Solo Improvising with Chords

Improvising with Chords is another method of filling in short segments, or for that matter whole parts of a song with big sound.

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Improvising with Octave Unisons

Octave unison is an improvising technique that is easy to understand and takes just a little practice to implement.

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Pedagogical Analysis: Preparing to Teach a New Piano Piece

Thinking about introducing a new piece of music? In teaching you often have an agenda or are helping a student learn a piece that he or she has requested. New pieces are great ways to teach new concepts, but you need to be careful and avoid introducing too much at once. Guest Blogger Maria Rainier explains.

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Teach Students to Read Music with ACE Groups

As music teachers, most of us have had to start from scratch with new students, teaching note names, grand staff navigation, line and space patterns, and the connections between notation and sound.

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Creating a Musical Motif

Many students struggle with the very concept of improvising and believe you need to be able to create a motif on the fly. That is, create some melody or pattern instantly. It’s this idea, that its instant, which becomes a road block to improvising.

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Experiment with Rock Accompaniment

More ideas on adding rock accompaniment and voicing seventh chords to a song and your melody.

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Using Voicings for Waltz Accompaniment

Waltz Accompaniment Example. Once you’ve decided on the voicing you want to use chord change to change you also going to have to decide on the rhythmic pattern that you will be using with the song. This is the style or type of feel you are going to give the song.

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