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Jazz Handbook by Jamey Aebersold, Jamey Aebersold Jazz, 2000, 2010, 2013, www.jazzbooks.com. Download a free hard copy from web site in English and French. Designed to provide improvisation basics to both music educators and aspiring…
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Brass Cueing Technique: Not Just Breathing Evidently, integrating a clear and rhythmically decisive breath into a cue can be quite unnatural to many brass students. This is, most likely, simply a result of a lack of practice. When…
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Clear Chord Symbols by Antonio J. García For more information please visit www.garciamusic.com General Concepts There are few universal agreements about chord symbols, only learned traditions and (at times) common sense. The…
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Differing Priorities William Boartfield In my multiple years of teaching band, on an elementary and secondary level, I have determined one of the biggest causes of f r u s t r a t i o n for band directors and students is: different…
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