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wwwopus28coukjazzarticleshtml B PENTATONICS BY CHORD TYPE1WHAT TO PLAY ON A MINOR 7TH CHORD n rnnnrnnnn. A technique that will help you gain confidence!. Charades. Why is charades considered improvisation?. You are working towards a goal. You are creating a way of expressing emotion without pre planning. You are communicating with the other people in the room using non verbal communication. . Improvisation. The portrayal of a character or a scene without rehearsal or preparation. . There is NO formal script.. Character is conveyed primarily by voice, body language, and movement. . Goals of a Director. The Nature of Improvisation. in Jazz Music. The . Nature . & Methods . of . Improvisation. The . Etymology . of “Improvisation”. Improvisation versus Composition. Musical performance. ,. flow, . and the individual. . Marc . Duby, PhD. . (Professor of Music, Rhodes . University Dept. of . Music, Grahamstown, South Africa). . . 2nd Jazz Education Network conference: New Orleans, LA (January 2011) . Philip Joyner, Jr.. Memphis City Schools. Instrumental Music Specialist. What is Improvisation?. Webster’s New World Dictionary:. Improvise:. 1. to compose and simultaneously perform without any preparation; extemporize. Definition. : A five tone scale (not including octave) that contains no half steps. . Working Definition: . In any . Major. key, write out the scale and . remove notes 4 and 7. . The remainder is your pentatonic scale. . N5/6 Music. Concepts this week. National 3. Blues, Jazz, Improvisation, Accent, on the beat, off the beat. National 4. Ragtime, Swing, Scat singing, Syncopation. National 5. Walking Bass. Higher. Soul Music, Jazz Funk. Focusing on the Jazz elements present in the song. 1. Ms Molihan. What is Jazz Music?. Jazz Music is a . world music that draws from many musical cultures involving advanced rhythms, harmonies, and improvisation, as well as the idea of making your instrument an extension of your own . pictures have in common?. . . Topic Learning Goals. . . . To . consolidate all the skills learnt during . Level 1 . by . composing an 8 bar melody and writing it down using music notation. . Rhythms can be sounded out using anything. You can use your body – mouth, hands, fingers, or feet – to capture a rhythm. You can also use . found instruments . – ordinary objects like your pencil, keys, backpack, or desktop.. Critic. 'You automatically stop thinking about anything else and listen': . Phillip Larkin in 1966 .  . Larkin ignored . jazz’s development after the bebop revolution of the late Forties. . Bop is “nervous . . Here’s the G Major Pentatonic Scale. (Note how it is built up on the I / II / III / V / VI degrees of the scale). It is the same pentatonic scale as Ravel starts with – just a semitone higher. The Nature of Improvisation. in Jazz Music. The . Nature . & Methods . of . Improvisation. The . Etymology . of “Improvisation”. Improvisation versus Composition. Lesson 7 . Piano Man Jazz Intro and Accidentals In this lesson, you will review some piano staff basics and discover how accidentals (sharps, flats, and naturals) affect notes while you learn the Piano Man Jazz Intro.