Composing & Improvising Strong Melodies on "Confirmation" | Lesson by Steve Herberman

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Channel: Mike's Master Classes · 2014 · Music

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By studying a wide variety of melodies of the master American popular song composers and jazz improvisers, I'll illustrate the concepts behind what make these phrases work. Once these devices are explored they can translate into the creation of consistently strong and swinging melodies. Concepts will include: weaving guide tone lines into a melody, melodic and rhythmic repetition, scale and arpeggio usage, line contours, rhythmic displacement, phrase length considerations, how to build lines that swing, creating lines from chord extensions and melodic embellishment. 

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