Piano Improvisation
Making music began with improvisation. Improvisation was the genesis of the music they refined into written compositions. Twentieth-century many pianists who pursue professional goals did not improvise. What they overlooked was that improvisation stimulates creativity, imagination, expressive exploration, qualities that nourish all performance. This course will help you learn to improvise by taking you through many of the points. It is designed for people who already have musical training, this process can go much faster.
Outline = Improvisation at the Piano
- Relationship of Chords to Scales (Modes)
- Chord – Tone Pattern
- Rhythmic Styles – Walking Bass Lines
- Essential Jazz Piano Phrase
- Upper & Lower Neighbors Notes
- Scale Patterns
- Diminished Seventh Chords and the Diminished Scale
- Major 7 chords and what to play over them
- Minor chords and what to play over them
- II-V-I Progressions and what to play over them
- Blues Scale
- The Melodic Minor Scale
- Modes
- Blues Scale Exercises
- Keyboard Runs: C6. CM7 Ab7 . C7 Dm7 G7b9
- I I#d7 I/V VI7 II V I C#dim
- Bass Lines Using fifth and octaves for a repeating I-VI-II-V progression and cycle of fifth dominant seventh chords and chromatic leading tones and neighbour notes with right hand rhythm syncopation.
About Us :
Past Events We Have Performed
The Music Works has been blessed to have had collaborated with and performed for Singapore’s government sector functions, State events, MNC functions, and other notable events including the late Minister Mentor Mr. Lee Kuan Yew’s memoir book launch/birthday celebration, a performance for His Excellency Mr. Xi Jinping’s (then Vice President of the People’s Republic of China), OCBC Private Banking & BMW’s Product Launch alongside a full list of other reputable corporate clients.
We are also proud to offer our experience in organizing and scaling functions for personal occasions such as weddings, birthdays & anniversaries, etc.
His past performance includes:
| States Events |
| His Excellency Olafur Ragnar Grimsson – President of the Republic of Iceland and Mdm Dorrit Moussaieff.
His Excellency Gen (Ret) Prayut Chan-O-Cha Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand and A/Prof Naraporn Chan-O-Cha. His Excellency Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono President of the Republic of Indonesia. His Majesty King Abdullah II of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. His Excellency Tsakhia Elbegdorj President of the Mongolia. His Excellency Sheikh Abdullah Bin Nasser Prime Minister and Minister of Interior of the State of Qatar. His Serene Highness Hereditary Prince Alois of the Principality of Liechtenstein. His Excellency Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao Prime Minister and Minister of Defense and Security of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste. His Excellency Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono President of the Republic of Indonesia. His Excellency Aleksandr Lukashenko President of the Republic of Belarus. His Excellency Donald Tusk Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland. His Excellency Jean Marc Ayrault Prime Minister of The French Republic and Mrs Brigitte Ayrault. The Right Honourable John Key Prime Minister of New Zealand. His Excellency Mahinda Rajapaksa President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. Her Excellency Yingluck Shinawatra Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand His Excellency The Right Honourable David Johnston Governor General of Canada. His Excellency Truong Tan Sang President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. His Excellency Denis Sassou-Nguesso President of the Republic of Congo His Excellency Dr Heinz Fischer Federal President of the Republic of Austria. His Excellency Mr Xi Jinping’s (then Vice President of the People’s Republic of China) His Excellency Hun Sen Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia. His Excellency HE Mohamed Nasheed President of the Republic of Maldives. |
| Multinational Corporate (MNC) |
| Producer for NTUC Theme Song “Solidarity Forever”.
12 – Piece Big band for SNEC Annual Dinner. 13 – Piece Dixieland cum Dance Band for SSO 25th Anniversary. 26 Piece Orchestra with SSO for Standard Chartered Band 140th Anniversary – Conducted Bart Folse. 21 – Piece orchestra for Sony convention – Conducted by Lin Chien Kwan – Assistant professor of East School of Music. OCBC – Private Banking UBS – Private Banking UOB – Private Banking Investment Seminar for Premium Customers AIA – Award Ceremony Prudential – Award Ceremony SIA – Award Ceremony BMW – Product Launch Sembawang Ship Yard – Appreciation Event Cartier – Product Launch Far East Organization – Showroom GICs – Networking Event Singapore Tatler – Networking Event Canon – Appreciation Night |
| Other Collaborations |
| Concert tour with Taiwanese Singer Su Rei in Indonesia.
Session Player for HK Superstar Alam Tham and Late Leslie Cheung. NUS – Graduation Ceremony SGH – Conference HDB Hub – Annual Dinner Late Minister Mentor Mr Lee Kuan Yew – Launch of Memoir Book/Birthday Hotel Associations Law Society KPMG Khattar and Wong PricewaterhouseCoopers Ernst and Young |
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