Format : Book + CD
Strategies for Creativity & Expression-Learn the creative mindset and acquire the technical tools necessary for improvisation. These concepts and exercises will help you to discover a deeper source of music making a greater quality of authenticity and a discerniblechange in sound and phrasing that will enhance your performances of written music. You will learn to play by ear apply musical theory to your instrument and engage creatively with the elements of music giving you a longmenu of musical options. The accompanying recording includes demonstration and play-along tracks. You will learn: tools to connect melodic imagination to your instrument with an enhanced sense of physicality; how to usescales chords modes progressions and other structures in your improvisation; a broad rhythm vocabulary; improvisation techniques for standard progressions such as blues and II V's; to create richer lines by using approachnotes neighbour tones and embellishments into an improvised melodic line.
SKU: GI.G-9678
ISBN 9781622774098.
Learn to improvise with this groundbreaking, state-of-the-art book and companion audio recordings! With Developing Musicianship through Improvisation, you will learn to improvise as readily as you would join in a conversation. Using the tunes in Developing Musicianship through Improvisation, you will learn a vocabulary of tonal patterns, melodic phrases, rhythm patterns, and rhythm phrases for a wide range of music, including classical, jazz, and folk styles. You will also read and write music, connecting your improvisation to meaningful experiences with notation. Each unit has six components: (1) Repertoire, (2) Patterns and Progressions, (3) Improvising Melodic Phrases, (4) Learning to Improvise—Seven Skills, (5) Reading and Writing, and (6) Learning Solos. Book 1-B includes Greensleeves, My Country 'tis of Thee, La Folia, Rule of the Octave, seven Bach chorales, and several partimenti—centuries-old chord progressions used for learning harmony, counterpoint, improvisation, and composition that musicians still perform today. Regardless of your musical background, you can play tunes and learn harmony by ear—skills at the heart of improvisation. This intuitive and engaging approach to Developing Musicianship through Improvisation is a major advancement in music teaching and learning. Book includes access to MP3 downloads. SONGS INCLUDED: Book 1 repertoire (2 CDs)—Long, Long Ago - Mary Ann - Joshua - Simple Gifts - Down by the Riverside Book 2 repertoire (2 CDs)—When the Saints Go Marching In - Amazing Grace - Motherless Child Book 3 repertoire (2 CDs)—Blues (Saint Louis Blues and More Blues) - Transformation (Rhythm Changes) - Red Wings (Familiar Harmonic Progression) Book 1B repertoire (MP3 Downloads)—Greensleeves - My Country 'tis of Thee - La Folia - Rule of the Octave - Seven Bach Chorales.
