Where Are You Going With This? (A Lesson On Improvisation)

4,678 views · Published 23 July 2018 · 16:34 · Indexed 12 November 2026

Channel: David Wallimann · 2018 · Music

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In this video we are going to talk about an important topic for improvising and that is having a thread that conducts your musical ideas.

You need to plan ahead in your mind how you are going to develop your musical speech. Try to have two musical ideas, one can be a chord and the other one can be a rhythmic idea.

When you have a consistent thread you can convince your audience that you know where you are going musically. The key things to remember here are: purpose, intent, remember where you are and remember where you are going.

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