Cloth Ears -> RE: Musical Brain with improv (Jan. 15 2015 20:55:26)
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You are trying to run before you can walk: don't worry about that; we all do that! More important than anything is learning the compas. Once you have the feel of a palo's compas, and you know what scale it uses predominantly, then you may apply your admirable picado and other techniques in a more improvisational way. Personally I started off studying Led Zeppelin and other blues inspired rock music that I learned to improvise to. That early learning process has given me the ability to jam to almost anything that I understand the structure to. If I listen to any pop song, I can jam the chord/bass/melody to it within minutes. I would have more trouble doing that with a modulating piece of jazz. The key thing I am saying is understand what you are jamming to and play along to recordings to gain experience. Beyond that: study theory. There are loads of free web based study resources available if you search google. Eventually you will understand why some intervals provide useful dissonance and be able to used them in your improvisation. You said it: no pain, no gain.
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