How to Practice Improvisation
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- Опубликовано: 11 авг 2020
- A common question amongst members of the Chick Corea Academy is, “How do you practice improvisation?”.
Here’s what Chick had to say about it:
"My suggestion is using a principle that I’ve described in some detail in previous workshops called gradients. You do it step by step. Think of a newborn baby. They’re not walking yet but they want to walk. Around a year old, maybe a little older - they start to get up on their feet, you know? How do they learn to walk? Well, it’s a gradient. You know, parents go, 'Wow, he walked!' Then he took a step and fell down, but he got up and he walked again. It’s a good example of a gradient.
You can see the purpose that a tot has, at that point, to want to walk. He doesn't care how many times he falls down. He keeps getting up and keeps doing it and keeps succeeding little by little until he’s running a marathon a couple years later.
It’s exactly the same principle of how you practice improvisation. Wherever you are in terms of your fluency or how well you can get it going, you have to start there and just keep doing it, and doing it, and doing it. If you don’t keep going too far over your current ability level, just keep pulling it back until you make it a smaller adventure. If you make it an adventure that makes it a loss, and you go, 'I can don’t do that anymore', then you’re not practicing correctly."
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This can be applied to anything in life, great insights, rest in peace Mr Corea.
indeed
Absolutely!
R.I.P. Maestro
I just discovered this legend
Emphasis on Maestro.
he died?
R.I.P.
Thank you master Chick Corea, I Wish you well.🩵
A couple other suggestions for practicing improvisation:
record yourself and then go over it- this has been massively helpful for me in improvisation and classical
Get a backing track and then practice singing solos
Oh, yes. Great tips! and if I may add one; practicing arpeggios, and practice using them. I have done the mistake of overlooking the power of arpeggios until just a few months ago. They've changed a lot for me ever since i started taking them more seriously. These will be really helpful later on when moving towards the next step which would be; moving away from backing tracks and towards hearing/keeping track of the progression in ones mind - only to the beat of a metronome. They're also really helpful when learning songs, exploring different improvisational techniques like bebop, or when figuring out how to use more "awkward" sounding scales like the altered scale.
Rest in peace... legend 🖤. Thank you for your music, always.
A saxophonist at Chicago Jazz fest, maybe 2000, said, “First you crawl, then you walk, then you run, and then you strut.”
yearbook qoute if ever I heard one.
I literally just discovered this guy yesterday. So helpful and inspirational! It's a shame I never knew of him while he was living, but the impact he'll continue to make after his death is beautiful.
same i only discovered him less than 1 minute ago
Same I discovered him less than a minute ago
I love Chick. His music has accompanied me for most of my life.
His mannerisms in these video clips remind me of a Fred Armisen character. Who I also love.
After decades studying Chick Corea, the man and the music, and doing my homework, I noticed that it's almost impossible to play like him. His creativity seems unlimited. He was really a musical genius of the level of Beethoven, Chopin or Debussy. He listened every note and idea in his mind before playing, so, he was guided by the instrument, but he chooses what musical idea he wanted, and played exactly what he wanted, and not played what he didn't want. He kept at the top of the momentum all the time without losing it, but he did it naturally, never forced ideas to come. He had the whole thing in his mind, although he saw ibfinite ways, he choose the best ones. This is very difficult. I don't know many other guys that could do that, perhaps Bill Evans. 🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
The Master Teacher. Have followed and played his music since I was in my early teens.
Thank you Chick Corea, for everything.
The only comforting thing about your recent checkout from earth is that you inspired a whole new generation of musicians to keep practising and getting out of their comfort zone. By just listening to them i will always remember how single individuals like you can actually make this world a better place to live. Thanks for that.
This guy IS brilliant. He is so loved and will always be with us! Thank you Chick for just being you!!!
Dang, I miss him. I never met him, but I miss him.
R.I.P. maestro, thanks for all your wisdom, inspiration and fantastic playing, leading the way for younger musicians. For a life in Music well spent and develloping talent to the utmost.
If you really love to improvise . You will study and practice like there's no tomorrow. Your innovative ideas will gradually improve your improvisational skills. Listening to other people improvise is one of the first steps to self improvement.
I love your quick minute approach to teaching. Bite sized and tasty. And really helpful coming from a master. Thank you for taking time to share your knowledge and experience Chick.
Thank you for sharing your amazing talent. RIP Chick ❤
Literally best piece of advice anyone can give when it comes to real improvement. You want to work hard and be ambitious but you also want to be clear about what you’re working on and realistic with your short term aims.
Fantastic, thank you for who you are Chick.
Good analogy, practice makes us better.
Great explanation! Can't wait to learn from the best.
So many great videos he left for musicians. Much appreciated!
You can actually apply this to any skill/trade in life
Good advice!
Thanks chick is good to hear that specially from a master....is a hard process but is worth to enjoy it.
Man, i was feeling down but this legend gave me to motivation i needed! Thank you and Rest in Peace. 🕊
So good! This guy was so good.
Such amazing lessons. Thank-you Chick!
AFTER ALL THE YEARS OF LISTENING TO CHICK COREA,S MUSICAL INCARNATIONS AND WITNESSING THESE CLASSES OF INSPIRATION ,ALL I CAN SAY THIS CAT WAS BEAUTIFUL - TEARS RIP TO MASTER COREA.
