Mastering The Dominant Bebop Scale (PDF Book)

This is a superb book which has aided my playing immensely.

Steve can you please consider writing

"Mastering the Bebop Minor Scale"

Now that I have all this great material from your first two bebop scale books under my fingers I really feel inadequate playing over minor chords by comparison.

Just a quick shout to Steve Neff for another great book , this time on the dominant bebop scale. As usual it's explained in a very unintimidating way and includes some great linking and resolving phrases with it.
Sometimes in your development as a player, something will click or you'll be shown something you'll never forget- this for me is one of those things.-Dave

Steve, I am a trauma surgeon with very limited time who is learning to play jazz guitar. I have purchased all of your books ( The Best II-V-I Patterns, Approach Note Velocity or Mastering the Dominant Bebop Scale) and have found them invaluable in giving me an insight into modern improvising. The Mastering the Dominant Bebop Scale is much clearer and user-friendly than the Baker books thtat I had been using (How to Pay Bebop). Instead of just a single riff, you provide building blocks that allow the student to really internalize the Bebop scales and actually make music with them. I am also using Approach Note Velocity in combination with the New York Guitar Method to master the use of chromatics in my playing. I have taken your advice and worked with the Aebersold Major & Minor CDs, and I beieve that the time I have invested in your method has paid off ten-fold. Like you, I have noticed that I am now "playing over the barline" and intuitively using polyrhythms in my playing. Thank you so much for taking the time to develop these books, and please let me know when you develop a new product!

Michele Holevar

More experienced players will find that Steve's exercises "links" and "mixes" are great preparation for tackling the solos of the masters. Shedding this stuff will pay off big time when you surprise yourself on the bandstand playing authentic flowing bebop lines. There's something here for every level of player. Whether you're a beginner wanting a musical way to get familiar with the horn, or an intermediate player looking to move beyond blues scales, work with this book and you'll reap benefits in every area of your playing.

As a jazz sax teacher, I use all of Steve Neff's Books. My students all want to cop jazz and swing feel, so often I play Steve's MP3 examples for them with confidence. Mr. Neff swings with the best of them. His sound is awesome and his ideas are easy to grasp. The key is daily practice. The books are just guides lines. I favor Steve Neff's books and any good Transcription in teaching jazz at all ages.

Ed Zlotnick, Saxophone, Clarinet, Flute, in D/FW, North Texas

As I’ve been playing jazz on the alto sax since 1981 and I have continually come up against the same question of what to play over a Dominant 7th chord. That question remained until I came across Steve’s book Mastering the Dominant Bebop Scale. I immediately started to benefit even after a few days of studying the opening pages. I have continued with my study of this book and the difference is truly remarkable; I am never lost for an idea of what to play when I’m on the Dominant 7th chord of any tune now. I would highly recommend this book for the serious student of the jazz standard tunes.

Wil Greenstreet

I bought Steve's V7 book and took a couple of on lines lesson from him. I really appreciated Steve's careful listening of what I wanted to get done in a lesson and his clear, concise ideas on next steps to improve my playing and musical interpretation. His mastering the Dominant Be Bop Scale has lots of exercises to use a scale that addresses the largest percentage of chords I come across in pop/blues music. The dominant V7. Needless say it has improved my playing. I teach and also have recorded lots of on line lessons and Steve's explaining style and demonstrating ability is top notch. I wish he was close enough for direct lessons. I plan to use him in the future. Thanks Steve

I have been using Steve's II-V-I patterns, Approach Note Velocity, and
Mastering the Dominant Bebop Scale books and can honestly say that my
playing has grown more than any other methods I have studied. Steve's
practical approach really allows someone at any level to apply directly
to their improvising. As a working musician I really do appreciate
methods such as Steve's that make the best use of my practice time.....
these really work!

Tom Schneider - R&B/Funk/Jazz saxophone during the night, Electrical
Engineer during the day.

hi steve, i purchased and have been practicing your invaluable bebop scale exercises for about 3 months now. i find that the "starter exercises" are superb just as workouts and i have gained an amazing amount of dexterity and evenness practicing them in all the keys-- more so than regular scales i've practiced in the past. i usually practice accompanied with Aebersold's Major or Dom 7th play-a-long books. i can't wait to plunge into the next sections. Bless you for your dedication to your great learning resource. sincerely, junior