Learning To Improvise

This collection of tutorials covers the concepts needed for the beginner to understand and learn how to improvise a single note melody, lead or solo over a chord progression or key signature. This includes key signature as the scale that relates all chords in a progression, rhythmically targeting chord tones, building melodies, musical phrases from the scale, and chord tones as a basis for improvising over the chord progression.

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Christopher Schlegel
Introduction to Improvisation For Beginners

Christopher will introduce the concepts needed for the beginner to understand and learn how to improvise a single note melody, lead or solo over a major key chord progression. This includes key signature as the scale that relates all chords in a progression, rhythmically targeting chord tones, building melodies and musical phrases from the scale and chord tones as a basis for improvising over the chord progression.

Published: 10/15/2017 Upgrade
Christopher Schlegel
Improvisation in a Major Key

Christopher will show you the concepts required to improvise. You will learn how to improvise a single note melody, lead or solo over a major key chord progression. This includes finding the key signature as the scale that relates all chords in a progression, rhythmically targeting chord tones, building melodies and musical phrases from the scale and chord tones as a basis for improvising over the chord progression. You will also gets a lot of practice applying those concepts.

Published: 11/15/2017 Upgrade
Christopher Schlegel
Improvisation in a Minor Key

Christopher will show you the concepts required to improvise. You will learn how to improvise a single note melody, lead or solo over a minor key chord progression. This includes finding the key signature as the scale that relates all chords in a progression, rhythmically targeting chord tones, building melodies and musical phrases from the scale and chord tones as a basis for improvising over the chord progression. You will also gets a lot of practice applying those concepts.

Published: 12/15/2017 Upgrade
Christopher Schlegel
Improvisation in a Major Key Series 2

Christopher will show you more ideas on how to improvise. You will learn how to improvise a single note melody, lead or solo over a major key chord progression. In this tutorial we'll learn more about finding the key signature, rhythmically targeting chord tones and building melodies and musical phrases. We'll also practice alternating between playing the chord progression and the lead melody.

Published: 01/15/2018 Upgrade
Christopher Schlegel
Improvisation in a Minor Key Series 2

Christopher will show you more ideas on how to improvise. You will learn how to improvise a single note melody, lead or solo over a minor key chord progression. In this tutorial we'll learn more about finding the key signature, rhythmically targeting chord tones and building melodies and musical phrases. We'll also practice alternating between playing the chord progression and the lead melody.

Published: 02/15/2018 Upgrade