The Jazz Harmony Book

✍ Scribed by David Berkman

• Publisher: Sher Music Co.
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 215
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Starting from the most basic harmonic situations and progressing to contemporary jazz harmony, this book shows how to uncover the best choices for chords to accompany any melody. The Jazz Harmony Book is a serious study of the fundamentals of jazz harmony. A must for the serious jazz player, composer and arranger!

David Berkman is one of the top pianists on the NY jazz scene today, with seven records released under his name, and having performed with countless major jazz figures, including: Sonny Stitt, Brian Blade, Chris Potter, Joe Lovano, Billy Hart, Eddie Henderson, Lenny White, Bill Stewart, Hank Crawford and Dave Douglas. David is also an in-demand jazz educator on three continents, the author of two previous Sher Music Co. music books, and associate professor of music at Queens College in New York.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction:................................................................. . ii
Part 1 – the harmonic Universe of a Key
Chapter 1: The First Circle: I, IV and V7 Chords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Chapter 2: The Second Circle: Diatonic Seventh Chord Substitutes for I, IV and V7 . . . . . . . . 13
Chapter 3: The Third Circle: Secondary Dominant Seventh and Related ii Minor7 chords.... 18
Chapter 4: Understanding the Geography of Standard Tunes: Jazz Cadences and Turnarounds.34
Chapter 5: The Fourth Circle: Passing Chords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Chapter 6: The Fifth Circle: Modal Interchange Chords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Chapter 7: The Last Circle: Tritone Substitutes...................................... 67
Chapter 8: The Harmony of Minor Tunes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Chapter 9: Another Approach to Jazz Harmony Using Diminished Chords ................ 89
Chapter 10: Deep Structure, the Right Changes and Re-Harmonization.................. 107
Part 2 – Beyond the harmonic Universe: rUles for non-fUnction
Chapter 11: Eleven Organizing Principles of Non-functional Chord Progressions . . . . . . . . . 121
Chapter 12: Same Root, Different Chord Quality ................................... 124
Chapter 13: Slash Chords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Chapter 14: Harmonizing a Bass Line ............................................ 136
Chapter 15: Chords Built in Fourths ............................................. 139
Chapter 16: “Giant Steps” ..................................................... 145
Chapter 17: Color Chords ..................................................... 150
Chapter 18: Parallel Chords that use Exact Transposition (planing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Chapter 19: Pedals ........................................................... 161
Chapter 20: Chord Subtraction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Chapter 21: Unavailable Tensions ............................................... 171
Chapter 22: Incomplete Chords................................................. 176
Chapter 23: Conclusions ...................................................... 182
Appendix A: Tips for Composers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Appendix B: Piano Basics ..................................................... 197

✦ Subjects

Jazz