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Improvising Ballad Style.
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Exercise 3.
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One easy way to begin improvising without
having to learn too many scales or
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patterns is just to simply vary
the structure or rhythm of C, F notes.
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So, these are usually chord tones,
and with the second as a passing note.
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Chord tones, so
far you've learnt your basic pattern.
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You've been adding in C,
F notes first of all, pentatonic scale.
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Or just simply the chord tones of C.
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Obviously, that's gonna work,
cuz it fits in with the chord.
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And the second note always works.
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Okay.
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Now, if you want to make this sound more
exciting without having to do too much
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more, all you have to do is vary the
structure or the rhythm of these notes.
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So, let's return to the last
sequence you played,
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which was the basic left hand pattern,
followed by the second and the third.
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Okay, and you played that in
a very structured way up and down.
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This time, in exercise three, I'm going
to play the sequence repeatedly, but
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now and again experiment with the order
in which you play the four higher notes.
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So, that's-
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the four higher notes.
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So, don't do anything else with
the rhythm, just play it once and
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then experiment with
the four notes at the top.
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So, you're going to pretend that you're
beating out the pattern on a set of
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bongos, just change.
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Okay, you don't know what you're going
to do, but you're just varying it.
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You're experimenting.
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So, lets try it.
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So, straight up and down would be-
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So lets try just varying the structure and
the rhythm of these C, F notes.
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Change it down to A minor.
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F.
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G.
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You're just experimenting, trying
different patterns, pausing on a note,
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extending a note, okay?