7/8/13

Nice to be back. I should be able to keep the daily cup going here for the next four and a half weeks. Here we go!

I wanted to do something in Eb minor today. This is definitely one of those melody based improvisations, where I hear a melody as I go and the harmony follows. It does happen that the next chord change pops into my head and the melody follows while doing this but the melody drives most of it (here). I will pre-meditate a chord progression when I want that to drive the improvisation, then the melody emerges from the harmony. That's a bit easier to do for me because the chord sequence is set and I can build on it, set up a groove and/or create a melody with space between phrases (just one of many ways to go for example).

But here it's create a melody on the fly, decide what chords/harmony to go with it at the same time. This is most difficult and is reflected in a contemplative or even arduous sounding piece.

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