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I want to get over my improvising problems.? |
I am 17 years old and have been playing the trumpet for 9 years. I find myself to be very good at it. I can read mostly anything and I have a good ear. However, I am having trouble with improvising. I wish to be a professional musician so I have to be able to improvise. I just don't think I can do it. No matter what I play, it sounds wrong. It seems that everybody else knows how to improvise and nobody will tell me how to. I know exactly how to read the chord changes, I just can't play over them and I am feeling very guilty that I can't do this. Unfortunately it isn't something you can just turn on. Practicing and playing it over and over again will get you the skills to improvise. It just takes time and energy. Experiment. It may sound wrong, but it just takes the time to try different things and see what happens. Transcribing solos helps because it can give you ideas of what worked previously too. dont read the music play out of your heart and you will do fine Improvising is not simply a god given talent. Who do you listen to that you like on trumpet?, what kinda style? who is your favorite improviser i have the same problem on sax Listen to a lot of jazz and blues... Dizzy once said if we lose the blues in jazz, we've lost jazz... Transcribe solos. Practice. Jam with your buddies. Listen to a lot of Jazz. Transcribe more solos. Practice. Create your own licks that you can play whenever you hit a specific change. Listen to a lot of jazz. Listen to some good funk music to get a nice rhythmic sense in your solos. Practice. Transcribe some more. Jam with your buddies. Go to an open mic night. Here's some tips that worked for me. |
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