Tarto, J: Basic Rhythms and the Art of Improvisation

Contents

• The Art of Improvising
• The Charleston Patterns
• Syncopations
• Forming Chords
• The Common Chord Chart
• Syncopated Chord Drills
• Walking Bass
• Breaks (Fill-ins)
• The Blues
• Just a Closer Walk with Thee
• St. James Infirmary
• Bill Bailey Won't You Please Come Home
• When the Saints Go Marching In
• Blues-Boogie Drills
• Yankee Doodle (paraphrase)
• Dixie (paraphrase)
• Baa Baa Black Sheep (paraphrase)
• The Happy Farmer (paraphrase)
• The Arkansas Traveler (paraphrase)
• "Rossini's" William Tell (paraphrase)
• Latin American Rhythms