Patterns for Jazz -- A Theory Text for Jazz Composition and Improvisation: Bass Clef Instruments

Patterns for Jazz Bass Clef is a great way to learn and practice your scales and chords and to sharpen your reading skills. Laid out in a straightforward way, the exercises start simply with arpeggiation up and down the scale (or chord) in 4/4 time, revolving through the circle of fifths or another pattern. The exercises become more complicated, and time signatures change, as do note values. A lot of material is covered. It can be challenging, but with clear, lucid instructions and helpful examples at the head of each lesson, using this book is actually fun; unlike with lots of other practice books, with this one you feel you are actually learning as you practice. Highly recommended.

Enough material to work through for a lifetime. Too bad I didn't get this book 40 years ago. I imagine that if a young energetic but patient person actually took the time to methodically and diligently work through all the pages in this book with mind, body, and musical instrument, he or she would be a monster improviser. This book doesn't cover melody and phrasing. Only the nuts and bolts, so to speak.

Okay, yes, it is logically laid out. If you know nothing about how to use chords in playing runs, this book is very instructive; the exercises may seem really boring, but since songs are in different keys, you need to go through the exercises to be sure you know what you're playing... and you can learn to read music at the same time - a must if you want to learn Jazz. And reading will get you a lot of other gigs as well.Now the not so great. In some ways there is just too much detail from the gate and it can seem a bit overwhelming. Some of the material could be taught through other examples later in the book. But that really is a matter of differences in approach more than a criticism. I teach so my methods are a little different. But that said...Overall, I recommend this book for anyone wanting to learn how to use your instrument more effectively and gain a solid foundation in chord use when playing not just Jazz, but other music, as this information translates well to virtually all styles of music if applied creatively and judiciously.

I started studying jazz a few months ago. The theories are alright, but I always had the problem with improvisation. I play the bass guitar, and I hope to expand my knowledge of jazz through some improvisation on the bass. I had a saxophone teacher that taught me some basics of improvisation, and he highly recommended this book to me. He says this is one of the must-reads for jazz musicians. I got it a few days ago and started practicing, and so far it's going well! The book includes lots of different digital patterns that are really useful in jazz improvisation. This is a really helpful book.

Oh good more exercises. They should have included key signatures especially as they want you to play the exercises in all the keys. The odder keys I need to look up

Very to the point. I've just started to get into it, but I can see already it's a keeper.

Patterns for Jazz by Jerry Coker in bass clef! Lots of great exercises and motifs to aid in the development of the jazz improvisers vocabulary. Highly recommend!

Nice if u can follow if your not ready for this step it’s still a good buy that will be used in the future

Fantastic book. I also have this for treble clef and though could have transcribed it the printed book is well worth the money, so very glad to have this for bass clef too. Very useful exercises in chord progressions , patterns and riffs, developing into full phrases which I find a great practice and learning guide.

Les Patterns for Jazz (qui existent dans les différentes clés), ne sont ni vraiment pas des livres de recettes, ni des méthodes, ni...Il faut (en fait je l'ai..) voir cette série de bouquins comme des livres d'exercices. Et vus comme ça ils sont absolument géniaux.Le principe est assez simple, le livre liste une série de patterns (chord tones, II-V- II-V-I etc..) et les propose dans toutes les tonalités en suivant le cercle des quartes, les tierces, les tons etc... ce qui fait qu'au bout d'un moment on les a forcément dans les doigts, et surtout, cela constitue une série d'exercices géniale;Il n'y a rien d'immédiat dans ce bouquin qui représente facile un an ou deux d'exercices, pour tout faire bien aux tempos indiqués, mais franchement c'est top.

acquistato per lo studio del basso elettrico su consiglio del mio maestro, contiene ottimi esercizi di vari livelli di difficoltà

Time tested learning aid to jazz improv.

I love it! Use it everyday!