The II-V7-I Progression: The Most Important Musical Sequence in Jazz (CD included)

Great value

A previous reviewer mentioned busy graphics. I've seen a version of this book with hand-written notation, but the version I've just received (printed 2012) has no hand written info, so is clearer. Also, it's been spread out over more pages (now 92 pages).The pages are still jam-packed though, but fine with me. I see it as a reference book, to keep dipping into, and to spread them out like other music books would probably take it to 150 pages and cost more.I've only just started using the book so hardly scratched the surface of it, but it's packed with info and exercises and I'm really enjoying them so far. It'll take a lot of effort for me to work through the book thoroughly. Helps to have a reasonable grasp of all major and minor scales first, as the intent of the book is progression of the exercises through all scales.Finally - delivery (from MusicLessonSupplies) couldn't have been better. Ordered it on Monday night, it arrived that Wednesday morning via standard free delivery.

The CDs are everything, and the book itself has little content apart from the music on the CDs. They do provide a real work-out though this is no book for the beginner. You have to have your fingers pretty much around these progressions before starting to use the CDs

Delivery was quick and the product was exactly what I ordered.The book itself is quite daunting and cumbersome for someone just learning but an excellent reference book if you're looking to learn improvisation and jazz writing.I have heard people say that the CD is out of tune and that this is the case with a lot of Aebersold's book but playing on a frequently out-of-tune sax myself I can't say either way.For playing along it seems like a wonderful find, with transpositions for any instruments you might have lying around.

Probably the most confusing book I have ever bought. Loads of chords playing on the CD but not showing up in the book; passing chords, reharmonisation chords etc, where are they? Where are those nice chords that we can hear playing on the CD? I'm i supposed to know them? Loads of examples in different pages showing "CD1 track 10" , then you go to another page with another example "CD track 10". Very disappointed , I bought this book long time ago, unfortunately I just started to have a look so it is too late to send it back. DISAPPOINTED !!! and i am not a beginner .

The CD that came with my book is definitely out of tune. I've had several friends listen and they agree. I've emailed Jamey about this and he is stumped. It makes playing the exercises difficult if not impossible. I can see that the book could be useful but the graphic style is very crowded. Jamey is trying to convey a great deal of info but it is so unattractive on the page as to be unintelligible.I know other guitarists who find this to be true with all Jamey's books.

Very useful

Very good book helps you to understand this vital jazz progression. All scales included which is a big help and various riffs.

Aprendes técnica para tocar jazz y hacer solos

All of Jamey books are about the same. The II-V7-I Progression: The Most Important Musical Sequence in Jazz, Vol. 3 (CD included) (Jazz Play-A-Long for All Musicians, Vol 3)This one as several other titles for example: Major and Minor: Learn To Improvise Jazz in Every Key, Vol. 24 (book with 2 CDs) is another title. You go through all keys. Very good book to learn your notes also. I good idea would be to start off practicing slowly at first, then gradually increase your speed as your note recognition increases II-V7-I (251) was recommended by a fellow musician and certified College Graduate Music School Teacher. I also, fully recommend this monograph. In my opinion it's the only scales book you really need for jazz in particular. It covers the entire key range. Most importantly, all of the notes are right there together. Beginners don't have to skip notes while they're learning. This is the way we learned how to play instruments in elementary school.One more title to add: Mel Bay Deluxe Encyclopedia of Piano Chords: A Complete Study of Chords and How to Use Them Paperback – May 6, 2015by Bob KroepelThis book was originally written in 1976. An oldie but goodie. This title should get you up and going. My #1 Piano Practice Book! Over the years a lot of guitar players have told me that they learned how to play Guitar from a Mel Bay Guitar book. It speaks volumes! This is one of the better and simpler books to lean piano music by. Why? You get to practice beautifully crafted chords from the beginning. This leads to playing even more beautifully crafted music once you start memorizing the chords. It took a while to find this one! The key: Play and memorize only 3-6 chords at a time. The key is to play them so often that you can easily memorize whole pages eventually. Just practice s-l-o-w-l-y while first learning. Play one chord twelve times, then move to the next chord. Play it twelve times. Go to the next chord and play it twelve times. Then go back to the first set of chords and play it twelve times. Make sure you can play these 3 chords by memory before moving on the the next 3 chords. After you have these 3 chords under your fingers and memorized, go to the next 3 chords and practice them the same way. Pretty soon you be able to go through one page easily. Then another page, then another. Pretty soon you'll be able to play the entire book without paying much attention to the written notes on the page. That's about the time you'll learn and recognize you have perfect pitch. Well, almost! Just keep learning those 3 notes at a time. Pretty soon you'll start sounding like Léopold...[Johann Georg Leopold Mozart Mozart is best known today as the father and teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]. Yes, that's the simple way of how learning to play the piano works! I'm in your corner! If you use this method you should be playing within a fairly short period of time. How long? I've known people who practiced all day for 2 weeks and learned Guitar or Piano. That's not the norm or recommended. 1-2 hours per day, 5 days per week, relative pitch should happen within 3 months, but even that timeline could vary. Why? Once the average person recognize their getting better they increase their practice time, because their excited and jazzed and happy that things are finally coming together. So these types of students learn quickly, on average. I'm just saying, all students do not possess that joie de vivre, that passion, that zeal to learn. So, some students take longer. You know the beauty in all? Everyone who is consistently practice, eventually cross the threshold and create and play music at a higher level than they normally could have or would have :-) You know what? After all the stress commotion, anxiety, fear of failure, worries, apprehension, consternation, after all is said and done, you rarely can tell who was the bad student and who was the good one. Go figure?Which to practice scales or chords? Chords! You can play more chords in 1 minute than you can scales. When you play scales, you should, at first practice them slowly and deliberately in order for the mind to fully understand and comprehend what it's memorizing and learning. Chords? You can bang out 30-40 chords a minute and it mentally sinks into the brain quicker. Although I'm not a psychologist, it makes common sense to me. <-And I'll just leave that topic and further discussions right there where it'll sit!Tell you what! I'll compromise with you. Listen to the included CD's. If you don't do anything else, listen to the CD's for at least 1 hour or more per day. On average you'll be able to play what you're listening to within the year! How's that? Google one of the main functions of the: Corpus callosum section of our brain. This is why anyone can learn and play any instrument at a high level!The ball is in your court now! Good luck!Mentally sing with me:This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shineThis little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shineThis little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shineLet it shine, shine, shine...-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Boy, that was a lot of blab, blab = :-\Here's an idea. Write your 2-5-1's on one of those books with the blank piano keys. It makes practice much easier. Takes a little time to copy it, just put dots on the notes (white and black keys) and have at it! Practice sessions will progress faster and nary a headache figuring out lines and dots, sharps and flats etc. Hope this helps. Good luck and God speed fellow solo sojourners =-}

This is a timeless aid for any instrumentalist (or jazzy vocalist). The first track is a foundation for all harmony - getting familiar with playing in all the Major Scales. This new edition also lets you practice one key area at a time with the Second Disc. You can build your familiarity with chord types with each track. The booklet has lead sheets for each track in Bb Eb BASS and Concert. It also has several years of "patterns" to transpose and play over the music. Highly RECOMMEND.

Sehr gut. Man muss üben.

各種2-5-1で使える音階が12キー示されてます。海外(アメリカ)の教則本は質が良いです。