r/jazztheory • u/Aggravating-Search38 • 11d ago

Some Feedback/Advice on my Impro

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u/sizviolin 11d ago

Fine note choice, but you need to develop more rhythmic language - 90% of your phrases start on the and of 4 and are just running 8th notes and they end up being quite stale while not really sounding like “jazz”.

I highly recommend Adam Maness’s open studio video on this - https://youtu.be/rEdtUOGCCnU?is=Tv0z7YOnb8Su6UkF

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u/SftwEngr 10d ago

I would agree. Oddly, rhythmic variety is often ignored, in favor of note choices, but I'd say rhythm is actually more important.

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u/Aggravating-Search38 10d ago

Thanks, i will look in to it.

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u/Podmonger2001 10d ago

I recommend letting the left hand play, but play single, sustained notes with the right hand. Feel the sustained note against the left hand. Get used to this discipline for a long time.

Next, play a pair of notes with the right, they can both be long, long/short, short/short.

When you do three in the right hand, vary the length: free yourself from the eighth note prison. And vary the melodic contour.

And so on. Don’t rush to the next step. Bathe in the simplicity. And vary the rhythm widely.

For inspiration, I like the Chick Corea “plays” album.