Implications

A Guide To Tune Analysis and Chord//Scale Choices For Improvisation More than just another chord/scale publication, this book addresses how melody function and context play a major role in determining the best possible scale to be used in a given situation. Excellent summaries are also provided in this revolutionary, concise publication. A must for any jazz educator.

Jazz Theory Resources is a jazz theory text in two volumes. Volume I (00030458, $39.95) includes: review of basic theory, rhythm in jazz performance, basic tonal materials, triadic generalization, diatonic harmonic progressions and harmonic analysis, substitutions and turnarounds, common melodic outlines, and an overview of voicings. Volume II (00030459, $29.95) includes: modes and modal frameworks, quartal harmony, other scales and colors, extended tertian structures and triadic superimposition, pentatonic applications, coloring outside the lines and beyond, analysis, and expanding harmonic vocabulary. Appendices on chord/scale relationships, elaborations of static harmony, endings, composing tips and theory applications are also included.

"Circulations for solo trombone" is built from seven segments based on intervallic structures ranging from the smallest to the largest intervals. The introduction and the ending are based on a fragment of a series of harmonics: the work starts with the note F, proceeds to the highest possible note and then returns to the note F in the final segment. The form involving the passing through the particular intervals in the segments as well as the introduction and its mirror reflection in the ending gives the work a circular scheme, hence the title of the work.
The work "Combinations on Olympus" for solo trombone was inspired by Greek mythology. The piece consists of four sections based on the classical forms used in: the invocation, song, dance and epitaph. With the exception of the epitaph, they are constantly interrupted by the contemporary way of narration, which, as it were, breaks in upon the classical order. Thus a dialogue between the past and the present develops. Despite the presence of ritual elements, I do not wish to include any religious implications here. This is just another attempt to express the world existing in our imagination.

Lista utworów:
Cyrkulacje (Godyla Łukasz)
Kombinacje na Olimpie (Polaczyk Jakub)