[Dozin]

Does anyone have this book? I guess Jerry recommended it. I've never seen it.

This is an exhaustive study of scales and patterns. It is based on dividing the octave into various numbers of equal parts. This study is not coming from any specific idiom such as jazz or classical but may very well be used in application to any idiom. It is a written enharmonically, no key signatures and can be used by all instruments. This 250 page book is a great source for new ideas for improvisation or composition. There are many references made to the masters in the studies and there is an explantion of terms.

Table of Contents
Introduction

Tritone Progression
Ditone Progression

Sesquitone Progression

Wholetone Progression

Semitone Progression

Quadritone Progression

Sequiquadritone Progression


Quinquetone Progression

Diatessaron Progression

Sepitone Progression

Diapente Progression

Sequiquinquetone Progression

Hepatonic Scales

Hepatonic Arpeggios

Pentatonic Scales
Bitonal Arpeggios

Twelve Tone Patterns

Crossing Intervals
Division of Twelve Tones into Four Mutaully Exclusive Triads

Quadritonal Arpeggios

Invertible Dodecaphonic Progressions

Intervallic Studies..Increasing and Diminishing Intervals
Mirror Interval Progressions

Complimentary Scales

Permutations

Pandiatonic Progressions

Double Notes

Plural Scales and Arpeggios

Polytonal Scales
Polyrhythmical Scales

Polytonal polyrhythmical Scales

Palindromic Canons

Autochordal Harmonization

Harmonization in Major Triads and seventh Chords

Synopsis of Chords


Seems like some good stuff in there.

[caspersvapors]

that does sound good, ill have to look into it

[Dozin]

Here's a video of Jerry talking to this dude about the book. Jerry seem really into it. It would of been nice if the women weren't in the room

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3KGt8eJboQ[/youtube]

[Emoto]

I hadn't heard of it before, but here it is: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/082561 ... 082561449X

[gr8fulbluz]

I got that book. It is big. Full of music notation. I have been a bit lazy about using it, but for writing original licks I would think it is a great resource. I will have to take a look at it this week again.

[mttourpro]

I've owned it for many years as it came pretty highly reccomended by various jazz players I know. Zappa also spoke about it as did others. Coltrane's giant steps was also attributed to some influence from the book. It's not cheap and it is rather cumbersome, but it is helpful to more clearly understand theory, scales and patterns. The author is Nicholas Slominski---I think I spelled his name correctly. Anyhow, it's worth checking out at a library before laying out the cash to buy it. MT

[weirimpressed]

is it similar to the guitar grimoure series?

[Dozin]

You can buy used ones at Amazon for $18.00 which isn't bad.

[weirimpressed]

couldnt find it at barnes and nobles

[mttourpro]

It's definitely expensive to buy it new and you'd likely have to order it as well. Maybe try for a used one as mentioned above. You could also go to a Music school/college library and at least get a look at it.

[caspersvapors]

is it even worth getting if you cant read notes?

[owL]

If anybody is still looking for this I searched google and found this. Its this in ebook form for free. Have fun

[bucketorain]

does anyone know of any comperable books that are tabbed out instead on notes?

[BlobWeird]

http://www.datadragon.com/education/reading/

I cant read music either but this site teaches it easy enough. I mean I wont be able to sight read but at least I can translate the music to tab.