Jazz Clarinet

Creative Clarinet

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Learning chord progressions In order to improvise condently over any chord progression, it is important rst to become familiar with the notes in each chord and the sequence of the chords within the music. By following the steps below, you will learn techniques that you can apply when mastering the chords and chord progressions of any tune. To get started, play the 1st note of note of each chord in semibreves. We will demonstrate this by using the rst four bars of a blues in C. �

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Creative Clarinet

Improvising

 Pla   y  in  g a  lon  g w  ith  th  e C  D  T he CD pr ovides the backing to ever   y tune in C r eat iv   e C la   r in   et  I m pr ov is  i n g . Each tr ack includes space f or  you to solo. T r   y the f ollowing appr oach:

j T une up using the tuning not e located on tr ack 17 . T he tuning note is B. j Warm up b y pla ying the chord warm up and the solo scales located on the lef t-hand pag e nex t to each piece. j Star t b y lear ning to pla y the melody, without the CD. j Next, lear n to pla y the solo ide as or melody variation f or the piece, without the CD. j Now, with the CD, pla y the me lod y the r st time and on the second time t ak e a sol o. Use the chor d war m up, solo scales, and solo ideas or melod y var iatio n f or inspir ation, and as a g uide f or choosing  your notes when you ar e impr ovising . T he number s wr itten next to the solo instr uction— f or example Solo x4 0:41 — tell you how man y times the solo section is r epeated and wher e the solo sec tion beg ins on the CD. j Retur n to the melod y on the nal time thr oug h to conclude the tune. j Remember to listen closel y to the count-in at the beg inning  of each tune. j Have a g re   at time!

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Creative Clarinet

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