10-Minute Jazz Improv - Vol. 4 (Two-Five-One) is currently unavailable

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Jazz Ensemble - Grade 4 SKU: HL.3772083 Vol. 4: The ii-V-I Progression. Composed by Jim Mahaffey. Jazz Band - Methods. Southern Music Band. Collection, Instruction. Southern Music Company #O45JB. Published by Southern Music Company (HL.3772083). UPC: 884088720902. 9.0x12.0x0.862 inches.- After mastering lessons and skills learned in the previous volumes, Volume 4 teaches the popular ii-V-I progression in three settings. Students use learned skills for a ii-V-I progression (Cmi9-F9-BbMaj9) in Bb concert. - A second setting transposes to Eb concert, a ii-V-I that leads to the IV chord Eb, or Fmi9-Bb9-Eb. - A third setting introduces students to a ii-V-I type of progression which leads to the relative minor on G, or Ami7(b5)-D9-Gm. - The “flat 5” and diminished vii chord are discussed and plenty of examples are given. In each section, the modal sequence of dorian-mixolydian-lydian is stressed and practiced. - The bonus chart “251 Swing Street” teaches ii-V-I progressions and the swing style.