Great advice! Thank you Chick!
This is an excellent, helpful example.
Words of real wisdom. Thank you always, friend.
Thank you very much! simple but huge tips!!
Some other thoughts inspired by this video:
#1: Creating specific goals is the most effective way to rapidly achieve musical growth.
The best practice has a purpose that you’ve outlined in advance. Every exercise you create for your practice needs to tie to a goal. Think of each practice session like building a pyramid, with your desired outcome at the top. Each block is strategically positioned.
#2: Distraction-free environments foster an effective practice session.
#3: Objectively analyzing your playing is critical to success.
Getting better at analyzing our playing is one of the best tools we have for making consistent progress.
Analyzing your playing has two components:
- Aural attentiveness - knowing what to listen to in your playing. These are things like rhythmic accuracy, articulation, tone, phrasing, etc. We recognize these implicitly when we hear “good musicians”, but applying that same standard to your own playing is a skill.
- Ability to tie what you’ve noticed back to your goals. Once you’ve recognized where your playing falls short, use that as your foundation for honing in your practice.
#4 Mindful over mindless practice, always.
So many of us just sit down and play without any thought to what or why we’re doing it, and then we practice poorly for 5 years until we inevitably get baffled and frustrated by our lack of progress.
How can you expect to improve without pushing yourself? It’s ludicrous to think that improving your ability wouldn’t require focused thought.
Happy practicing!
❤️✨ thanks for your music and inspiration,. we will not forget you,.
Thank you Chick.
Good reminders here and inspiration to keep improvising! Thank you!
such wisdom....RIP Maestro
Wisdom from a master!
Thanks, Brother Chick.. RIP..
I watched the entire video hoping for some improv. Kept me on my toes the whole time
thanx for all your knoledge music and greatful
rest in peace, legend 🙏🙏
Thank you so much! I miss you...
Thank You Master...
MASTER,........SO IMPORTANT,..........THANK YOU
Live forever Maestro
May a legend Rest In Peace.
Rest in peace, great Maestro. 🙏🏻🎹
Really good 👍
Bravo!!!!👏👏👏👏🙏🎶💗💘👏💓🥰🥰🌹☀️🌿🌷🌹💓👏💗💗🌺🎈😇❤️💐🌺🎶🎶🙏🎶🎶
RIP, legend.
R.I.P.
RIP My piano hero !
Merci !🌿🌹🌿🌞🌿🌹🌿🌞🌿🌹🌿🙏
R.I.P. 🌟
I consider this man to have been the greatest musician that ever lived. Forget what was played, remember how it was played.
Rest In Pease my favorite musician
Chick forever!!!
Baby steps, enjoy the process.
Can’t believe the master is gone RIP Maestro
So sad about the news. My polish great uncle actually has played with Chick once. The peformance is on youtube
I just want to give him a big hug and buy him a cappuccino.......
Chic is a influence on my Jazz fusion playing. Even after a Grammy nomination I still play jazz. Just released a fusion EP. Improv is letting people know what's going on in your soul.
Rest in peace legend
I love your comments
Папа Чик...! СУПЕР!!!
i agree
totally
превео сам на гоогле човече
Could you comment on the COVID thing and who is playing the notes for us ?
Is really sad this loss...
Another good one. Play with a metronome. You will be surprised.
❤️🙏🏼
R.I.P Chick
R.I.P
im sad he's gone
I have questions, when people like cory henry, chick corea, jesus molina, bill evans etc seat at the piano and start improvising, have they memorized what they are improvising, or it comes naturally? and to reach that level should I memorize my licks, patterns and scales etc. and improvise over different chords?
RIP
Repetition,,is key to learning or getting it. I, tell Young Drummers this constantly. Yet ,all they seem to want is Jumping ahead .You have to sit wwwwwwwwwwwwwww/ it analyse it .Repeat.Front ,back ,then play it Ten ways.
How to improvise? Improvise lots
OMG gradients is Scientology tech!
lol I was wondering if there was some scientology in here....
Kiss: Keep it simple, stupid. I think that’s the big takeaway here. Play just barely within your abilities and you’ll improve naturally as long as you never stop.
Rip Chick.
Rip #Genuis
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I had seen this before. I loved Chick Corea but he didn't tell us How to Practice Improvisation. He said star there, where? keep doing what? I was very sad in these series he did. Maybe he just didn't teach.
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Joe biden possessed him😂😂😂
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There is no practice in improvisation. Because its improv in the moment of the now. You just work on ideas and build arsenal to use while improvising.
This is precisely how Jordan Peterson describes the learning process
I hit some Maj3rds on minor chords. That is just a mistake. It's not improvisation. Lazy musicians cover their wrong notes with a weighted blanket of improvisation. Do a mistake and you are forced to make a big deal about it. Mistake has got to be justified with massive development. All this improvisation just to cover up fat fingers. It was supposed to sound like that.....
Well, if you hit both the major and minor 3rd and have a b7th in your chord you get a Dominant 7th #9, and you're on your way to some pretty cool sounding reharmonization. It actually works pretty well here and there instead of just a regular minor 7th chord.
You can play any note over any chord, including a min 3rd over a maj chord, but the trick is to hit the chord tones on the downbeat.
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