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When it pertains to coming to be a great jazz piano improvisation sheet music improviser, it's everything about learning jazz language. So unlike the 'half-step below approach' (which can be outside the scale), when approaching from above it appears far better when you maintain your notes within the range that you remain in. That's why it's called the 'chord range above' technique - it stays in the scale.

So instead of playing two eight notes straight, which would last one quarter note ('one' - 'and'), you can split that quarter note into three 'eighth note triplet' notes - where each note of the triplet coincides size. The very first improvisation strategy is 'chord tone soloing', which indicates to make up tunes making use of the four chord tones of the chord (1 3 5 7).

I usually play all-natural 9ths over most 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 bit more quiet - so that the listener hears the melody note on the top.

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

Jazz artists will play from a wide variety of pre-written melodious shapes, which are positioned prior to a 'target note' (usually a chord tone, 1 3 5 7). First let's develop the 'appropriate notes' - normally I would certainly play from the dorian scale over minor 7 chord.

Most jazz piano solos include a section where the tune stops, and the pianist plays a collection of chord expressions, to a fascinating rhythm. These include chord tone soloing, technique patterns, triplet rhythms, 'chordal structures', 'playing out' and more.