Craig Fraedrich Music Educational Materials
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Lead Trumpet Parts
A Minor MatterThe Jazz Trumpet Ensemble Vol. 1
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
I'll See You on a B-Flat Blues!
Jazz Chord/Scale Workbook
A 70 page workbook of explanations, applications and exercises covering most commonly used jazz chords and scales. Upon completion of all exercises, a student will have a solid foundation
from which to pursue more advanced theory, improvisation and arranging endeavors. Available in both treble and bass clef.
Chord/Scale Workbook
Minor Pentatonic Technical Exercises
12 keys - 135 pages - Treble and Bass Clef
Arranged by key, 67 exercises in each key.
1-18 preparatory, 19-40 One Bar Phrases, 41-54 Two Bar Phrases, 55-59 Modal with Chromatic Side-Slip, 60-67 II-V-I (altered dominant)
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Easily adapted to class or ensemble situations.
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To download Minor Pentatonic Technical Exercises in Treble Clef click here:
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To download Minor Pentatonic Technical Exercises in Bass Clef click here:
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Practice midi files - Key of Bb - Rhythm Section Accompaniment
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Exercises 1-18, 55-59 Modal Exercises 19-54 Blues Exercises 60-67, 55-59 II-V-I
Free Midi File Players - these seem to work fine and will allow tempo and key changes:
MidiPlay: http://freespace.virgin.net/chris.crhills/midiplay/index.html
Anvil Studio: http://www.anvilstudio.com/
II-V-I Pattern Exercises
These are the first installment in what will be an expanding library of II-V-I and blues exercises. There will be two sets, an Introductory Series designed teach specific concepts and an Artist Series based on solo transcriptions. Each exercise is transposed to all 12 keys following a cycle of 4ths and is available in treble and bass clef. Different keyed instruments can play them together simply by starting at the appropriate place in the cycle.
Introductory Exercises:
10 Diatonic Treble Clef Exercises
10 Diatonic Bass Clef Exercises
Introductory Exercises with altered V chord (coming soon)
Artist Series Exercises:
10 Kenny Dorham II-V-I Patterns - Treble Clef
(Harmonically Advanced)
10 Kenny Dorham II-V-I Patterns - Bass Clef
(Harmonically Advanced)
MP3 play-along recordings are in "trumpet key." To play exercises, Bb instruments start at beginning of sheet, concert instruments start on Cm7, Eb start on Amin7.
MP3 Play-alongs tracks for II-V-I Exercises (numbers refer to quarter note tempo)
Scale Studies for Improvisation
All instruments, Beginner to advanced. 65 pages, PDF, treble and bass clef books. Designed for developing and maintaining fluency with scales. Click buttons to download.
"Dues Etudes"
Updated - 2004. Trumpet/Bb instrument, intermediate to advanced. 41 pages, PDF. Twenty (four for each CD cut) "harmonically progressive" etudes playable with the first five selections of the "Payin' Dues" Aebersold play-along. Section 1 etudes contain no chromatic tones or substitutions. The emphasis is on melodic development and diatonic voice leading. Section 2 maintains the "first choice scale" harmonic vocabulary but adds chromatic approach tones and rotations. Section 3 adds altered scales (super locrian, half-whole diminished, locrian #2, etc.) and tritone subs using pentatonics. Section 4 puts it all together. Other transpositions available. (Eb, Concert, Bass Clef) Purchase the Payin' Dues Aebersold at: www.jazzbooks.com
"Dues Etudes" PDF downloads
Bb Instruments:
Concert
Instruments:
Eb
Instruments:
Bass Clef
Instruments:
Low Bass Clef:
(Bass Bone, Tuba)
II-V-I Long Tone Exercises
All instruments, 12 pages, PDF. Long tone voice-leading exercises for I-V-I progressions. Practice with Vol. 3 of the Jamie Aebersold play-along series. Work on voice leading while building your endurance and sound. Trumpet
(Treble Clef)
(Bass Clef)