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Improvising Jazz Flute

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This is a wonderful book for flute music. If you love the idea of playing jazz but do not know how to improvise, this is a GREAT book to learn by. The jazz purests would love music like this...improvised, and absolutley good fun to play. Horace Young unlocks the mystery of improvisation through a progressive series of exercises. Even beginners will experience instant gratification while experimenting with the most popular musical styles.

This book introduces the vital elements (melody, chords, scale systems, and technique) needed to be a creative jazz flutist. Each musical example has a single note improvised melody line with the chord progression. The book shows you how to use various example riffs to create an improvised solo over the chord progression. By demonstrating this technique you can pick most jazz standards and create your own improvisational ideas using the book. An absolute must for musicians learning and playing various jazz styles.

This book will delight both classical and jazz musicians. Horace Young is an accomplished flutist and composer in the jazz industry and is also an experienced educator. The book's contemporary sounds are characteristic of modern jazz, such as whole tone and diminished scales, and has colorful chord progressions. Jazz flutists will enjoy his original jazz licks and may want to add some of them to their vocabulary of patterns.

This is an excellent book. It has information on breathing, tone, vibrato, articulation, technique, style, and performance. The play along tips are helpful. The book is worth every penny. The amount of research and love that must have gone into this work is amazing. This book is so great, I just ordered a second copy as a gift.

As a classical flutist, I have learned alot from this book "Improvising Jazz Flute". It has taught me how to add real emotions and passion into my playing. It has also been an intellectual discovery in letting myself go while improvising! I recommend this book to anyone who plays the flute at any age. It will really open your eyes and make you think about your playing.