A Beginner Overview To Jazz Piano Improvisation

Ready to boost your Jazz Piano Improvisation improvisation abilities for the piano? More simply, if you're playing a tune that's in swing time, then you're currently playing to a triplet feel (you're envisioning that each beat is separated right into three 8th note triplets - and every off-beat you play is postponed and played on the 3rd triplet note (so you're not also playing 2 uniformly spaced eighth notes to begin with).

So rather than playing two 8 notes in a row, which would last one quarter note ('one' - 'and'), you can divide that quarter note right into three 'eighth note triplet' notes - where each note of the triplet coincides size. The very first improvisation method is 'chord tone soloing', which means to make up melodies using the 4 chord tones of the chord (1 3 5 7).

I typically play natural 9ths above many chords - consisting of all 3 chords of the significant ii-V-I. This 'chordal structure' seems finest if you play your right-hand man noisally, and left hand (chord) a little bit quieter - to make sure that the audience hears the melody note ahead.

Just come before any chord tone by playing the note a half-step listed below. To do this, walk up in half-steps (via the whole colorful scale), and make note of all the notes that aren't in your existing range. Cm7 enunciation (7 9 3 5) with single tune note (C) played to interesting rhythm.

Currently you can play this 5 note scale (the incorrect notes) over the very same C minor 7 chord in your left hand. With this method you just play the same notes that you're currently playing in the chord. Chord range above - half-step below - target note (e.g. E - C# - D).

NOTE: You likewise get a wonderful series of actions to play, from 7 - 1 - 9 - 3 - if you wish to play a short range in your solo. Nonetheless, to quit your having fun from appearing predictable (and burst out of 8th note pattern), you need to differ the rhythms now and then.