Learning to Improvise means learning to play! But it is challenging to teach, and challenging to learn. This project will run from Feb - May, 2024, weekly at 6:45. There will be a quick lesson/assignment for each week, and a little time for some folks to share their previous week's work. All in 15 minutes. See you there. Email me if you want to join. It's free!
learn by ear or otherwise in G, transpose to several keys without writing it down, add left hand bass pattern
and Julie Blu - two tracks. play tune in different keys all over
lesson 3 different accomp. what can you find. Don't worry so much tryig to figure out what - just see what your fingers find
still on how to explore with the left hand. and a preview of next weeks lesson moving the right around
moving the tune around in the same scale. Keep levers the same but start in different places - does the lh change as well?
review the previous ways - briefly - choose one mode, and keep the chords, while altering the melody. start and end on the same note as the original tune will help
playing julie in the mixolydian mode. chord explore on I and VII
altering rhythm for variety
more rhthyms and choosing a new piece
review lesson 3, and work on final project
Improv 12 - applying the lessons to Thetis Island Waltz
-That's a wrap folks - I'm very pleased with how people have dug in to 15 minutes lessons - congrats to all the project participants!!