http://www.petermartinmusic.com/2009/01/12/episode-7-playing-over-the-bar-lines/ Jazz pianist Peter Martin Fri, 21 Oct 2011 21:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.petermartinmusic.com/2009/01/12/episode-7-playing-over-the-bar-lines/#comment-53 Paul Tue, 26 May 2009 19:50:26 +0000 http://petermartinmusic.com/?p=779#comment-53 Enlightening as always. Thanks Peter! I wanted to call attention to something that you mentioned in passing, and for me , a door-opening concept: "...start improvising over a chord BEFORE you get to that chord!" Mike Pellara teaches a simple excercise, playing first, a melodic line ON the chord change. Then practice the line 2 beats before the chord, then 3 beats before, then 2 bars before, etc. This has really helped me to listen for lines that aren't so "every 2 bars : cut and paste". Enlightening as always. Thanks Peter! I wanted to call attention to something that you mentioned in passing, and for me , a door-opening concept: “…start improvising over a chord BEFORE you get to that chord!” Mike Pellara teaches a simple excercise, playing first, a melodic line ON the chord change. Then practice the line 2 beats before the chord, then 3 beats before, then 2 bars before, etc. This has really helped me to listen for lines that aren’t so “every 2 bars : cut and paste”.

]]> http://www.petermartinmusic.com/2009/01/12/episode-7-playing-over-the-bar-lines/#comment-52 Markus Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:43:38 +0000 http://petermartinmusic.com/?p=779#comment-52 That's really well explained, thanks a lot Peter! That’s really well explained, thanks a lot Peter!

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