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1 Name: Anonymous : 2021-10-24 11:37
anyone hates it when their "improv" is painful to listen to? how would you fix your improvs? how do you try and play your music as nice as possible?

you cant just tell yourself "keep playing"
right?
2 Name: Anonymous : 2021-10-24 15:27
if you're trying to improve your improvisational skills the solution really is to "keep playing" in a sense - I think the key to good improv is being deeply familiar with your instrument, so you can use it to musically move in the direction you want to move. the way to deepen that familiarity is to just keep playing and practicing. it also teaches you more about what you like and don't like - follow that gut feeling that says "that sounds cool" or "that's kind of lame", that's your voice!

funnily enough though, one of the things you figure out when you're getting to know your instrument is to know when to stop, I've seen a lot of great improv groups go on for way the fuck too long.
3 Name: Anonymous : 2021-10-24 16:47
→/read/1371427797/250

Here's an interesting reference text that Coltrane reportedly used. Seems like its somewhat popular for getting new patterns to base improv on. On that same idea, if you keep transcriptions of interesting phrases you hear, you can build up your own source book of patterns to incorporate. With the added benefit that they're tailored to personal taste.

Beyond exposing yourself to new patterns, I'm of the opinion that understanding theory underlies all masterful practice. There are always ideas that emerge from deeper looks at why music works.
4 Name: Anonymous : 2021-10-26 07:08
>>3
how do i use this book to say, play like this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAXJPop9LaY
or this?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNsh_wthv-4
5 Name: Anonymous : 2021-11-01 05:18
>>4
not the anon you're replying to, but based on my understanding of the book, you could use the melodic patterns in the book to expand your improvisational vocabulary so that you can solo over a set of chords in more varied ways. However, this book is kinda complex, and wont be very helpful if you don't already have decent improv skills/knowledge of music theory wrt improv.

i suppose it's also worth asking - what strategy you use when improvising? what do you specifically dislike about your improvisation?

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