This is the definitive study of chord progressions of hundreds
of carefully chosen tunes from the jazz musician's repertoire,
comparing them, linking them together by commonalities, and
codifying harmonic traits that will clarify the reader's
understanding of how progressions It not only provides the means
to learn and memorize tunes more easily, but also becomes the
key to acquiring the skill to cognize progressions by ear! There
is more. The Preface explains how we hear and understand music,
establishes the methods by which we can learn to develop our
musical hearing more efficiently, and addresses the importance
of attitudes, as they affect the learning process. The Afterword
offers further encouragement, suggests ways to continue to
study, and ways to personalize the materials beyond what is
presented here. Appendix A reveals the valuable list of nearly
500 tunes used in this study, indicating which tunes contain
more than one harmonic trait, which facilitates more efficient
choices of tunes to learn. App