Re: [Harp-L] Improvising on keyboards, walking baselines ----- Was Real Musican VS. Crap - music related - no harp content

[icemanle@xxxxxxx]

"The Evolving Bassist" by Rufus Reid is a great book to begin with - available through Abersold Music.
 
The way you described improv on keyboards, playing with both hands, etc, makes it sound harder than it is.
 
The Iceman 
 
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From: Pierre <plavio@xxxxxxxxxxxx>


 
I've heard lots of walking baselines ove the years, but what am I hearing? how does one do this? is it just arpeggios? can it be scaled base? is there a trick involved in moving from one chord or key to another? Are there any free or $$$ resources for learning this at a basic level? 
 
Pierre. 
 
PS: James, just thinking, why don't you write a few chords for her and express a rhythm (she can write the music for it) and see if you can get her to do it. For her its the next step (if she likes) to become versatile. Its probably a lot easier to learn to improvise when you are trained then when you are untrained, but the "can't do it" mindset has to go. I suspect anyone who tries and works at it can do it.