Chop-Monster, Bk 2

Chop-Monster, Bk 2
Author: Shelly Berg
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2002-12
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780739031506

Chop-Monster is a sequential jazz improvisation method by acclaimed jazz pianist and educator Shelly Berg that utilizes a call-and-response" approach: students listen to a jazz idea, imitate it until it is internalized, and then "try it on their own." In Chop-Monster 1, students will hear and improvise to the Ima7, iimi7, and V7 chords in the key of B-flat, plus a basic blues progression. In Chop-Monster 2 students will hear and improvise to the ii-V-I progression in three keys (concert B-flat, E-flat, F)."

Chop-Monster, Book 2

Chop-Monster, Book 2
Author: Shelly Berg
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2002-08
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780739029695

Chop-Monster is a sequential jazz improvisation method by acclaimed jazz pianist and educator Shelly Berg that utilizes a call-and-response" approach: students listen to a jazz idea, imitate it until it is internalized, and then "try it on their own." In Chop-Monster 1, students will hear and improvise to the Ima7, iimi7, and V7 chords in the key of B-flat, plus a basic blues progression. In Chop-Monster 2 students will hear and improvise to the ii-V-I progression in three keys (concert B-flat, E-flat, F)."

Chop-monster Jr

Chop-monster Jr
Author: Margaret Fitzgerald
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2003
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780739030844

Chop-Monster Jr. is a teacher's handbook that clearly outlines how to teach jazz to elementary classroom music students. No prior jazz experience is necessary for teachers or students. Imaginative call-and-response activities, movement, and circle games teach young people how to sing and play JAZZ! Students will be able to groove to and play jazz swing" beats; vocalize and play swing eighth-notes; communicate musically through call-and-response; scat-sing and improvise one-, two- and three-note phrases; independently perform kid-sized jazz works."

Chop-Monster: Piano Accompaniment, Book 1

Chop-Monster: Piano Accompaniment, Book 1
Author: Shelly Berg
Publisher: Alfred Music
Total Pages: 46
Release: 2005-05-03
Genre: Music
ISBN: 145742312X

Chop-Monster is a sequential jazz improvisation method by acclaimed jazz pianist and educator Shelly Berg that utilizes a "call-and-response" approach: students listen to a jazz idea, imitate it until it is internalized, and then "try it on their own." In Chop-Monster 1, students will hear and improvise to the Ima7, iimi7, and V7 chords in the key of B-flat, plus a basic blues progression.

Chop-Monster, Bk 1

Chop-Monster, Bk 1
Author: Shelly Berg
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2002-08
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780739029411

Chop-Monster is a sequential jazz improvisation method by acclaimed jazz pianist and educator Shelly Berg that utilizes a call-and-response" approach: students listen to a jazz idea, imitate it until it is internalized, and then "try it on their own." In Chop-Monster 1, students will hear and improvise to the Ima7, iimi7, and V7 chords in the key of B-flat, plus a basic blues progression. In Chop-Monster 2 students will hear and improvise to the ii-V-I progression in three keys (concert B-flat, E-flat, F)."