![]() ![]() I’ll Remember April would start with a G Major scale, All the Things with an F minor scale. For years I would memorize a series of chords names in one key and try to think through a scale for each one to create a solo. This is exactly how I used to think about chords and the progressions to jazz standards. The default way that many players would approach this standard chord progression is centered around a corresponding scale or arpeggio for every single chord in the tune…īb Major = Bb Major scale. To see what I mean, take the opening progression to a tune like Cherokee: They are stuck in a chord/scale approach to improvisation. If you want to change the way you solo, you need to change the way you think!īelow we’ll show how the traditional approach to chords and tunes is holding you back, and how 4 simple steps will transform your mindset to the level of a Pro… How Most People Think about Chordsīeginners, musicians frustrated with improvisation, and the players that are struggling to improve are thinking about chords and progressions in largely the same way… The way you think about chords, conceptualize a progression, or approach your favorite tune has a direct effect on the way you’ll improvise. Improvement here requires a change in the way you think…and you can do this without even touching your instrument. The good news is that this is a skill that you can develop in your playing – but practice as usual is not going to get you there. An approach to music and improvisation that fosters creativity and musicality instead of the rigidity of theory rules. ![]() The players that can effortlessly create musical lines regardless of the tune or the key actually are thinking differently from the average improviser.Īnd this is something they’ve learned to do through practice and experience. What is it about these players that makes them different from the rest of us? Do they possess a special gift? Are they just talented? Or, do they know something the rest of us don’t? You could blindfold them, fly them to a jam session halfway around the world, call an obscure tune, and they would somehow be able to create flowing melodic lines that sound great every time. Have you ever noticed how there’s a special group of improvisers that seem to know EXACTLY what to play over any tune at any time – no matter what it is? The key doesn’t matter, the tempo doesn’t matter, even the style of music doesn’t matter…
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