Re: [Harp-L] Improvising, starter tunes

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

On Nov 20, 2006, at 9:03 AM, Larry Cee wrote:

> This worked for me years ago as a guitar student and it worked for  
> me more recently on harmonica:
>
>   For jazz/soul improv:  start with a major 7th chord and move it  
> between two positions- like elevator music.  move around on the  
> instrument to find a two or three notes that sound right- add to it  
> until you have assembled a scale of notes that all sound right.   
> This, of course, is easy on the guitar because you see the visual  
> pattern and easily memorize it and slide it for different keys.   
> But I was able to duplicate my approach on harmonica- works well.   
> A more sophisticated or educated musician can probably indentify a  
> formal name for the scale I discoved in my stupid approach- but it  
> works for me.

It's called 'turning a chord'
smo-joe
>   Next- introduce a minor 7th.  For example, do 4 beats on Fmaj7  
> and 4 on Emin7- repetively- use an easy arpeggio on the  
> accompanying instrument for nice effect. (This is actually  
> Santana's "Waiting Just For You" minus the bridge and chorus).   
> This is a simple and jam-able backdrop for overlaying a jazz  
> scale.  It's pretty.
>
>   Older, standards type jazz is harder but some of it actually  
> works with a major scale like a country tune, so if it's the right  
> key and you are holding the right harp it is a no-brainer.
>
>   LC
>
>
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