Uncommon Etudes from Common Scales

Publisher: Advance Music
Applying Melodic Contrast to Diatonic Phrases
For C, Bb, Eb treble clef instruments. Transposed changes included


This volume of etudes by Mike Rossi is packed with appealing, swinging, modern, modal, model melodies. Like Dr. Rossi’s previous volume, “Contrast and Continuity,” this is a further contribution to learning contemporary jazz vocabulary, based on swing articulation and occasionally venturing into odd time signatures.

Although intended for individual practise as preparation for soloing, selections from these etudes were performed by saxophone ensembles accompanied by rhythm section at recent jazz education conferences I attended and they sounded great.

Like worthwhile etudes in every tradition, Uncommon Etudes focus on particular instructional outcomes while revealing the musical insights of a thoughtful and talented composer.

Sample Pages

• Uncommon Etudes from Common Scales
• Contrast and Continuity in Jazz Improvisation
• Odd Times: Uncommon Etudes for Uncommon Time Signatures
  
• Uncommon Bebop from Common Bebop Practices & Concepts