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Jazz Improvisation Page

How to use the Bb Blues Improvisation Practice Page

• Learn all of the rhythms written above for all three scales
• Practice each rhythm for 2 choruses using the practice CD (Jamey Aeborsold - Vol. 54)
• Practice using 2 different rhythms during your solo
• Using rhythms #2 and #5, slightly change the rhythm to make them a little more interesting
• Add rhythm #3 little by little into your solo, also using space (rests)
• Add rhythm #6
• Continue adding the remaining rhythms and changing the rhythms.
• Make up your own rhythm patterns and incorporate them into your solos.