25 Easy Ii

Prepared to improve your jazz improvisation skills for the piano? A lot more merely, if you're playing a tune that's in swing time, then you're currently playing to a triplet feel (you're imagining that each beat is divided into 3 8th note triplets - and every off-beat you play is postponed and played on the third triplet note (so you're not even playing two evenly spaced eighth notes to start with).

So as opposed to playing two 8 notes straight, which would certainly last one quarter note ('one' - 'and'), you can separate that quarter note into three '8th note triplet' notes - where each note of the triplet coincides size. The very first improvisation method is 'chord tone soloing', which suggests to compose tunes making use of the four chord tones of the chord (1 3 5 7).

I usually play natural 9ths above the majority of chords - including all 3 chords of the major ii-V-I. This 'chordal appearance' appears ideal if you play your right hand loudly, and left hand (chord) a little bit quieter - to make sure that the audience listens to the melody note ahead.

Simply come before any chord tone by playing the note a half-step below. To do this, stroll up in half-steps (via the whole colorful scale), and make note of all the notes that aren't in your present scale. Cm7 enunciation (7 9 3 5) with single melody note (C) played to interesting rhythm.

Now you could play this 5 note range (the incorrect notes) over the same C small 7 chord in your left hand. With this technique you just play the exact same notes that you're currently playing in the chord. Chord range above - half-step below - target note (e.g. E - C# - D).

NOTE: You likewise obtain a nice collection of steps to play, from 7 - 1 - 9 - 3 - if you intend to play a short scale in your solo. However, to quit your playing from seeming foreseeable (and break out of 8th note pattern), Bookmarks you need to vary the rhythms once in a while.