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Video - Piano Improvisation by Keith Emerson

on: May 17, 2006, 02:44:08 PM

Great Video IMO

What do you think of him. He is one of my favorites ever.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umBh48pmMVA&search=keith%20emerson

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Re: Video - Piano Improvisation by Keith Emerson

Reply #1 on: May 21, 2006, 02:23:49 PM

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The masterpiece tell the performer what to do, and not the performer telling the piece what it should be like, or the cocomposer what he ought to have composed.

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Re: Video - Piano Improvisation by Keith Emerson

Reply #2 on: May 21, 2006, 05:36:24 PM

Oscar is better.

&search=oscar%20peterson

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Re: Video - Piano Improvisation by Keith Emerson

Reply #3 on: May 21, 2006, 08:54:09 PM

Quote from: da jake on May 21, 2006, 05:36:24 PM

Oscar is better.

&search=oscar%20peterson

I adore Oscar.

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Re: Video - Piano Improvisation by Keith Emerson

Reply #4 on: May 22, 2006, 10:11:16 PM

awesome videos.. thanks! I always marvel at the jazz masters and how they're able to do this. A couple of times I've played with a small jazz group, requiring an improv solo, but I can't imagine how you'd get this good at it

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Re: Video - Piano Improvisation by Keith Emerson

Reply #5 on: May 23, 2006, 12:13:22 AM

I used to do a LITTLE bit of jazz improve on guitar. Here's a few tips:

- Pentatonic blues scale is always handy

- Focus on the chords you're playing over, this really helped me to build viable melodies without too much brain strain

- Use chromatic runs to link together melodic 'licks'

- Parallel fourth triads are the jazz masters friend!

SJ

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