Jazz flute scales

This book of jazz scales will develop the skills required in playing jazz. It introduces patterns characteristic of the idiom, such as modes, the blues scale and the minor pentatonic, and explores these on roots and in key centres commmonly found in jazz. Regular and flexible practice of these forms will give you fluency and technical control, making your playing sound effortless.

These practice tests and studies support the Associated Board's syllabus for Jazz Flute Levels/Grades 1-5. Complementing the study of jazz repertoire, they focus on musicianship skills central to the performance of jazz and to working by ear. The aural tests have been carefully devised to enhance listening, analysing and improivsing, while introducing a full range of styles. The quick study is about playing unprepared - in true jazz fashion - and improvising a response to a given opening.