A New Model In Viewing Improvisation - Lesson V

Tony DeCaprio gets down to the nitty-gritty in this hour-and-a-half lesson packed with improvisation concepts, opening the session by improvising over "Alone Together" and pressing on from there without letting up.

What's covered

• Nine individual arpeggiated sounds for a dominant chord — a path past any fear of altered chords and how to improvise over them in relation to their cadential functions
• Tony's "Units" studies, this time applying the melodic minor scale in a new way, so you're in the driver's seat with the jazz minor rather than stuck in a paint-by-numbers approach
• Playing fills where the melody is sparse, demonstrated over "There Will Never Be Another You" — a foundation for improving your accompaniment
• Fusing various scales together to enhance your improvised lines
• Off-the-cuff ideas for the blues, plus assorted musical tips and advice

It's a relaxed but unrelenting stream of ideas for the intermediate improviser who wants to move beyond formulas.