FCTR: Improvising Over Chords

In this episode of 'From Classical To Radical' Matt explains how to navigate chord charts by playing chord tones to create a melodic line.

If you haven't tried this before it my be slow going initially and you may have to plan your moves before executing them, but with practice comes fluency. Spend time practicing improv over I-V-vi-IV using the techniques laid out in the video (there's a backing track of this progression in the same key Matt uses in the demo here: I V vi IV in G Major 70bpm Backing Track). If you get confident in G major, try working in another key.

We'll get a little deeper into improv techniques in later videos. In the meantime we strongly encourage you check out the top-notch improv courses by our friends Christian Howes​ and Jacob Szekely​...

Christian Howes 'Creative Strings Academy': http://creativestrings.christianhowes...

Jacob Szekely's 'The Improvisor's Guide To The Cello': http://theimprovisorsguide.com/

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