Location
Online
Dates
Can be taken anytime
Course Type
Professional Training Course
Accreditation
Yes (Details)
Language
English
Price
$20

Course Overview

About this Course:

This course is aimed at students that have not improvised before, the technique consists of teaching you 16 jazz phrases, based on the blues scale, and can be used in a modular fashion, like a pick and mix. It is done in a call and response manor, I play and you copy, this will give you the confidence to improvise.It has step by step specially designed playing exercises, with pop-up written music and great backing tracks, superbly demonstrated by Simon.

Start Improvising To Express Your Musical Self

Each 15 minute video lesson is broken into 4 parts-

  • Introduction of the 4 new phrases.
  • Call and response with Simon.
  • A demonstration from Simon.
  • Then an opportunity to ''go solo'' with the backing track.
  • It will encourage you to memorise music

Some musicians are fearful of memorising music and this technique takes away the fear of getting it wrong, after all jazz is playing wrong notes in the write way.

Basic knowledge:

  • It would be helpful for the students to know the notes in the G blues Scale for alto players and the C blues scale for tenor players

Who should take this course

Who is the target audience?

Any one who desires to learn it.

Accreditation

Course Completion Certificate

Course content

What you will learn:

Content and Overview:

At the end of this course of 5 lessons, you will be able to improvise on the blues scale in a cool and ''pro'' manor, by taking my suggested phrases and your own to ideas for your performance. Improvise like a "pro" on the Blues scale, and be able to improvise with other musicians. Being relaxed when playing jazz with other people and will have a good idea about playing Blues.

About Course Provider

Simpliv LLC, a platform for learning and teaching online courses. We basically focus on online learning which helps to learn business concepts, software technology to develop personal and professional goals through video library by recognized industry experts or trainers.

Why Simpliv

With the ever-evolving industry trends, there is a constant need of the professionally designed learning solutions that deliver key innovations on time and on a budget to achieve long-term success.

Simpliv understands the changing needs and allows the global learners to evaluate their technical abilities by aligning the learnings to key business objectives in order to fill the skills gaps that exist in the various business areas including IT, Marketing, Business Development, and much more.

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