Ready to boost your jazz improvisation skills for the piano? A lot more just, if you're playing a tune that's in swing time, after that you're currently playing to a triplet feel (you're imagining that each beat is split right into 3 eighth note triplets - and every off-beat you play is delayed and used the third triplet note (so you're not also playing two evenly spaced 8th notes to begin with).
So instead of playing 2 8 notes straight, which would last one quarter note ('one' - 'and'), you can divide that quarter note right into three '8th note triplet' notes - where each note of the triplet coincides length. The initial improvisation strategy is 'chord tone soloing', which suggests to compose tunes using the 4 chord tones of the chord (1 3 5 7).
I usually play natural 9ths over many chords - including all 3 chords of the major ii-V-I. This 'chordal structure' appears best if you play your right-hand man noisally, and left hand (chord) a little bit more quiet - to make sure that the audience hears the melody note on the top.
Merely precede any type of chord tone by playing the note a half-step below. To do this, stroll up in half-steps (through the whole colorful range), and make note of all the notes that aren't in your present range. Cm7 expression (7 9 3 5) with single melody note (C) played to fascinating rhythm.
Currently you could play this 5 note range (the incorrect notes) over the exact same C small 7 chord in your left hand. With this technique you simply play the exact same notes that you're already playing in the chord. Chord scale over - half-step listed below - target note (e.g. E - C# - D).
Many jazz piano improvisation piano solos feature a section where the tune quits, and the pianist plays a collection of chord voicings, to a fascinating rhythm. These include chord tone soloing, technique patterns, triplet rhythms, 'chordal structures', 'playing out' and more.
So instead of playing 2 8 notes straight, which would last one quarter note ('one' - 'and'), you can divide that quarter note right into three '8th note triplet' notes - where each note of the triplet coincides length. The initial improvisation strategy is 'chord tone soloing', which suggests to compose tunes using the 4 chord tones of the chord (1 3 5 7).
I usually play natural 9ths over many chords - including all 3 chords of the major ii-V-I. This 'chordal structure' appears best if you play your right-hand man noisally, and left hand (chord) a little bit more quiet - to make sure that the audience hears the melody note on the top.
Merely precede any type of chord tone by playing the note a half-step below. To do this, stroll up in half-steps (through the whole colorful range), and make note of all the notes that aren't in your present range. Cm7 expression (7 9 3 5) with single melody note (C) played to fascinating rhythm.
Currently you could play this 5 note range (the incorrect notes) over the exact same C small 7 chord in your left hand. With this technique you simply play the exact same notes that you're already playing in the chord. Chord scale over - half-step listed below - target note (e.g. E - C# - D).
Many jazz piano improvisation piano solos feature a section where the tune quits, and the pianist plays a collection of chord voicings, to a fascinating rhythm. These include chord tone soloing, technique patterns, triplet rhythms, 'chordal structures', 'playing out' and more.