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How Do I Practice Motivic Development for Jazz Improvisation?

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✅ Buy Jeremy's book 📚 at http://www.jeremysiskind.com/shop/ ✅ Buy me a coffee! ☕️ https://bmc.link/siskindpiano ✅ Schedule a lesson 📆 w/Jeremy. Save $5 w/code YOUTUBE: https://rb.gy/fatrw ✅ Sign up 📝 for Jeremy's mailing list at http://eepurl.com/geqUkz Pianist Jeremy Siskind (author of "Playing Solo Jazz Piano") addresses how to isolate motivic development devices used by jazz greats to learn to play more cohesive, coherent, story-like jazz improvisations.

About Jazz improvisation

Jazz improvisation is the spontaneous invention of melodic solo lines or accompaniment parts in a performance of jazz music. It is one of the defining elements of jazz. Improvisation is composing on the spot, when a singer or instrumentalist invents melodies and lines over a chord progression played by rhythm section instruments (piano, guitar, double bass) and accompanied by drums. Although blues, rock, and other genres use improvisation, it is done over relatively simple chord progressions whi...

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