This course on Segmenting Bebop Scales with Approach Notes delves into a sophisticated analysis of jazz improvisation techniques. By meticulously dissecting the intricate relationship between bebop scales and approach notes, a comprehensive understanding of melodic segmentation and phrasing is achieved.
This scholarly exploration sheds light on the nuanced application of approach notes within the context of bebop scales, offering invaluable insights for musicians and music enthusiasts alike. Through a systematic examination of these musical elements, a deeper appreciation for the artistry and complexity of jazz improvisation is cultivated. In essence, the study of Segmenting Bebop Scales with Approach Notes illuminates the intricate tapestry of musical expression inherent in jazz performance.
Muse Eek Publishing Inc. and author Bruce Arnold have a new course called “Segmenting Bebop Scales with Approaches” it uses the same 124 octatonic scales as the previous course “Segmenting Bebop Scales.” The main difference is this course is the inclusion of 11,904 PDFs and Midi files for the exercises and an explanation of approach notes commonly called neighboring or passing tones. This whole books concept is often overlooked by musicians who want to use Bebop scales. By using the techniques found in this course not only will you have a whole new way to apply Bebop scales but it will also change your phrasing which is crucial in jazz improvisation.
The use of approach notes in “Segmenting Bebop Scales with Approaches” requires a whole new set of skills which will become apparent as you read through the course. Approach notes of course are chromatic or diatonic passing tones and the study of them is quite a journey because of the number of approach note figures and the mirrored number of ways they can be used.
This author spent many years working on the similar rote exercises as found in this book to help with developing jazz improvisation skills. I also spent a lot of time applying these figures to jazz standards. In short this is a multiple year task for most musicians to get these ideas into their playing but well worth the time because of all the positive changes it will create in your musicianship. “Segmenting Bebop Scales with Approaches” will of course give you a strong “Jazz Sound” but it will also help your understanding phrasing in a whole new way. By anticipating the segmented Bebop line you create a whole new way to phrase.
For a complete study of Approach Notes and their relationship to jazz improvisation I recommend the Approach Note course which takes you through 24 ways to use approaches and is hands down the complete course in how to use and apply approach note theory. Approach notes especially when played on the guitar is a multiple year study because the number of ways any approach note can be played on the guitar.
If you want to purchase this book you have a few possible ways:
Segmenting Bebop Scales with Approaches Conclusion
List of Contents for Segmenting Bebop Scales with Approaches Course:
62 Page PDF
Ascending Bebop Lines with 12 Different Chromatic Approaches all keys 124 Scales
Ascending Bebop Lines with 12 Different Diatonic Approaches all keys 124 Scales
Descending Bebop Lines with 12 Different Chromatic Approaches all keys 124 Scales
Descending Bebop Lines with 12 Different Diatonic Approaches all keys 124 Scales Jam Tracks V1 (MP3’s of 10 chord types in all 12 keys) ISBN: 978-1-59489-290-5
Bruce Arnold Music Education Genealogy Chart
You might enjoy checking out the “Music Education Genealogy Chart” located on my artist’s site. You will clearly see the historic progression of pedagogy that is the basis for Muse Eek Publishing Products. Great musicians throughout history have been studying the ideas presented by Muse-eek.com which derives its content from a a lineage that stretches back to Scarlatti!
If you think of scales as the universe of sound that fits over a chord in any given situation, then think of approach notes practice as a way to make your improvised melodies sound like they are expressing the sound of the chord in any given situation. Most great improvisors use a combination of both scales and approach notes in order to give variety, but also to help the listener hear the harmonic implications within the melodic content.
Approach Notes Importance
If you have plans in your musical development to play over more than one chord change, then approach notes are a crucial study concept. That said, approach notes are a much more difficult improvisational concept to master, and should be studied by themselves for usually around one year or more if you are a guitarist. Approach notes can be used in many ways and the New York Guitar Method Bundle and the separate Approach Notes Course cover all the common ways approach notes can be used. That is unique to both of these courses; I know of no other course that covers approach notes in such depth.
Developing your Improvisational Abilities
Here’s the bigger picture of developing your improvisational abilities. First, you work through 22 scales in all keys. You are not trying to master these scales. You just want to get them into your playing a bit, and understand them intellectually. Learning these scales in this manner will also greatly help your ear training abilities especially if you use a MetroDrone when learning them, and apply them for 10 minutes or more a day to Jam Tracks. It usually takes 3 to 6 months to finish these scales if you have 2 hours to practice each day.
Approach Notes Practice
Now a little bit more information about approach note practice. The first thing for any instrumentalist to do is learn how to play 9 of the 13 possible chord type arpeggios in all keys. The approach notes will resolve into the notes of the arpeggios in certain places within a measure. That is a key statement I just made. That statement means a “time” element has been introduced into your improvisation where you need to get to a chord tone via an approach note at a certain place within a measure. That is one of the hardest things to develop for an improvisor, and both the New York Guitar Method Bundle and the separate Approach Notes Course cover this important aspect of improvisation.
There are many things unique about Muse Eek Publishing Inc. but these courses I’ve just mentioned are organized in a logical way, and have been used by my students for over 40 years to develop amazing musicianship and they incorporate strategies for ear training as you move through them. One final thought is if you are sold on this strategy I would include the Scale Analysis Course in your studies so that you fully comprehend how ear training and playing over chord changes relate.
Conclusion: What You Need to Master Scales and Approach Notes
So to recap if you are a guitarist and want to be a well rounded musician prepared for anything, then you need:
Developing the courses above was one of my crowning achievements in music education. With this information you can become a complete musician. You won’t have any anxiety when playing any type of music. In other words, you are totally prepared for whatever anyone throws at you in music.
Bruce Arnold Music Education Genealogy Chart
You might enjoy checking out the “Music Education Genealogy Chart” located on my artist’s site. You will clearly see the historic progression of pedagogy that is the basis for Muse Eek Publishing Products. Great musicians throughout history have been studying the ideas presented by Muse-eek.com which derives its content from a a lineage that stretches back to Scarlatti!
