Chop Monster Book 1 - Trumpet

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).

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• Unit 1: Finding Your Chops
• Unit 2: Creating Melodies from Chords
• Unit 3: Discovering Major Seventh Chords
• Unit 4: Exploring Minor Seventh Chords
• Unit 5: Playing the Chord Changes
• Unit 6: Experimenting with Major Scales
• Unit 7: Advancing with Minor Scales
• Unit 8: Embellishing with Chromatic Notes
• Unit 9: Putting It All Together
• Unit 10: Coming to Terms
• Unit 11: THAT'S COOL!
• Unit 12: Learning Dominant Seventh Chords
• Unit 13: Venturing into Dominant Seventh Scales
• Unit 14: Understanding the Blues Progression I--IV--V
• Unit 15: Examining the IV7 Chord and the 3rd--to--7th Interchange
• Unit 16: Feeling the Bluesy 3rd
• Unit 17: Mastering the Scale for the V7 Chord
• Unit 18: Expanding Your Range
• Unit 19: Adding More Chromatic Notes
• Unit 20: Putting It All Together
• Unit 21: Coming to Terms
• Unit 22: THAT'S RIGHT!