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Offline coldheartedfreak

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Help with improvisation
« on: September 11, 2005, 05:36:31 AM »
hey guys ive been playing at my chruch for around 4 months already or so yup but ive been finding that my playing has been rather boring. yup so i need some help with improvisation. is there like any kind of stuff u can read up on or try to improve? or is it all just inspiration. someone told me that theres a technique to it or something but yeah. help pls +)
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« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2005, 02:27:18 PM »
Pick some people who you think are good improvisors and start studying their playing. Mimick what they are doing. Once you can play what they are playing note-for-note, try to change it and make it your own. This will help you develop your own musical vocabulary and after awhile improvisation will become a second nature to you. Learn everything you can about scales and modes and their relationship to different chord progressions.
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« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2005, 05:22:21 PM »
Learn your scales, major, minor, pentatonic and blues and play with the notes in the scales.
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« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2005, 06:02:02 PM »
I like to hum a riff. Then, I try to play what I hummed.
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Offline coldheartedfreak

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« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2005, 08:50:28 AM »
thanks guys. i'll try to learn pantatonic and blues scales as well as jazz. any help with some jazz here?
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« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2005, 09:13:18 AM »
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« Reply #7 on: September 15, 2005, 12:52:32 AM »
Quote from: JoyCH
Try www.apassion4jazz.com - Joy


Actually, it's www.apassion4jazz.net    8)  




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Offline coldheartedfreak

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« Reply #8 on: September 16, 2005, 03:24:09 AM »
thanks man =) anyone got any chords for like during preaching or altercall time? some soothing chords?
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