25 Easy Ii

It's all regarding discovering jazz language when it comes to ending up being a fantastic jazz piano improvisation sheet music improviser. So unlike the 'half-step below method' (which can be outside the range), when approaching from over it sounds far better when you keep your notes within the scale that you're in. That's why it's called the 'chord scale over' method - it stays in the scale.

So rather than playing 2 8 notes straight, which would last one quarter note ('one' - 'and'), you can divide that quarter note into three '8th note triplet' notes - where each note of the triplet is the same length. The first improvisation method is 'chord tone soloing', which suggests to make up melodies making use of the four chord tones of the chord (1 3 5 7).

I normally play natural 9ths over the majority of chords - including all 3 chords of the major ii-V-I. This 'chordal appearance' seems finest if you play your right-hand man loudly, and left hand (chord) a bit quieter - to make sure that the audience hears the melody note ahead.

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

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

NOTE: You additionally obtain a good collection of steps to play, from 7 - 1 - 9 - 3 - if you wish to play a short scale in your solo. Nonetheless, to quit your playing from seeming predictable (and burst out of 8th note pattern), you need to differ the rhythms every now and then.