Learning the common three-chord, four-chord, and five-chord sequences featured in book three will help you learn and improvise over literally thousands of songs.

Chapter One • The II- ~ V7 ~ I Progression
Chords from Book Two • Temporary Tonal Centers • Three Approaches to Improvising • The Half-Step/Whole-Step Diminished Scale

Chapter Two • The I ~ I7 ~ IV ~ #IVo ~ I Progression
The Pentatonic (plus b3) Scale Revisited

Chapter Three • The II-7b5 ~ V7 ~ I- Progression
Chords Commonly Used in Minor Keys • Subdividing the Beat: Triplet Eighths, Straight Eighths, and Swing Eighths • Minor Key Signatures

Chapter Four • The III- ~ VI7 ~ II- ~ V7  &   I ~ VI7 ~ II- ~ V7 Progressions
The Spanish Phrygian Mode

Chapter Five • The IV- ~ bVII7 ~ I Progression
Grace Notes • The Twelve-Bar Blues

Chapter Six • Modal Jazz
Four Voicings of the Suspended-Seven Chord • The Modes of the Major Scale

Appendix
Improvising Techniques Introduced in Books One and Two

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