Improvising
Making phrases up in a key over a pulse: short ideas, space, repetition, then variation.
- Category
- Jazz, blues and rock harmony and improvisation
- First taught in
- 3.9 Answer a short phrase
- Theory cards
- Improvising question and answer (Level 3)
- The 12-bar blues (Level 4)
- Improvising an answer phrase (Level 5)
In the lessons
5 lessons and 5 pieces where the Method teaches or uses it, in teaching order.
| Lesson | Lesson and piece |
|---|---|
| 3.9 | Answer a short phraseA New Irish Tune (Lilliburlero), Z.646, Henry Purcell |
| 4.10 | Hear chords away from the scoreBoxcar Boogie, written for the Method |
| 5.10 | Improvise an answering phraseRondo, Ignaz Pleyel |
| 10.5 | Drive a boogie and stride bassConcert Boogie Etude, written for the Method |
| 10.9 | Improvise a short preludeMazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4, Frédéric Chopin |
In Musicianship
The units whose theory questions ask about it.
| Unit | Title |
|---|---|
| 4.10 | Sevenths and the blues |
Related ideas
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