音程
正如原子是构成物质的基本单位，音程是构成旋律及和弦的基本单位。我们给音程一个恰当的定义：两个音之间的距离。谱1–1给出了所有的音程——都以中央C为基准——从最小的半音/小二度，一直到八度。每个音程的上面是最常见的名称，其下是别的名称。
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以下图表列出了所有的音程，以它们在爵士标准曲目中出现的上行或下行方式表示。除特别说明以外，这些被列出的音程都是乐曲开始的前两个旋律音。唱出每个音程，然后在你的乐器上演奏出来。如果你能准确地唱出音程，那在你演奏时会更易于听辨出来。每首乐曲名字后面的注释例举了该曲的一个出色的录音——许多情况下是此曲的首版录音。
音程列表
▲上行小二度 ascending minor 2nd
Thelonious Monk "Blue Monk" [1]
▼下行小二度 descending minor 2nd
Cedar Walton "Bolivia" [2]
▲上行大二度 ascending major 2nd
Miles Davis "Four" [3]
▼下行大二度 descending major 2nd
Miles Davis "Tune-Up" [4]
▲上行小三度 ascending minor 3rd
Charlie Parker "Confirmation"[5]
▼下行小三度 descending minor 3rd
Dizzy Gillespie "Groovin' High" [6]
▲上行大三度 ascending major 3rd
Thelonious Monk "Monk's Dream" [7]
▼下行大三度 descending major 3rd
John Coltrane "Giant Steps" [8]
▲上行纯四度 ascending perfect 4th
Duke Jordan "Jordu" [9]
▼下行纯四度 descending perfect 4th
Wayne Shorter "ESP" [10]
▲上行三全音 ascending tritone
Joe Henderson "Isotope" [11]
▼下行三全音 descending tritone
Duke Ellington "Sophisticated Lady" [12] 一曲中桥段的第3小节
▲上行纯五度 ascending perfect 5th
Milt Jackson "Bag's Groove" [13]
▼下行纯五度 descending perfect 5th
Woody Shaw "Katrina Ballerina" [14]
▲上行小六度 ascending minor 6th
Woody Shaw "In A Capricornian Way" [15]
▼下行小六度 descending minor 6th
Joe Henderson "Serenity" [16] 一曲第2小节
▲上行大六度 ascending major 6th
Thelonious Monk "Misterioso" [17]
▼下行大六度 descending major 6th
Miles Davis "All Blues" [18]
▲上行小七度 ascending minor 7th
McCoy Tyner "Aisha" [19] 一曲桥段最后一小节
▼下行小七度 descending minor 7th
Billy Strayhorn "Chelsea Bridge"[20] 一曲桥段的第4小节
▲上行大七度 ascending major 7th
Joe Henderson "Serenity"[21] 一曲的第二和第三个音
▼下行大七度 descending major 7th
Wayne Shorter "Lady Day"[22]
▲上行八度 ascending octave
Sam Jones "Del Sasser" [23]
▼下行八度 descending octave
Freddie Hubbard "Philly Mignon" [24]
超过八度的音程在乐曲中很少见，但以下还是给出几个例子：
▲上行小九度 ascending minor 9th
Wayne Shorter "Wild Flower" [25] 一曲的桥段第11小节
▼下行小九度 descending minor 9th
Benny Golson "I Remember Clifford" [26] 一曲的第18小节
▲上行大九度 ascending major 9th
Joe Henderson "No Me Escueca"[27] 一曲前奏的贝司部分
▲上行小十度 ascending minor 10th
Joe Henderson "No Me Escueca"[28] 一曲前奏的贝司部分，第5小节
▼下行十一度 descending 11th
Joe Henderson "Inner Urge"[29] 一曲的第15小节
▼下行大十三度 descending major 13th
Billy Strayhorn "Chelsea Bridge"[30] 一曲的第24小节
注 释
[1].Thelonious Monk, Thelonious In Action, Fantasy, 1958.
[2]. Cedar Walton, Eastern Rebellion, Impulse, 1975.
[3].Miles Davis, Workin', Prestige, 1956.
[4].Miles Davis, Cookin', Prestige, 1956.
[5].Charlie Parker, Bird At The Roost, Savoy, 1949.
[6].Charlie Parker, Bird At The Roost, Savoy, 1949.
[7].Thelonious Monk, Monk's Dream, Columbia, 1962.
[8].John Coltrane, Giant Steps, Atlantic, 1959.
[9].Clifford Brown And Max Roach, Jordu, Emarcy, 1954.
[10].Miles Davis, ESP, Columbia, 1965.
[11].Joe Henderson, Power To The People, Milestone, 1969.
[12].Duke Ellington and Ray Brown, This One's For Blanton, Pablo, 1973.
[13].Miles Davis And The Modern Jazz Giants, Prestige, 1954.
[14].Woody Shaw, United, Columbia, 1981.
[15].Woody Shaw, Stepping Stones, Columbia, 1978.
[16].Joe Henderson, In'n Out, Blue Note, 1964.
[17].Thelonious Monk, Live At The Jazz Workshop, Columbia 1964.
[18].Miles Davis, Kind Of Blue, Columbia, 1959.
[19].John Coltrane, Olé, Atlantic, 1961.
[20].Joe Henderson, The Kicker, Milestone, 1967.
[21].Joe Henderson, In 'n Out, Blue Note, 1964.
[22].Wayne Shorter, The Soothsayer, Blue Note, 1965.
[23].Cannonball Adderly, Them Dirty Blues, Riverside, 1960.
[24].Freddie Hubbard, Here To Stay, Blue Note, 1962.
[25].Wayne Shorter, Speak No Evil, Blue Note, 1964.
[26].The Jazztet, Meet The Jazztet, Argo, 1960.
[27].Joe Henderson, Power To People, Milestone, 1969.
[28]. Joe Henderson, Power To People, Milestone, 1969.