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Exercise 2: The Melodic Approach

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Step 2: This time I want you to be melodic in a diatonic way. Choose a minor scale, a basic pop progression, and just go create some simple melodies. It does not have to be complicated, but it is very important that your melodies carries some emotions.

Very possible that your mind is going to disturb you again: "this is not jazz, this sounds to basic, stupid, cheesy, sounds cheap"

It is not possible to push these thoughts away and that is completely fine, the only thing you have to do is to continue focusing on what you are playing.

If you have really no idea what to play, no worries, jump to Exercise 3

One more advice: Always take some risk when you improvise. Probably you have your chords, melodies, key and time signatures that you are using again and again, because you know that you will not fail using those. I want you to go out of your comfort zone - just a little bit - and add some element that you have never tried before.

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from Sound of Emotions, released May 21, 2016

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David Magyel - Sound of Emotions Bergen, Norway

David is a pianist, educator, and composer with a light and elegant touch that carries a full spectrum of deep emotions and melancholy. As a composer, he aims to use music as a tool of deeper self-expression, and as an educator, his intention is to share everything he has learned over the years to encourage students to experience and express music without limitations, boundaries, or even genres. ... more

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