Aebersold Haerle D. - Magic Motives

Summary of this method

This jazz method is aimed at musicians who want to develop a more fluid, coherent, and personal improvisational language. It is based on motifs, also known as “melodic motifs,” licks, or clichés, which are considered one of the essential foundations of jazz phrasing. The book explains how to build, transform, and reuse these musical cells from major, minor, and diminished five-note scales, in order to create immediately musical ideas that are easy to incorporate into everyday playing.

One of its major strengths lies in the way it connects theory and practice. The exercises presented help you understand how the same motif can work over several different chords, opening up a wide range of harmonic applications. Working with chromatic embellishments adds more color, tension, and flexibility to improvised lines. You will also find numerous examples in different harmonic situations, including standard chord progressions, allowing you to move quickly from study to practical application.

Thanks to its play-along CD, this method is also an excellent tool for independent practice. The accompaniment tracks help develop rhythmic placement, harmonic listening, and spontaneity, while allowing each instrumentalist to work within a suitable range. With more than 100 pages of content, this book is a rich resource for broadening your creative world, strengthening your improvisational reflexes, and building a more solid jazz vocabulary over the course of your practice sessions.

Technical specifications

Instrumentation	all instruments	Pages	more than 100 pages
Genre	jazz method, improvisation