Questions tagged [improvisation]
For question about spontaneous composing in real time, typically during performance.
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bVI -> I which mode do I treat the bVI
I'm analyzing "Lost in the Woods" from the "Frozen 2" soundtrack and some other similar quirks in progressions and I'm wondering how to treat different modal interchanges.
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Knowing where you are at in a progression during Improvisation [duplicate]
I'm sure this has been asked a million times but I cant find it.
I have a hard time listening and playing at the same time. Knowing exactly which beat we are on so I can play to the chord changes. I'm ...
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Improvising if I don't hear anything in my "mind's ear"?
Ever since I recently discovered my total aphantasia, I've been really curious as to whether or not I can achieve musical success. Part of this, at least to me, is creating music. So far I've learned (...
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Can I Learn Ear Training Without the Ability to Audiate?
I asked a question a couple days ago along the lines of "can I become a pro musician if I can't audiate?", which was rightly met with some opposition. I appreciate the responses I got on ...
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How to play over add 11, 9 etc chords
How do u approach improvising. Over extended chords like c 11 chords eg. I ask because I struggle soloing over them on jazz tunes
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Singing improvisation when the band plays low
I tend to go to jams with other musicians and sing (improvise).
On such events musicians often play blues/rock on quite low-pitch scales, which is a difficult place for me being a mezzosoprane voice.
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Major chords on bass guitar
So I've been playing the bass for about a year and a half, I play most nights and play with friends as often as I can. Until now I have only played songs I can get tab for, and spend time learning it ...
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Is all this modal theory for guitarists truly necessary?
A common strategy to learning to improvise is to learn modes. On quite a few different guitar sites (source), I've found a strategy presented that goes like this:
Learn all the modes in a parent key....
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Improvisation and Jamming - the Similarities and Differences
I've been discussing with musos what similarities and differences there are between improvising and jamming. There seems to be a lot of vagueness here.
Some say that improvisation is one player making ...
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Why do i keep forgeting the sections while improvising?
I can do variations of my first section but when i go about developing: or i play the new section, but then i don't remember most of the first one; or keep repeting mentaling the first one while ...
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Help me to understand more interesting improv techniques [duplicate]
Question for all, doesn't have to be specific to jazz.
I love to improvise, and I'm definitely not new to it. This is something that I have been doing for many years.
I'm in a bit of a rut at the ...
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specifics on modal playing, or emphasizing an underlying chord
i've been reading a lot about modal playing, perhaps that which is derived from modal Jazz. the sources i've been reading & watching seem split about the notes/scale & which to emphasize.
some ...
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What Does Vertical and Horizontal Improvisation Mean?
In a question from around 8 years ago, one answer quoted jazz and rock/blues as using vertical and horizontal improvising, respectively. Never heard those terms. What are they representing?
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What does it mean to play "behind" or "in front" of a root scale note [closed]
I've been playing bass for a couple of years now, learning mostly from tabs. Now I've turned to actually trying to learn more than robotically copying bass lines without understanding them. I've ...
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How do i solo with both scale and chords? [closed]
I know how to play pentatonic, major and minor scale.
The question in solo i have chord progression like: C G Am F.
Then i play C major scale, i could play are C major chord in all shapes.
But how ...
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