Berklee Rochinski Steve - Modern Jazz Theory And Practice
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Essential Information About This Book
Essential Information About This Book
- A clear focus on post-bop harmony: discover the innovations that have shaped modern jazz, in the spirit of John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Clare Fischer, Herbie Hancock, and Chick Corea.
- Advanced and practical tools: multitonic systems, frequent modulations, work on dominants, unexpected resolutions, and development of non-functional patterns.
- Musicality-oriented learning: connect tension, surprise, ambiguity, and the listener's "expectation" to compose and improvise with strong intention.
- Berklee-style pedagogical approach: concepts explained to build your own harmonic colors, voicings, and sophisticated chord contexts.
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Summary of This Book
This book is aimed at musicians who wish to take a step forward in advanced jazz harmony and understand what defines the post-bop language signature. Through the study of innovations popularized by major figures such as John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Clare Fischer, Herbie Hancock, and Chick Corea, you will explore techniques that move away from strictly functional harmony to open the door to freer, denser, and more modern progressions.
You will notably work on multitonic systems and conceptual approaches characteristic of the post-bop aesthetic, such as the Axis System, in order to create progressions that are both coherent and surprising. The book also emphasizes the construction of advanced sonorities (specialized voicings, chord colors, harmonic contexts) and the use of deceptive movements, less expected dominant resolutions, as well as modulation as a driver of expressivity.
Beyond chord progressions, this book guides you to develop sophisticated melodies that rely on harmonic tension and the intimate relationship between line and accompaniment. You will learn to articulate a refined sensitivity for harmonic obscurity, ambiguity, and surprise, while maintaining depth and a clear contour in your non-functional patterns. An excellent choice to enrich your vocabulary, sharpen your listening, and compose or improvise with a decidedly contemporary jazz language.
Technical specifications
| Theme | Theory - Harmony | ||
| Genre | advanced jazz harmony method (post-bop) | Language | English |
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Questions frequently asked
Is the book suitable for post-bop jazz harmony?
The book covers harmonic techniques associated with post-bop, based on innovations popularized notably by John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, and Chick Corea.
What advanced concepts are covered in Modern Jazz Theory And Practice?
The content addresses polytonal systems and the Axis System. Specialized voicings and chord colors are also studied. Deceptive movements, unusual dominant resolutions, and modulation are among the topics developed.
Can composition be practiced with this jazz harmony method?
The method proposes building non-functional progressions and melodies relying on harmonic tension, with attention paid to the relationship between melody and accompaniment.
Does this method help create modern jazz voicings?
Advanced sounds are developed through specialized voicings, chord colors, and their harmonic contexts.
Is the book available in French?
The text is written in English and covers advanced jazz theory and harmony.
