This course is not your typical course, but more of a training program. It is not so much about providing information with some examples, but much more about exercising. Training specific core skills for improvisation needs regular practice, and sticking with it for a while, taking it step by step.

Experiencing the real freedom of improvisation is only going to happen if basic technical hurdles are out of the way, so that you can confidently move through keys and chord progressions.

The basic technical hurdles are:

• not playing scales fluently and confidently enough

• not knowing how- or being able to build simple phrases, and expand upon them

• not being able to switch between keys without stopping

All three of these hurdles will hold you back in jazz improvisation, but you can train them here.

By the way, doing these exercises does not mean you cannot learn other aspects of jazz playing as well at the same time, in fact you should, but keeping the workout as a guideline for your basic training routine, that you come back to very regularly, will ultimately pay off in all other aspects of playing jazz.

Send me a chat message or use any of the comments sections if you have questions .

Matt Otten

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