Learning to Improvise

LEARNING TO IMPROVISE

 

Your first lesson on improvising 

Piano jamming “Careless Whisper”

Piano jamming “Happy”

The black notes

Cmaj7 to Dm7 improvisation

 

C major jamming ii to V to I

Wide voicing “white” chords

Meditation tip Widely spaced C to Dm

Going “wild”

“Catching flies”

 

“Country” sounding chords

Two jazzy moods

PLAYING THE BLUES

 

The 12 bar blues

12 bar blues Lick #1

12 bar blues Lick #2

12 bar blues Lick #3

The Blues scale

 

Left hand pattern