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This book is a journey into the world of bebop and modern jazz for trombone and other bass clef instruments. 7 pages of sheet music from the book "10 Jazz Etudes For Trombone" with written solos based on the harmony from famous jazz standards. Play them on your own, with minus one-recordings, a piano player or a full rhythm section. See the full edition here:http://www.digitaltrombone.com/10-jazz-etudes-for-trombone.htmlMuch more trombone stuff at www.digitaltrombone.comJazz trombone fan? Check out www.elektrojazz.com
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Based on the harmonies of
famous Jazz Standards!
Easy/medium and Advanced
versions of all etudes
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10 Jazz etudes
for trombone
10 etudes, 2 duets, 58 pages, 1.560 measures, 1.125 rests, 177
tuplets, 1.557 chords, 382 staff systems and 7.519 notes
I don´t really like to practice. It´s lonely and can be quite boring from time to time. That is one of the main
reasons I wrote this book - to make practicing more fun!
The concept is simple: Every etude is composed as an improvised jazz solo, written over the chords from
a famous jazz standard. And every etude consists of two parts; easy/medium and advanced, each
divided into numbered choruses.
You can play the etudes on your own, with a piano player, a full rhythm section or a play-along cd (not
included). The idea is to let you expand your jazz vocabulary, and play music that really fits the
instrument.
I have tried to make sure that every little melodic phrase makes sense. If you break it down, there is
always close relationship between the notes I chose in the melody and the chords. If you come across a
phrase you like, try analyzing it and play it in all keys and make it a part of your jazz vocabulary.
Many of the licks and phrases in my improvised solos has its origin in other great jazz players. But after
playing and adapting these stolen phrases over time, they have transformed and become a part of my
musical language. I love musical cliches and encourage to use cliches as well! Just make sure that you
understand them, feel them and hear what you play before you play it - then they will become a part of
your musical vocabulary.
I have indicated phrasing in all etudes. This is phrasing that I know will work well in jazz. That said, it
might not always be the phrasing of your choice or the only appropriate phrasing. Then change it! This is
jazz - make all the changes you want, both to the melody and phrasing to make it fit your taste and
playing. I don´t mind!
The amount of details in the chord alterations vary quite a lot. A F13b9#11 is what it is, while a G7 could
be interpreted as a G13, G9, G7alt etc. - depending of the context and personal taste. I have tried to
keep the chord alterations on a "need-to-know" basis, only indicating a lot of colors and alterations when
needed to support the melody.
I truly hope that you will enjoy this book, and get many hours of fun and rewarding playing out of it!
I wish you a great and interesting life, both on and off stage!
Yours sincerely
Anders Larson
Copenhagen, July 2010
Index
Jazz etude No 1 With the harmonies from Doxy
Easy/Medium..................................................................................... 4
Advanced........................................................................................... 6
Jazz etude No 2 With the harmonies from Summertime
Easy/Medium..................................................................................... 8
Advanced........................................................................................... 9
Jazz etude No 3 with the harmonies from All The Things You Are
Easy/Medium..................................................................................... 11
Advanced........................................................................................... 13
Jazz etude No 4 with the haromies from Stella By Starlight
Easy/Medium..................................................................................... 16
Advanced........................................................................................... 18
Jazz etude No 5 The blues
easy blues duet............................................................................ 21
Advanced blues in Bb................................................................... 24
Jazz etude No 6 With the harmonies from body and soul
Easy/Medium..................................................................................... 28
Advanced........................................................................................... 29
Jazz etude No 7 Rythm changes in Bb
easy duet.......................................................................................... 33
Advanced Rythm changes in Bb................................................ 36
Jazz etude No 8 With the harmonies from Take The A Train
Easy/Medium..................................................................................... 40
Advanced........................................................................................... 42
