Many think improvisation is creating music on the spot. Many teachers say improvisation is “spontaneous composition.” Improvisation is not spontaneously creating melodic lines, harmonies, or rhythms that you’ve never played before. Instead, improvisation is a language that is similar to spoken language. Great speakers do not spontaneously create new words or phrases they have never heard before when they speak. You and I don’t spontaneously use words we have never learned in a spontaneous conversation with another person. Instead, we communicate to others using words we ALREADY KNOW. So, improvisation is really about spontaneously recalling “musical words” (melodic lines, harmonies, rhythms etc.) you ALREADY KNOW. Learning jazz piano licks, runs or exercises is a very effective way to broaden your melodic musical vocabulary.
Dr. Alton of Minstrel School of Music has made available his 30 Modern Bebop Licks PDF exercises book to download at www.minstrelschool.com/shop. His book helps pianists develop their ability to play jazz piano licks, runs, chords or learn jazz bebop melodic vocabulary. The book is a compilation of 30 exercises designed to help you learn and incorporate the Bebop jazz language into your playing. Each of the 30 exercises found in the pdf book consists of Bebop melodic lines played in the right hand with chords simultaneously played in the left hand. The licks sound great and will enhance your technique and introduce you to new sounds, broadening your melodic, harmonic and rhythmic musical vocabulary. Happy Practicing! Alton Merrell
Purchasers of this book / PDF Download also receive a link to access a video demonstration of Dr. Alton playing each of the 30 exercises found in his “30 Modern Bebop Licks: Exercises to Help You Master Bebop Improvisation” book. The video demonstration is for musicians that play by ear and don’t read music.
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*Disclaimer: You agree that you are solely responsible for your own musical advancement. The creator, producer, distributor, and all associated in the creation and distribution of thisPDF download are in no way responsible for any lack of musical progress. The said outcomes of this course detailed above are the result of the student learning and mastering the content found in the book.