Midi and PDF notation files of my piano playing on this video are available on my web site at
www.Lot2learn.com
A great Freddie Hubbard tune, and a requisite for all those who want to improve their improvisation skills. My esteemed colleague www.youtube/user/itsTheMystery... has covered this very nicely on EWI and has correctly noted that although the song may be simple does not mean that the improvisation is necessarily easy. With a total of only 3 different chords, the key for me is to keep the solo interesting.
The "A" sections are all in D dorian and the "B" section goes from Eb Major7 to D Major7. The key points to improvisation for me are tension, release, dynamics, repetition and variance. Mix and match all of these into meaningful phrasing, rinse and repeat. ;-)
I have added annotations to try and explain some of the techniques I use.
MIDIKeyz graphical keyboard courtesy of www.midikeyz.com
Tech notes:
Roland FP-4 digital piano.
Backing track from the Aebersold collection Freddie Hubbard Volume 60.
Tempo 128 BPM.
Recorded and Mixed in Reaper.
Mastered in Adobe Audition.
Video composite in Adobe Premiere Elements.
Annotations done using Camtasia
Final Video output in Serif MoviePlus X3
Thanks for listening.
- L2L
24 мар 2010
