Klarinet Archive - Posting 000036.txt from 1995/05

From: Fred Cicetti <cicetti@-----.COM>
Subj: Improvisation
Date: Mon, 1 May 1995 17:13:01 -0400

If a student came to you and asked you to teach him/her how to improvise,
what would be the first steps you would advise that student to take?

Improvising successfully takes years of devotion to learning chords,
progressions and a variety of scales. There are no shortcuts.

The question I'm posing is where would you tell the student to start?
What are the baby steps on the path to becoming a mature improvisor?
Technical proficiency in your instrument is a given here.

fred cicetti <cicetti@-----.com>