Jazz Ukulele Comping Soloing Chord Melodies 1st Edition by Abe Jr Lagrimas ISBN 9781495026218 1495026213

CHAPTER 1. PLAYING THE UKULELE

Strumming Technique

Fingerpicking Technique

Warming Up

CHAPTER 2. BASIC JAZZ CHORDS

Triads

Major Diatonic Triads

Minor Diatonic Triads

Seventh and Sixth Chords

Diatonic Seventh Chords

Major 7 Diatonic Chords

Natural Minor 7 Diatonic Chords

Chord Tensions

Chord Progression Using Tensions

Ukulele Chord Voicings

The II V I Progression

Voice Leading

The Circle of Fifths

Exercise: Circle of Fifths Practice

CHAPTER 3. COMPING

Comping with the Thumb and Fingers

Thumb Only

Finger Style

Syncopation

Comping in Different Jazz Styles

Exercise 3.1. Bossa 1

Exercise 3.2. Bossa 2

Exercise 3.3. Swing Eighths

Exercise 3.4. Syncopated Jazz Comping

Exercise 3.5. Etude: “High Fly”

CHAPTER 4. NOTES FOR SOLOING

The Relationship between Scales and Chords

Exercise 4.1. Chord Tone Practice

Exercise 4.2. Non-Chord Tone Improvisation

Avoid Notes

Exercise 4.3. Improvising Using All Notes

Making Your Solo Sound “Jazzy”

Exercise 4.4. Target Notes

Chromatic Approach Notes

Motifs

Exercise 4.5. Improvising with Motifs

Exercise 4.6. Etude: “Mister’s Holiday”

CHAPTER 5. THE BLUES

The Blues Scale

Exercise 5.1. Blues Scale in Octaves

Mixolydian Scales

Exercise 5.2. Improvisation with Blues and Mixolydian

Minor Blues

Imi7 with Aeolian

IVmi7 with Dorian

Flat VIMa7 with Lydian

V7 Chord with Phrygian and Mixolydian Flat 9 Flat 13

Exercise 5.3. Improvising on the Minor Blues

Jazz Blues Progression

C7, Gmi7, Emi7 Flat 5

F7

F#º7

A7(Flat 9)

A Altered

Dmi7, G7

Exercise 5.4. Improvising on Jazz Blues

The “Parker Blues”

CMa7

FMa7

Bmi7 Flat 5 -> E7(Flat 9)

Exercise 5.5. Improvising on the Parker Blues

CHAPTER 6. PLAYING THE HEAD AND JAZZ SONG FORMS

Exercise 6.1. Thumb and Index Finger

Exercise 6.2. Arpeggios

Exercise 6.3. “Chasing the Blues”

Song Form in Standards

A Form

Exercise 6.4. “Tune for Sonny”

AB Form

Exercise 6.5. “Aloha Moon”

AABA Form

Exercise 6.6. “The Jazz Rhythm”

CHAPTER 7. SOLO UKULELE

Alternate Voicings for Chords

Chord Melodies

Playing Melodies on the G String

In Time vs. Rubato Tempos

Exercise: “Love Again”

CHAPTER 8. JAM SESSION

“Lotsa Bossa”

“It’s Autumn Again”

“Brazilian Games”

“Big Apple Jam”

“Centipedes”

APPENDIX. SUGGESTED JAZZ UKULELE RECORDINGS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

INDEX