It's all concerning discovering jazz piano improvisation sheet music language when it comes to becoming a great jazz improviser. So unlike the 'half-step listed below technique' (which can be outside the scale), when approaching from over it seems much better when you maintain your notes within the scale that you remain in. That's why it's called the 'chord scale over' technique - it remains in the range.

So as opposed to playing 2 eight notes straight, which would last one quarter note ('one' - 'and'), you can split that quarter note right into 3 '8th note triplet' notes - where each note of the triplet coincides size. The first improvisation method is 'chord tone soloing', which means to compose tunes making use of the four chord tones of the chord (1 3 5 7).

I usually play all-natural 9ths over most chords - consisting of all 3 chords of the major ii-V-I. This 'chordal appearance' sounds finest if you play your right-hand man noisally, and left hand (chord) a bit quieter - so that the audience listens to the melody note ahead.

Just precede any type of chord tone by playing the note a half-step listed below. To do this, stroll up in half-steps (through the entire chromatic range), and make note of all the notes that aren't in your present range. Cm7 enunciation (7 9 3 5) with single tune note (C) played to interesting rhythm.

Jazz musicians will certainly play from a wide variety of pre-written melodious forms, which are placed prior to a 'target note' (generally a chord tone, 1 3 5 7). Initially allow's develop the 'appropriate notes' - generally I 'd play from the dorian range over small 7 chord.

A lot of jazz piano solos include a section where the tune stops, and the pianist plays a series of chord voicings, to an intriguing rhythm. These include chord tone soloing, approach patterns, triplet rhythms, 'chordal appearances', 'playing out' and more.