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Harbison on the Jazz Language

• sing improvised solos
• record/write improv
• teach by ear
• sight sing tune and gradually transform it each repetition
• look to melodies for harmonic transformation
• improv w/classical recordings (hindemith)
• hear the missing part-play it
• jazz is language-knowing syntax/grammar does not make sound