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I decided to name this room based on the idea of dealing with musical involvement in all its' aspects within the context of the forum itself.I'd like to invite anyone who wants to get info about improvisation,specific styles of jazz piano,voicings,melodic concepts,transcription, harmony,theory,composition,practice routines,online sources of educational materials,and related subjects to post here and I'll try to give as complete a response as possible when I can;and send you over to Scot,Barry,7,Ryan,Mike,Whacky,Albetan,et al for more info(or when I think you're asking about something they'd be better suited to reply to!)
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A couple of cautionary notes about this method: 1.You've got to watch how whatever power source you use affects the pitch. Also adding to this variable...

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First of all, decide on a line you want to internalize. The process of being able to play a given melodic phrase as part of an improvised solo in a "s...

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that effort is the conscious awareness of how little effect it all had in any tangible, perceivable way; subsequently these type of formerly-motivated play...

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Use whole notes at first for the F and the G#, but when you get to the Abm7,rest for two beats, then play a descending arpeggiated form of Bbm7 over the...

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3.Once I find chord to chord melodies I like, the next step is to see what patterns they suggest. At this point, you're thinking in terms of more than...

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Another way of working with this approach is to take the exact notes you're using to play the chord and play and/or sing them as melody notes over the...

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Although some of the formatting is a little off,I figured I'd post this here until things are finalized from the other site- Developing Melodic Impro...

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Thanks for answer.

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Message to all "visitors" I decided to name this room based on the idea of dealing with musical involvement in all its' aspects within the cont...

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Hi Gary: I was reading Scot´s room now and i saw that you mentioned a message to me. I did not receive it. Now i will test a private message to you. God...

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