Dowd-Velocity Warm-Ups

Charles Dowd's method entitled Velocity Warm-Ups contains eighty-eight patterns for jazz improvisation. These technical exercises utilize jazz scales and modes which develop technique through practical harmonic concepts. Dowd describes them as a collection of warm-ups from one performer to another. They cover a range of areas including: pentatonics, modal jazz, arpeggios, and scale structures relating to "playing changes" and other elements.