See also: www.magicseyer.com and www.lovemusiclovedance.com

Other Resources

Walking Basslines (a multimedia course on CD)

Cool Chord Progressions(Chromatic Chords)

Click here for some free lessons on improvising music.

Ear Training will help you hear notes before you play them.

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Books and Other Resources for learning to to Improvise Music

The ability to Improvise music is a skill anyone can develop. It takes work and a lot of practice. But the good news is that there are some fine instructional books and CDs that help you along the way to becoming a creative musician. Hearing music in your mind is great if you can do it. But hearing it and then being able to play it are two different things. Even if you can't hear music in your mind yet, there are fundamental skills you can learn: chord construction, chord progressions, interval recognition, walking basslines, motives, riffs, scales, mode, rhythm patterns, rhythmic independence. The following resources can help you develop those skills.

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Improvising Jazz

Improvising Rock Piano

Improvising : How to Master the Art

A Rhythmic Vocabulary : A Musician's Guide to Understanding and Improvising With Rhythm

Blues, Rock, and Jazz Improvising Made Easy: For Guitar, Keyboard, Harmonica, Flute, or Any Other Instrument- Including Vocalists

Improvising : Sixteen Jazz Musicians and Their Art

Improvising Rock Sax

Improvising Rock Bass

Improvising Jazz Sax

Improvising Solos For Guitar (Book/CD Set)

Improvising Jazz

Improvising Jazz Guitar

Improvising Blues Piano