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Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns

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An engagingly idiosyncratic work, worthwhile at least for the improbable and imaginatively named chords appended to its end. But beware: its author does not list all 351 subsets of the chromatic scale, nor does he eschew redundant transpositional equivalencies, nor does he ever suggest how we might apply his scales. A more useful work of this kind (just as fascinating in its way) is Jeff Burns's "Pentatonic Scales for the Jazz Rock Keyboardist".

This is the book Coltrane studied! What more can be said to any improvising (jazz, etc.) musician who is looking for a SERIOUS way to go beyond their current musical boundaries. Not for the squeamish or lazy. You will benefit greatly from this book...

upon playing many of these patternsaloud, the reader will gain new insights into the sense behind compositions and improvisations, from Mozart to bebop.