Siskind Presentation Four Skills for Improv

38 Pages·2017·9.13 MB·English

by  Jeremy Siskind

Training Four Skills for Improvisation
Jeremy Fullerton
Siskind College
Separating the art of
improvisation into its component
Why do
skillsets can make teaching and
we care? learning less intimidating, more
focused, and more effective.
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What are we teaching when we
teach improvisation?
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Can improvisation be taught in a
Questions
linear manner?
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Which skillsets does traditional
to Consider
music education emphasize?
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Which skillsets are easier/harder
to teach? To measure?
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Which skill is your biggest
strength or weakness as
an improviser?
Question
As a teacher?
When an Exercise is “Mastered”…
Faster In a harder key/ More complex
over a harder progression
Training All Skillsets
(1) Writing Down a Melody from a Recording
Working with material
Listening closely for
the student loves and the
melodic intervals or
sense of
intervals against the
accomplishment of
chords
playing without music
Learning to play the Using theory knowledge
piece at the instrument to guess at the likeliest
(maybe in multiple keys) notes in difficult spots
Training All Skillsets (2)
(2) Composing
Writing something that Trusting the ear to tell
the student feels proud them what the
of or that reflects their composition needs next
emotions
Using theory knowledge
Learning to play the
to complete chord
composition at the
progressions and
instrument
melodies
Training All Skillsets (3)
(3) Transposing
Gaining a deep Listening for melodic
knowledge of a chord intervals and chord tone
progression or melody relationships
Thinking deeply about
Feeling patterns in
the intervallic
different key centers
relationships present
Training Each Skill