What is This Thing Called Love? Melodic Embellishment Approach
What Is This Thing Called Love Chord Progressions
WITTCL – Chord Progression – Bb Instruments
WITTCL – Chord Progression – C Instruments
WITTCL – Chord Progression – Eb Instruments
WITTCL – Chord Progression – Bass Clef
Steps to develop a “melodic embellishment” improvisational approach
(these can be played in or out of time)
- Play the melody as if you are reading it off of a lead sheet
- Anticipate or delay the phrases of the melody
- Play long notes longer and short notes shorter in the melody
- Add upper and lower chromatic approach tones to different spots in the melody
- Add double chromatic approach tones to the melody
- Play some “wrong notes”(esp. on arrival points) and see what sounds you have an affinity for
- Play one phrase of the melody and then improvise the next (reverse this too!)
- Play 1-3 bars of melody and then improvise in a similar style (reverse this too!)
- Play roots of each chord before playing the melody (Sonny Rollins unaccompanied approach) 10. Improvise using the same melodic rhythm but with different notes
- Improvise with the same notes, but with different melodic rhythms
- Paraphrase the melody in the manner of someone singing
- Play key melodic devices (intervals, rhythm, line shape, etc. ) in different spots of the tune
- Combine any/all of these
