1. What are your current strengths and weaknesses in improvisation?
First of all, as I have said many times before on my blog an improvisation in music is something new for me and therefore weaknesses taking over the strengths.I have realised that among my biggest weakness belong timing and the rhythm as well as inability to define what scale needs to be added to relevant chords. My strengths, well I think it is generally passion about music and everything what is linked to it including improvisation.
2. What have you done to improve your skills since the course started?
I have started to improvise with backing tracks which were placed in D2L.I have found extremely useful. However, I have a lot of to catch up.I have also tried to learn and memorise some of pentatonique scales.Moreover, I try to listen more jazz music where improvisation can be found a lot.
3.What are you going to do improve your skills between now and the next performance block?
Hopefully, I am going to daily improvise with backing tracks to improve my skills and read also books about jazz theory.Additionaly, I am going to keep up listen to a specific kind of music I can learn from.
4.Name and briefly discuss three pieces of improvisatory music which you have studied?
Well, I have tried to improvise with backing tracks: Body and Soul in Db, Everything happened to me in Bb, How deep is the ocean in Eb and How high the moon in G.Moreover, I have studied Milan Tesar's ,,Blues in G''. It is piece written in the key of G major with standard jazz harmonic progression II-V7-I.Another piece was Autumn Leaves in the key of E-minor in harmonic progression II-V7. However, there can be found a lot of variation pattern.Finally, I have practised very briefly piece called Blue Moon for classical guitar in the key of Eb major and again harmonic progression II-V7-I.
