Free Jazz Improvisation PDF Downloads

It's all about discovering jazz piano techniques language when it comes to coming to be a terrific jazz improviser. So unlike the 'half-step listed below method' (which can be outside the scale), when approaching from above it sounds far better when you keep your notes within the range that you're in. That's why it's called the 'chord scale over' method - it remains in the range.

So instead of playing 2 eight notes in a row, which would certainly last one quarter note ('one' - 'and'), you can separate that quarter note into three 'eighth note triplet' notes - where each note of the triplet is the same length. The initial improvisation strategy is 'chord tone soloing', which means to compose tunes making use of the 4 chord tones of the chord (1 3 5 7).

I normally play all-natural 9ths over the majority of chords - including all 3 chords of the significant ii-V-I. This 'chordal texture' sounds ideal if you play your right hand noisally, and left hand (chord) a little bit more quiet - to ensure that the listener hears the melody note on the top.

It's great for these units to come out of scale, as long as they wind up solving to the 'target note' - which will normally be just one of the chord tones. The 'chord range over' method - come before any kind of chord tone (1 3 5 7) with the note over. In music, a 'triplet' is when you play three equally spaced notes in the space of 2.

Jazz musicians will certainly play from a variety of pre-written ariose forms, which are positioned prior to a 'target note' (normally a chord tone, 1 3 5 7). Initially allow's establish the 'right notes' - normally I would certainly play from the dorian range over minor 7 chord.

KEEP IN MIND: You likewise get a great collection of actions to play, from 7 - 1 - 9 - 3 - if you wish to play a brief range in your solo. Nevertheless, to stop your having fun from sounding foreseeable (and break out of eighth note pattern), you need to differ the rhythms from time to time.