Jazz etude No 9 Third Dilemma by Anders Larson
Theme.................................................................................................. 44
Medium plunger solo................................................................... 45
Advanced plunger solo.............................................................. 47
Jazz etude No 10 With the harmonies from Cherokee
Easy/Medium..................................................................................... 51
Advanced........................................................................................... 54
About the author................................................................................ 58
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Easy/Medium
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C 7 F 7 Ó ‰ Jœ œ.Bb F 7
? bb œ. œ. œ œb œBb Ab7 œ œ œn ÓG7 œA œ œ. œ œ œ œC 7 ˙ ÓF 7
? bb œ. œ œb ˙Bb7 ‰ Jœ œ œb ˙ œ. œ œ œ œ>Eb7 œ œ œn ÓE o
? bb œ œ œ. œb œ œ.Bb Ab7 œ œb œ œ ˙G7 œn . œ. œb- œ œC 7 F 7
Ó Œ ‰ JœnBb
? bb2œ œ1 Œ œb œ5 ‰ JœBb Ab7 œN œn œ œ ‰ Jœ
G7 œn œ œ œ œ œ œ œC 7 F 7 ˙ ÓBb F 7
? bb œ œ œ œb .œ JœBb Ab7 œn œ œ œb ‰ Jœ ŒG7 œ œ œ œ œ œ œb œC 7 ˙ ‰ Jœ œ œ
F 7
? bb œ̂ ‰ Jœb^ Œ œ>Bb7 œ œb œ œb œ œb ‰ jœ œb œ œ œ ‰ JœnEb7 œ œ œb ÓE o
? bb œ œ ‰ Jœ œ ŒBb Ab7 œ œn œ œb œn œ ŒG7 œn . œ. œb œ œ.C 7 F 7 œ. Œ Jœ .œBb
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Jazz etude no 1Based on Sonny Rollin´s Doxy
? bb3 œ œ ‰ Jœ œ œ ŒBb Ab7 œ œb œ œ ˙G7 œn œ œ. œ. œb œC 7 F 7 ˙ ÓBb F 7
? bb œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œnBb Ab7 œ œb œ œ ŒG7 œ œ Œ œ œ œ œC 7 ˙ ‰ Jœ œ œF 7
? bb œ. œ œ œb œ ŒBb7 œ œ œ œb ˙ œ. œ œ œ œ ŒEb7 œ œn œ œb ˙E o
? bb œ œ ‰ Jœ œ. œ œBb Ab7 œn œ œ œ œ ‰ Jœ
G7 œn œ œ œb œ- œ œC 7 F 7
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Jazz Etude No 1
? bbAdvanced
1
œ œ œ œ œ œ œb œBb Ab7 œn œ œb œ œ œ œb œ3G 7 œn œ œ œb œ ‰ œC 7 F 7 œ œ Œ ‰ Jœ œ œ#Bb F 7
? bb œ œ œ œ œ œ œb œBb Ab7 œn œ œb . œ œb œb œG7
‰ .œ œ œ ŒC 7 œb œ œ. œ œ œn œb œ#F 7
? bb œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œb3Bb7 œ œn œ œ œ Œ ‰ Jœ œ. œ œbÿ œ œEb7 œ œbÿ œ œ œ ‰ Jœ
E o
? bb œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œbBb Ab7 ‰ Jœ œn œb œ- œ.G7 œn œ œ œb œ œ œb œ#3C 7 F 7
œ œ œ œ ÓBb
? bb2
œ œ ‰ œ- œ œ ‰ œ-Bb Ab7 œ# œ œ œ œ œ ŒG7 œ œ œ œ œ œb œn œC 7 F 7
!
? bbœ œ œ œb œ œb œBb Ab7 œN œ œn œb œ œn œb œb œ3
G 7
œ œ œ œ ÓC 7 Ó œ œ œ œ œ#3F 7
? bb œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ3Bb7 œn œ œ œb œb ‰ Jœn ‰ Jœ#3 œ œ# œ œN œ œ œ œEb7 œb œ œ œ œn œb œn œE o
? bbœ œ Œ
œb œ œn œb œb3Bb Ab7 œN œn œb œ Œ œ œ# œ3G 7 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ3C 7 F 7
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Jazz Etude No 1
? bb3
œ œ œ œn œ œ œ œ œ œ œb œ#3Bb Ab7 œ œ œn œb œ œ Œ3
G 7 œ# œ œ œ œn œn œb œ#C 7 F 7
? bb œ œ Œ œ œn œb œ#Bb F 7 œ œ Œ œ œ ‰ œBb Ab7 œ œ ‰ œb œ ÓG7
? bb œ# œ œ œn œb œ œn œ œ œ œ œn œb œ œ œC-7 œ œ œ œ Œ ‰ JœF 7
? bb œb œn œ œn œ> œ œb œn œb œn œ> œ œb œn œb œnBb7 œ œ œb œn Œ ‰ Jœ
? bb"œb œ œ œ œEb7 Ó Œ œ œ œ3
E o œb œ œ œ œb œ œn œb œb œ3 3
Bb Ab7
? bb(")œb œ œ Œ ‰ JœG7 œb œn œ œn œ œN œ œ œ œ œ œC 7 F 7
‰ Jœn œ œ ÓBb
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10 Jazz etudes
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About the author
Anders Larson is a Swedish jazz trombone player, composer and arranger. He has been living
in Copenhagen since 1996 and is one of the most sought after musicians in his field in
Denmark. The debut cd "Unborn" was released in 2007 with original compositions and
arrangements for Anders Larson Quartet and Paizo String Quartet.
Anders Larson is also an accomplished big band arranger and has written several arrangements
for a.o. the Danish Radio Big Band with soloists like Mike Stern, Gerard Precenser and James
Morrison. His second cd, "Monday Night Big Band & Anders Larson" (2010) features Anders as
both trombone player, soloist, composer and arranger. The cd also features English trumpet
player Gerard Precenser.
Besides his own groups, Anders Larson has performed with many artist and orchestras,
including Palle Mikkelborg, Danny Gottlieb, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Kim Wilde, Westlife, Mick
Hucknal, Katie Melua, Danish Radio Big Band, Copenhagen Art Ensemble, Matthew Herbert
Big Band, The Orchestra, New Jungle Orchestra and many other. More commercial work
includes numerous appearances on albums, soundtracks, TV-shows and musicals.
About www.digitaltrombone.com
www.digitaltrombone.com is a Website with focus on the trombone and other brass
instruments. The main idea is to provide both amateurs, students and professional players with
tips and tricks to help improve their playing. There are lots of exercises with sheet music
examples followed by clear instructions. You will find articles about flexibility, breathing,
improvising, legato, attack, scales and other subjects. New content is added on a regular basis.
In the web shop you will find trombone methods, sheet music and big band arrangements in
PDF format.
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