Improvise 1

by Kristin Campbell

Do you play a string, brass or woodwind instrument? Learn the basic music theory needed to understand what information a lead sheet gives and how you can translate that on to your instrument. The book includes workbook pages to help you learn the music theory, but theory learned in isolation is not always practical. The Play Today sections help you apply the concepts and techniques into your playing using lead sheets of hymns. Follow a step by step guide to apply the theory to hymns in lead sheet format. You can start ... Read More

Do you play a string, brass or woodwind instrument? Learn the basic music theory needed to understand what information a lead sheet gives and how you can translate that on to your instrument. The book includes workbook pages to help you learn the music theory, but theory learned in isolation is not always practical. The Play Today sections help you apply the concepts and techniques into your playing using lead sheets of hymns. Follow a step by step guide to apply the theory to hymns in lead sheet format. You can start playing right away! Since improvising can be difficult if you can't hear the melody or the chord structure, simple MP3 practice tracks are provided for each lead sheet which allow you to hear how your part fits with the whole. Links to publisher's and composer's websites allow you to download lead sheets and recordings to further develop and build your repertoire at each stage. What you will learn in Book 1: Find elements of a song Decode a chord Understand major and minor chords and how they are notated Choose the notes to play Play from a lead sheet using a capo Transposition for transposing instruments Learn slash chords Follow a lead sheet arrangement Create a motif Play from a chord chart Read Less