This collection of ten jazz etudes with accompanying audio provides intermediate to advanced alto sax students with a fun and effective way to learn to play in the specific odd meters: 3/4, 5/4, 7/4, and 9/4. Each etude is based on the chord progression of a different jazz standard, and includes an in-depth analysis of the melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic devices used. The addition of the odd-time ingredient, along with completely original melodies and improv lines, converts what would be mere ac...

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• Sleepwalking
• Po' Boy Blues
• Baby Steps
• Tryst
• Don't Give a Hoot
• Knight Music
• The Bermuda Triangle
• She's All That
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