Improvising over Solar
Miles Davis wrote this tune in 1954 and it first appeared on his recording Walkin' with Horace Silver on the piano. Watch this lesson to learn how to improvise over this tune with chord tones, guide tones, arpeggios, scale passages and approach patterns.

Lesson Stats
When added: 01/13/08; Duration: 19 minutes;

Prerequisites
Moderate keyboard proficiency. Ability to read notation. These lessons are good prerequisites: Four Components of Melodic Construction and Improvisation: the Concept.

Quiz
Quiz 1: practice building target note lines and voice-leading them at chord changes.

Practice Sessions & Playalongs
Practice Session 1: Write out and improvise a target note line over the changes to Solar.
Practice Session 2: Write out and improvise a voice-led target note line over the changes to Solar.
Practice Session 3: Write out and improvise a harmonically specific and melodically pleasing line over the changes to Solar.

Includes play-alongs for all practice sessions in MIDI, Band-in-a-Box™ and GarageBand formats.

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