seventh chords and interval exercises provide the foundations for a systematic approach to jazz improvisation based on chord-scale relationships.

pp. 13–16

Brass Bulletin No 58 · 1987

Repertoire· Teaching· Jazz· Improvisation

Brass Bulletin 59 - 3 / 1987

Jazz Improvisation

Shoemake, Charlie

Part 2

Jazz Improvisation

The harmonic minor scale

Harmonic minor provides a basis for jazz improvisation through chord construction, exercises in all twelve keys and examples from leading brass players.

pp. 18–22

Brass Bulletin No 59 · 1987

Repertoire· Teaching· Jazz· Improvisation

Brass Bulletin 60 - 4 / 1987

Jazz Improvisation

Shoemake, Charlie

Part 3

Jazz Improvisation

The melodic minor scale 1

The melodic minor scale supplies jazz improvisers with dominant seventh chords on two degrees, linking bebop practice with exercises in every key and starting position.

pp. 82–85

Brass Bulletin No 60 · 1987

Repertoire· Teaching· Jazz· Improvisation

Brass Bulletin 61 - 1 / 1988

Jazz Improvisation

Shoemake, Charlie

Part 4 – End

Jazz Improvisation

The melodic minor scale 2

The fourth instalment of Charlie Shoemake’s jazz method uses recorded solos and an exercise in all keys to show how melodic minor works over dominant seventh chords.

pp. 98–101

Brass Bulletin No 61 · 1988

Repertoire· Teaching· Jazz· Improvisation

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