jazz\ theory book.

[phippsyg]

I've been studying from it. Better now? *sigh* The point is this book helped me understand how jazz "works".

I forgot about this thread, some good advice on here. As for the response to my post earlier ( as above) I was just trying to clarify what you were saying as you said the book was an easy read and you had just read the book. I didn't mean to hurt your very tender feelings.

 

[Bruce Lindfield]

However, if you claim to write a "theory" book, like Mark Levine did, you should be able to explain WHY the ear acts the way it does...

To be honest - to me this (part I quoted) is total rubbish!!

Levine is just describing what has happened in Jazz History and helping you understand it - he gives examples to be played so you can hear, as well as links to great recordings and then explains them.

I don't see why he has to do what you say - that's not his aim and I don't see why he should do what you want ...

It's his book - it's very useful.

It's not the theory of sound or the ear - it's just an explanation of what Jazz artists have done - Jazz Theory not psycho-acoustics or whatever else you might call it - makes perfect sense to me!