Lesson Description
The apparent ease with which Chet Baker scats over the changes to the tune "It Could Happen to You" from his album "Chet Baker Sings," spinning out line after elegant line, appears at first listen to be an unknowable process of genius.
An act of genius it is for sure but is his process unknowable? Closer inspection reveals his use of chord tones on strong beats embellished with approach patterns at chord changes elaborated with arpeggios and chord scales leading us to a clear understanding of how he created this remarkably logical improvised melody.
Download the included PDF annotated transcription to use the insight gained from this analysis to inform your own improv concept.
Preview
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Prerequisites
Five Essential 7th Chords
Improv - The Concept
Improv Drills
Four Components of Melodic Construction
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Course Curriculum
What's included?
Bill Rinehart
About the instructor
Bill did undergraduate work at the Berklee College of Music and holds the M.Mus. degree in Jazz Studies from the Boston Conservatory/Berklee College of Music where he studied with Ray Santisi and Charlie Banacos. Bill taught and played extensively around the Boston area for the better part of two decades appearing everywhere from the legendary Ryles Jazz Club in Cambridge MA to a long stand at the Hampshire House on Beacon Hill in Boston before relocating to the Raleigh-Durham NC area where he teaches full-time on JazzPianoOnline.com.