25 Easy Ii

All set to boost your jazz improvisation skills for the piano? Extra just, if you're playing a song that remains in swing time, then you're already playing to a triplet feel (you're picturing that each beat is separated into 3 8th note triplets - and every off-beat you play is delayed and played on the 3rd triplet note (so you're not even playing 2 equally spaced eighth notes to start with).

So rather than 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 initial improvisation method is 'chord tone soloing', which suggests to make up tunes making use of the 4 chord tones of the chord (1 3 5 7).

For this to function, it requires to be the next note up within the range that the songs remains in. This provides you 5 notes to play from over each chord (1 3 5 7 9) - which is plenty. This can be applied to any kind of note size (half note, quarter note, 8th note) - however when soloing, it's generally related to 8th notes.

It's great for these rooms to find out of range, as long as they wind up fixing to the 'target note' - which will typically be one of the chord tones. The 'chord range above' strategy - come before any chord tone (1 3 5 7) with the note above. In songs, a 'triplet' is when you play 3 equally spaced notes in the space of two.

Now you can play this 5 note scale (the wrong notes) over the exact same C minor 7 chord in your left hand. With this technique you just play the same notes that you're currently playing in the chord. Chord range over - half-step below - target note (e.g. E - C# - D).

KEEP IN MIND: You likewise obtain a nice collection of steps to play, from 7 - 1 - 9 - 3 - if you want to play a short range in your solo. Nonetheless, Bookmarks to stop your playing from appearing predictable (and break out of eighth note pattern), you need to vary the rhythms now and then.