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The Ultimate Collection of Jazz Duets Complete for trumpet & all 𝄞 treble clef instruments by Rich Willey (PDF)
Looking for the easiest way to play live jazz with somebody else? Duets are the most fundamental chamber ensemble, and these jazz duets will give you hours and hours of playing enjoyment.
Fun to play, fun to perform, fun to listen to, and they even come with play-along tracks at two different tempo settings.
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The Ultimate Collection of Jazz Duets Vol. 1 for B♭ trumpet and 𝄞 treble clef instruments by Rich Willey (PDF)
Duets with a partner are the quickest way to throw together an ensemble, and these duets are perfect just for fun or for performance.
24 “trad jazz” duets written on the chord changes of traditional jazz standards for intermediate to advanced players can advance your sight-reading in a jiffy.
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The Ultimate Collection of Jazz Duets Vol. 1 for 𝄢 C bass clef instruments by Rich Willey (PDF)
Duets with a partner are the quickest way to throw together an ensemble, and these duets are perfect just for fun or for performance.
24 “trad jazz” duets written on the chord changes of traditional jazz standards for intermediate to advanced players can advance your sight-reading in a jiffy.
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The Ultimate Collection of Jazz Duets Vol. 2 for B♭ trumpet and 𝄞 treble clef instruments by Rich Willey (PDF)
Playing duets with a partner (or with self-recordings made with play-along tracks) can make you want to play better and will push you to actually play much better.
24 duets over the chord changes of bebop and jazz standards for intermediate to advanced players will improve your sight-reading in no time.
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The Ultimate Collection of Jazz Duets Vol. 3 for B♭ trumpet and 𝄞 treble clef instruments by Rich Willey (PDF)
Time spent practicing alone in the practice room, while valuable and necessary to the musician, only gets you so far.
Of all the possible ensembles you can play in, the duet is the most basic, the easiest to organize, and often the most efficient in terms of maximizing the amount of hands-on playing time.
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The Ultimate Collection of Jazz Duets Vol. 4 for B♭ trumpet and 𝄞 treble clef instruments by Rich Willey (PDF)
When practicing alone, you improve only a fraction of your skills. Music is about communicating. It’s about teamwork and listening.
The more time you spend playing with others, the sooner you will become a mature player. Duets are a great way to increase your time spent in “ensemble” playing.
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The Ultimate Obstacle Course For Jazz Players for trumpet & all 𝄞 treble clef instruments by Rich Willey (PDF)
Could you use a practice regimen designed to improve reading, key fluency, and overall musicianship for an aspiring, improvising commercial player?
This study in tricky rhythms over common chord changes presented in 12 major keys helps you become a literate, musical and competent jazz player.
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Trumpeter’s Guide to Major II-V-I’s in Twelve Keys for trumpet & all 𝄞 treble clef instruments by Rich Willey (PDF)
How’d you like to zoom into jazz improv like a pro? The II-V7-I chord sequence is one of the most essential building blocks, and Rich takes the mystery out of this basic chord progression for you, using phrases of increasing complexity from simple “inside” harmony to advanced altered harmony.
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Trumpeter’s Guide to Minor II-V-I’s in Twelve Keys for trumpet & all 𝄞 treble clef instruments by Rich Willey (PDF)
How’d you like to sail into jazz improv like a pro? The minor II-V7-I chord sequence is one of the most essential building blocks, and Rich takes the mystery out of this basic chord progression for you, using phrases of increasing complexity from simple “inside” harmony to advanced altered harmony.
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We’re Talkin’ Bebop — melodic approach for developing a bebop-style jazz vocabulary 𝄞 treble clef by Rich Willey (PDF)
Could you benefit from a collection of 150 bebop jazz phrases presented logically to make them easier for you to digest and internalize?
This book has 50 major/50 minor/50 dominant chord melodies plus guidance for aspiring beboppers.