Jam Along Modal 1 Materials for Fun and Learning

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The Jam Along Modal 1 Album features nine tracks of Ionian and Dorian modal harmony progressions in various styles, including ballads, reggae, swing, latin cha-cha and latin-rock, funk, and a jazz-waltz. Each of these tracks presents new challenges for modal beginners, including students and instrumentalists new to improvisation. More experienced players can enjoy long, uninterupted solos, allowing time for working on new ideas, techniques and sounds.

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This page contains links to PDF documents that accompany the Jam Along Modal 1 Album tracks. Here anyone can find all they need to play along with the modal progressions provided on the disc.

Jam Along Albums are easy to use

Simply play the tracks and jam along. There are no solos, vocals or melodies, just background tracks, and each track lasts at least five or six minutes. Jam Along Modal 1 Albums can be used in private lessons, and teachers can provide materials for their students to use for home practice.

Jam Along Modal 1 Materials

The materials to play along with the Jam Along Modal 1 Album are presented below in PDF format. They are files showing standard musical notation of rhythm section parts, chord progressions and parts, and modal scales for use in developing and applying improvisational techniques.

Guitar Moveable Chord Forms are also included for the most common block forms used in these Modal Progressions.

The PDF documents will open into a new browser window. You can then save a copy to your hard drive, or work with them directly from the web site. Adobe provides the Acrobat Reader for free. It is available as a download from the internet.

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Song-by-Song Sample Rhythm Parts