Jerry Bergonzi

Melodic Structures DVD

Inside Improvisation - Melodic Structures, is the first in a series of DVDs which describe a simple and pragmatic approach to improvisation. While focussing on the jazz idiom, the techniques discussed are applicable to many styles of music and all instruments, be it rock guitar, jazz saxophone, or the solos of the fusion keyboardist. The system presented in this volume offers a tangible pathway to inside the creative imagination by getting inside harmony, inside the changes.

PART 1
Section I: Four Note Groupings 1-5
Section II: Mixing Up Permutations
Section III: Visualization
Section V: Editing
SectionVI: Key Centers
Section VII: Inversions

PART 2
Section IX: Four Note Groupings 5-9
Section X: Avoid Notes
Section XI: Upper Structure Groupings 9-13
Section XII: Additional Groupings
Section XIII: Mixing Groupings

[Note: This DVD does not include Sections IV (The Creative Imagination) and VIII (Practice Exercises) of the book/audio recording sets listed below.]

Running Time: 62 minutes

All music composed and performed by Jerry Bergonzi

Rhythm section backround: Garry Dial - piano, Dave Santoro - bass, Alan Dawson - drums