☆ 中英對照‧雙語版本 ☆

爵士樂在百年發展中，歷經了多次流派變革，這些流派雖各具不同音樂元素，但均包含爵士樂兩大特點：「即興」與「搖擺」。本教材從「搖擺」節奏出發，並從這些節奏中學習「即興」的基本語法。

全書共三部分，附光碟兩張以配合學習。

◎ 第一部分：二十首基礎練習。目的在於學習搖擺感，從最基本的節奏與分句法開始。

◎ 第二部分：十二首練習曲。重點在於「節奏」，每首練習介紹一種爵士樂常用的搖擺節奏。

◎ 第三部分：十首樂曲。根據不同的「爵士樂標準曲目和聲進行」寫成，讓您在樂曲中實際體驗。伴奏部分除可作為該樂曲的伴奏，亦可作為原本「標準曲目」的伴奏。

◎ 光碟兩張：包含全書所有練習（基礎練習／練習曲／樂曲）的示範錄音及伴奏。

 ☆ Chinese-English Bilingual Edition ☆

In the last one hundred years, jazz has experienced many evolutions in style. Although these jazz styles have different music elements, they share the two most important elements of jazz music -- improvisation and swing. In this book, we will start with swing, and learn how to improvise within a swing feel.

This book consists of three parts and the attached two CDs.

◎ Part I: The goal of these 20 exercises is to learn how to swing. They start with basic rhythm and articulation.

◎ Part II: The 12 etudes focus on "rhythm." Each etude introduces an idiomatical rhythm in the jazz style.

◎ Part III: The 10 tunes are based on chord progressions from well-known jazz standards. The play-alongs on these tunes could also be accompaniments of the jazz standards that they refer to.

◎ The CDs contain demonstrations of all exercises / etudes / tunes, and play-alongs.