Tasting Harmony  was developed to provide a fun approach for all musicians who want to get involved with harmony on a deeper level in a direct and non-theoretical way. It’s a new approach to ear-training, utilizing the concept of synesthesia; the mixing of the senses. The exercises in this set are designed to teach your ear to focus on the sound of each individual chord tone while simultaneously hearing the full chord. I developed this concept to provide a fun approach for all musicians who want to get involved with harmony on a deeper level in a direct and non-theoretical way.

Tasting Harmony Features

64 Pages + 1 Play-along CD with 81 tracks.   —   Available in C, Bb and Eb Editions.

• Individual CD tracks train your ear to hear each chord tone over Major 7th, Dominant 7th, Dominant 7th sus, Dominant 7b9, Dominant 7#9, Minor 7th, Minor w/Major 7th, Minor 7b5, Diminished 7th, Major 6th and Minor 6th chords.

• Train your ear by chord types, such as Major 7th, Minor 7th, etc., or by chord degrees, such as Roots, thirds, fifths, sevenths, ninths, etc.

• Includes section on suggested use of the book and nine specific practice options.

• Eighty-one play-along tracks are included on the CD. Want to train for sharp 9ths on dominant chords? Play or sing along with track 40. Want to train for sharp 11ths on Major seventh chords? Just go to track 6. Easily locate and train for any chord tone over eleven different chord types.

• CD tracks are played in a wide variety of styles, including: bossa, samba, swing, 12/8, funk, gospel and two-feel. This keeps things fun and fresh while training your ears, making tracks like “thirds over minor seventh chords” feel more like a song than just an ear training exercise.

• Perfect for all levels. From the eager novice to the seasoned professional, all levels of players will enjoy working with this book and CD set.

• Easily integrated into your daily practice routine.

• Perfect piano background tracks over every chord type so that you can practice licks in twelve keys…If you have a minor seventh lick that starts on the ninth of the chord, simply go to track 47 (ninths on minor seventh chords) and you’ll have the piano accompaniment to play the lick in all twelve keys. What if your lick starts on the third? No problem…go to track 44!

• Great for practicing scales and chord arpeggios in harmonic context.

• CD can also be used without the book for training your ear while commuting, walking, working out, etc.

• Excellent for working on intonation by matching pitch of the vocalist on the CD singing the circle of fourths over all the chord backgrounds.

Each volume of Jazz Saxophone Etudes includes twelve etudes and two play-along CDs. Saxophonist Greg Fishman demonstrates each etude on both alto and tenor, backed by a world-class rhythm section featuring pianist Dennis Luxion, bassist Eric Hochberg, and drummer Phil Gratteau.

– Includes rhythm-section-only tracks with extra choruses to practice soloing over the chord progressions.

– The rhythm section is recorded in two different keys, allowing all saxes to read the same written part, ensuring that each etude lays perfectly on all saxophones.

– Written with the idiomatic tendencies of the saxophone in mind, these etudes demonstrate a melodic approach to soloing with authentic jazz vocabulary.

The etude series Jazz Guitar Etudes was created to fill a gap in the musical resources available to the aspiring jazz guitarist. Its purpose is to demonstrate the concepts of soloing to those students who know their chords and scales but lack the musical vocabulary to create professional-level solos.

Hip Licks is designed to help musicians develop fluency in the jazz language by providing mainstream jazz vocabulary (swing/bop/post-bop) that nails the changes and lays great on their instrument.

Think of Hip Licks as a musical reference book, like a dictionary of great licks in all twelve keys, available when you need it. You can open the book to any page and just start playing.

Need something that will help you sound like a total pro while playing over the most challenging keys, like: C#, F# or B? Hip Licks is an indispensable resource that can immediately show you how a professional player would approach those tough keys and chord progressions.

Special Features:

• 168 Hip Licks – Each lick is unique and customized for each key, based on the best timbre, register and playability on the horn. The C7 lick is different than the B7 lick, which is different than the Bb7 lick, etc.

• Idiomatic Construction (Sax Version) –
Alto and Tenor read the same written part, while the rhythm section is recorded in two different keys, ensuring that each lick lays perfectly on all saxophones.

• Slow Tempo and Fast Tempo Play-Along
CDs are included, providing over four hours of play-along tracks.

• Hip Licks Nail the Most Popular Chord
Progressions:

– Major 7th, Dominant 7th, Dominant 7b9, Minor 7th, Minor 7b5, and Diminished 7th and Augmented 7th Chords– ii-7 / V7 / I Major (two and four-measure phrases)
– ii-7b5 / V7b9 / i Minor (two and four-measure phrases)
– Parallel Major to Minor Progressions
– ii- ii-Maj7 / ii-7 V7 / I Maj7 (ii-7 / V7 / I Maj7 with moving 7ths)

• Modular Design – The licks are self-contained, easily taken out of the book to be used in a wide variety of songs.

• Interactive Call and Response Format – perfect for ear-training and developing your musical memory. Each lick is played twice in a row on the Play-Along CDs, so you can hear the lick and then immediately play along.

• Twelve Key Approach – Every CD track takes you through all twelve keys.

• Rhythm section only tracks – let you experiment with your own variations on the licks and improvise over a wide variety of harmonic settings. These tracks are also excellent backgrounds for practicing all of your chords and scales.

• Technique Builder – Use Hip Licks as part of your daily practice routine to dramatically increase your technical command of your instrument.