Improvising

Subject: Improvising
From: John in Brisbane
Date: 13 Mar 01 - 02:53 AM

This URL gives a really simple rundown on how to do simple instrumental runs that sound great. http://www.freesheetmusic.net/improvise.html

Regards, John

Subject: RE: Improvising
From: CarolC
Date: 13 Mar 01 - 02:32 PM

Thanks for this, John in Brisbane. I wonder if I could use it for the bases and chords on my accordion.

Carol

Subject: RE: Improvising
From: MMario
Date: 13 Mar 01 - 04:40 PM

Interesting article...

and BTW - Good to "see" you again.

Subject: RE: Improvising
From: Sorcha
Date: 13 Mar 01 - 07:01 PM

Error 404 for me.........

Subject: RE: Improvising
From: Giac
Date: 13 Mar 01 - 07:48 PM

Me too, Sorcha, wonder what's the dang deal.

Subject: RE: Improvising
From: John in Brisbane
Date: 13 Mar 01 - 08:04 PM

This was just a fleeting visit to make a contribution. Hope the Mudcat is going well - I've been drying out for almost three months but as we know the Forum is very addictive.

Carol C, the improvisation technique is clearly aimed at the right hand of your type of instrument. I would encourage you to experiment to your hearts content with your left hand. As you know the traditional approach to box playing is fairly predictable with emphatic dependence on the root note of the chord for the bass line, but variation adds musical spice. A lot of younger Celtic players are now playing non-folkie chords/chord progressions to accompany tunes and for mr that's really exciting. I for one would love to see some written arrangements for trad tunes that have less conventional chord structures.

Regards, John

PS My new email is [e-mail]

Subject: RE: Improvising
From: CarolC
Date: 13 Mar 01 - 08:53 PM

Thanks, John in Brisbane. Although I think I know a lot less than you think I know. (But I'm working on it.)

All the best,

Carol

Subject: RE: Improvising
From: ddw
Date: 14 Mar 01 - 01:05 AM

JiB — thanks a bunch for the blue clickey. I've been looking for an explanation of pentatonics that made sense to me and this one looks great. Now come the work......

david

Subject: RE: Improvising
From: GUEST
Date: 14 Mar 01 - 01:09 PM

Is he doing this because fiddle players don't normally use a pentatonic scale when improvising? He approaches the subject as to how it applies to fiddle players, but exclusively mentions guitarists every time he wants to point to a musician who uses the pentatonic scale....

Subject: RE: Improvising
From: GUEST,John in Brisbane
Date: 15 Mar 01 - 11:00 PM

Carol C, I was listening to a song called Heart (I think) by Mary Coghlan on the radio, which made me think of you. Not sure that I'd heard the song before but it has an accordion playing a break in the piece, which was largely pentatonic (with a few chromatic bits) that's as good an example as any of what the web article is all about. It could equally have been guitar, violin, harmonica or sax taking the lead.

Regards, John