Lesson 1

Group 1

“Mozartin′ ”
Composed by Alvin Batiste.
This version is from Ellis Marsalis’ Whistle Stop.

Warm Up:
Learn the Jazz Poem by clapping the rhythms and singing the syllables.
Then learn the blues scale (played in half notes, then played using the jazz poem).

Lesson:
Learn “Mozartin’”, paraphrase the melody through the form, use the blues scale to improvise,
learn two blues melodies/background phrases derived from the blues scale.

Theory Concept:
Introduce the lines and spaces of the treble clef, whole notes and half notes, chord roots, the I-
IV-V blues form, and the blues scale.
Analyze “Inversions” from The Root Progression Process 3.0 (Delta blues scale).

Ear Training:
Sing the roots of the I -IV -V blues progression in sequence (twelve bar blues).
Test students to identify the I-IV-V chords out of sequence.

Goal:
Memorize Mozartin’, memorize the root sequence of the I-IV-V twelve bar blues. Identify the
notes of the treble clef and sight-read rhythms comprised of half notes and whole notes.
 12 Bar Blues
Mozartin'
Alvin Batiste

G7

?# c œ œ n œ .. ˙ #œ œ œ ˙ œ œ nœ ˙ #œ œ œ œ nœ œ œ

C7 G7
œ œ œ
? # b˙ œ œ œ ˙ œ œ nœ ˙ #œ œ œ

D7
˙ nGœ7 œ G7
˙ D7

?# #œ œ œ ˙ Ó Ó œ œ n œ ..
Piano Mozartin' - basic 7th chord voicings (1-3-5-7)
G7 G7 G7 G7 C7 C7

# c n www n www n www n www b ww b ww

& w w w w ww ww

G7 G7 D7 C7 G7 G7

# n www n www www b ww n www n www ..

w w w ww w w

Advanced chord voicings

(1-7-3-5-9 and 1-3-7-9-13)
G 13 G 13 G 13 G 13 C 13 C 13

# . 1-7-3-13-9 1-3-7-9-13
. ww ww ww ww ww ww
w w w w bw bw

# .. n w nw nw nw ww ww
w w w w

G 13 G 13 D 13 C 13 G 13 G 13

# 1-3-7-9-13
ww ..
ww ww ww ww ww
w w w bw w w

# nw nw ww ww nw nw ..
w w w w
 The Jazz Poem
Jazz is the Justification of being,

The Ascension of the soul

The Zeal of the spirit

and the Zest for life

Edith C. Batiste

Alvin Batiste

& c .. Û Œ Œ Û Û ∑ Û Û Û Ó Û Û Û Û Û ‰ Œ
J J J
Dot Don Gon Tee Ta Ta Ah Ba Da Ba Doo

..
3

& Û. Û. Û. Û.
3

Œ Û Û Û Û Û Û Û ‰ Û Œ
J
Ham Bone Did Da Ly Did Da Ly Bop Bam Bou La
 Blues scale (1-b3-4-#4-5-b7)
half notes
?c b˙ ˙ #˙ ˙ ˙
˙

?˙ ˙ ˙ b˙ ˙ ..
b˙ w
Jazz Poem
? .. j œ Ó œ œ œ bœ œ
œ Œ Œ bœ œ ∑ #œ œ J Œ

3
? bœ. œ
œ
j Ó bœ œ #œ œ œ œ œ bœ. œ. Œ ∑ ..
3
 Simple Blues Voicings (1-3-5-7)

G7 G7 G7 G7 C7 C7

www www www www

&c w w w w b ww
ww
b ww
ww

G7 G7 D7 D7 G7 G7

ww ww w w ww ww
& ww ww # www # www ww ww

Advanced Blues Voicings

(1-7-3-13-9 or 1-3-7-9-13)
G 13 G 13 G 13 G 13 C 13 C 13

& ww ww ww ww ww ww
w w w w bw bw

?w w w w ww ww
w w w w
G 13 G 13 D 13 D 13 G 13 G 13

& ww ww w w ww ww
w w ww ww w w

?w w # ww # ww w w
w w w w
 Lines and spaces of the treble clef
whole notes, half notes, and the 4/4 time signature
Identify notes

w
& 44 w w w
1.
w w w w

2.
w w w
&w w w w w

3.
w w w
&w w w w w

w w w
w
4.
& w w w w

5.
w w w
&w w w w w

6.
w w w w
& w w w w
Clap rhythms
7.
&w ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ w w ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ w

8.
&˙ ˙ w w ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ ˙ Ó