Improvising at beginner's steps
Mon, 03/02/2015 - 08:51
Hi David!
Coming back to your site and playing after a certain hiatus, I decided to review the first three levels. Now regarding improvisation skills, in Level 1, Walk with me, should I dedicate time to the licks application section and chorus forms that are part of that lesson or leave that aside until Level 4, where you address Improvisation lessons? This seems to me very similar in content, and since you now locate that from level 4 on, I suppose, at beginner level you suggest we concentrate on other stuff.
Morning Stef. I recommend you dig into Chorus Forms with Tongue Blocking Study 2, "Temperature" is full of great licks and you'll benefit from the practice. Developing improvising skills takes many, many years, so getting into Chorus Forms as early as possible is a good idea. This is when I do it with my private students by the way.