From the very beginning of your experimenting with improvising you want to play with authority. There's nothing more difficult to listen to than a player who is not sure what's going to come out of their horn*. Your first task is to begin to build some confidence in your playing. You'll only get one crayon (note, I mean) to start with. So we're going to make things easier by setting up some strict limits. How do you decide which one to pick? If you're anything like me, choosing one crayon to start drawing with could be a paralyzing decision. It's like being given a brand new box of 64 Crayola crayons. Learning to improvise can seem overwhelming because there are so many choices - so many possible notes, rhythms, harmonies, articulations etc etc. If you're ready to take the plunge, read on. All you need is your instrument, a simple play-along track (or your personal on-call rhythm section) and a willingness to jump in. In fact, to get started you don't need to know ANY scales or chords or songs. To begin learning how to improvise you do NOT need to know the infamous and highly overused "blues scale".
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