D minor Jazz The Right Hand Groove- Part 2. 2 2
Usually when people begin to improvise, they try to put in far too many notes. 3 3
It just becomes overwhelming and not very interesting. 4 4
If you listen to good jazz music, it's not always just fancy rifts and runs, 5 5
it's more like a conversation. 6 6
There's lots of variety. 7 7
Single notes, and melodic patterns, and some runs, a bit more space, and so on. 8 8
We don't have to play 100 notes a second to sound okay. 9 9
In the next practice, 10 10
we'll show you how to build the right hand slowly from the bottom up. 11 11
We'll now take it literally one note at a time. 12 12
[SOUND] Improvise with just one note to begin with, then add another. 13 13
[SOUND] And another. 14 14
And so on. 15 15
Wanna do this over the D minor jazz chords. 16 16
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Right hand's going to play the D blues scale. 18 18
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Okay, gonna play it one up above so we don't clash with the left hand. 20 20
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And to memorize the D Blues Scale, look at the shifts. 22 22
So you've got Two Ds. 23 23
[SOUND] Those three [SOUND] white keys in the middle. 24 24
[SOUND] The middle of the three black keys. 25 25
[SOUND] If you add in the C-D, so there's C-D, cuz you think of the word CD. 26 26
[SOUND] Those three in the middle, [SOUND] and 27 27
the middle [SOUND] of the three black keys. 28 28
So C-D, [SOUND] C-D. 29 29
So, C-D. 30 30
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So let's get started. 33 33
Remember start, just with one note. 34 34
[SOUND] And it's gonna be the root note of the D blues scale. 35 35
So you may think how can I improvise with just one note, 36 36
one note there's nothing there. 37 37
But that's the challenge, how can you make one note sound interesting? 38 38
Think of the one note sound. 39 39
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So one note can sound interesting if you change it, 41 41
if you give it variety, if you repeat things, give it some space. 42 42
Give it a go. 43 43
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Now two notes. 45 45
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Now three notes. 47 47
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Okay. 49 49
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Now four notes. 51 51
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Now five notes. 53 53
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Then you have a little three note pattern. 55 55
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Then you have a. 57 57
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So then you could use the notes from two or three octaves. 59 59
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And remember you can still use the scale of D minor seven. 61 61
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