FCTR: Improvising Over Chords

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7 жыл бұрын

In this episode of 'From Classical To Radical' Matt explains how to navigate chord charts by playing chord tones to create a melodic line.
If you haven't tried this before it my be slow going initially and you may have to plan your moves before executing them, but with practice comes fluency. Spend time practicing improv over I-V-vi-IV using the techniques laid out in the video (there's a backing track of this progression in the same key Matt uses in the demo here: • I V vi IV in G Major 7... ). If you get confident in G major, try working in another key.
We'll get a little deeper into improv techniques in later videos. In the meantime we strongly encourage you check out the top-notch improv courses by our friends Christian Howes and Jacob Szekely...
Christian Howes 'Creative Strings Academy': creativestrings.christianhowes...
Jacob Szekely's 'The Improvisor's Guide To The Cello': theimprovisorsguide.com/
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@Abc-qs8ir 6 жыл бұрын

Classical musicians should have improvisation as part of their training, ☺️

@alanwann9318 5 жыл бұрын

Listen to Bach the master musician

@jack002tuber 7 ай бұрын

Wow, this is great stuff. Anyone wanting to play backup, improvise, get started writing music, learning chords, getting more familiar with music theory, ALL of them need this lesson.

@BrandonSegres 6 жыл бұрын

This video was super helpful! Whenever my band gets scheduled to play, we get a chord chart, and I , as a violinist had no idea what to do with that. Now I have a clearer way of reading any chord chart and improvising over it! Thank you!

@ElectricViolinShop 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad we could help!

@brymusic1542 3 жыл бұрын

Most videos on beginning improvisation miss the key point given here that, as a foundational beginning, know the notes of each chord and learn to land on one those notes when the chord changes. Without this, your solos are often going to sound pointless and soulless. Later, as you develop your skills you can move on to breaking these rules and learning exotic scales and modes, but the rules are always there to bail you out. So kudos to this video creator for teaching this when so many fail to mention it.

@ElectricViolinShop 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@regmarchant401 Жыл бұрын

This is the best video concerning improvisation on Violin, I’ve been looking for this answer for some time and I stumbled on it on utube, it’s brilliant.

@christopherashby8256 6 жыл бұрын

I learned with my band and it didn't take long before I thought I was the lead guitarist. If you're a classically trained musician, you'll realize your ear knows all of this even if you don't but once you get to having fun with it, you'll realize just how few wrong notes there are.

@ElectricViolinShop 6 жыл бұрын

Haha! You're never more than a half-step away from a good choice.

@kimberlywhite6057 6 жыл бұрын

Matt, this was VERY helpful - as a classically trained musician, some of this was known subconsciously, but, seeing it and hearing it played made alot of sense! What kind of instrument are you playing and what kinds of pickups? Sounds great.

@stefaneduard8169 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks! This is ingenious. It will help me with the worship music at my church a lot

@stefaneduard8169 2 жыл бұрын

@Hellequin Maskharat I'm not from Germany 😂

@theSiliconCoder 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, Matt. I learnt so much. Thanks.

@karenclick4857 8 ай бұрын

Excellent explanations & visuals!

@babel42k 3 ай бұрын

Excellent vidéo!

@johntait491 6 жыл бұрын

This is well done and well explained. Very helpful indeed.

@robertourbino4392 2 ай бұрын

Really helpful. Thank you!

@dtre417 3 жыл бұрын

Hi! Just wanted to say: Absolutely great help! My violin teacher plays in a gypsy jazz band and now that I got the violin basics pretty much sorted out (after 3 years.. darn its a tough instrument) we're heading more towards the jazzy side and he wants me to improvise over It's A Sin To Tell A Lie. This video helped a lot, very straight to the point! Thanks again!

@ElectricViolinShop 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad it helped.

@andrewashraf03 5 жыл бұрын

Mann, you're a life saver!! Tysm

@akhachuzho 5 жыл бұрын

Loving it! 😍😍😍

@IndianSummer2005 5 жыл бұрын

This is very helpful, thank you!

@geoffreyperry9531 4 жыл бұрын

Good stuff Matt!

@theguitarnoobph 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this!!!

@peterb1710 2 жыл бұрын

I love this! Thanks man!

@rubenlanuzo3210 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this bro😊

@olgaja464 5 жыл бұрын

I love it, thanks!!!

@marysiajanaszek8201 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your lessons. It helps me a lot!!!

@ElectricViolinShop 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Glad you find it helpful.

@nguyenngu9531 5 жыл бұрын

Great! Thanks!

@pranasumirat 3 жыл бұрын

Nice

@goffykenni4975 6 жыл бұрын

Very helpful, thank you :)

@alikwancha 5 жыл бұрын

This is amazing tysm!!

@markcorliss3059 2 жыл бұрын

THANX Matt I've recently discovered yer channel. Yer video on the electric violins in yer shop was really impressive. The guy you had playin em was awesome. I liked the Zeta Jazz classic style. I'm a novice player and not ready for an electric violin yet but by summer I'd like to get with and get it on. Thanx Matt Bell thank you so much. Mr. Mark

@JNITLOST 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Matt. I notice that 'Wagon Wheel' and 'Crescent City' strongly follow that common sequence: G D Em C

@johnroman8416 3 жыл бұрын

I agree with the comment about classic musicians learning to improvise. I was a classically trained on piano violin and voice.. I played violin primarily and was able to play anything I heard on the violin. I also did theory with my music teachers so I had the tools to be able to improvise but I was always insecure about it and avoided something that is the best part of knowing how to play. I wish someone in that time just showed me how the theory and know how to read music along iwith scales and chords is 90 % of the battle and I was on my way . I am starting to play music again and I have been away a long time but I will not make that mistake this time and I am so excited that I will be able to do this on my own and jam with others.

@ElectricViolinShop 3 жыл бұрын

One of the big hangups for classically trained players is the "complex complex". It's been beat into our heads that "good" music is "difficult" or "complex". Simple, by extension, must be bad. Some of the best solos you'll ever hear are not technically difficult to play. They're just musical.

@zarax3904 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, helped me alot

@timcraig1161 3 жыл бұрын

very good information

@stevelloyd9344 3 жыл бұрын

your a dam good teacher young man

@ElectricViolinShop 3 жыл бұрын

lol! The ship sailed on "young" a long time ago but thanks very much and I hope you enjoy!

@AlexaLoCruz 6 жыл бұрын

😱 thank you!

@tfarcenimrehcra1551 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@Adv.AnanthaPadmanabhan 7 жыл бұрын

excellent video..make a video on playing by ear

@cimmyjarter 7 жыл бұрын

Nicely done, Matt. A good short intro to this subject, which seems so simple to experienced improvisors (ie, non classical violinists or cellists), but which seems like rocket science if you've always depended on the written page to tell you what to play. Suggestions for additional vids in the same vein; maybe you've already thought of them: playing long singing lines when the changes and rhythm are choppy; playing rhythmic and pulsing rhythms when the changes are slower and smoother; reinforcing the rhythm by emphasizing certain beats. Or just simply how to add your part to a reggae (for ex) song.

@MattBellViolinist 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and for the suggestions. Yes, we're planning on talking about what to play in a song. We'll get into breaking down a pop song and talking about funding parts, writing parts, and all that. Good advice. Thanks!

@liftflowthrive 4 жыл бұрын

this tutorial is really helpful; thank you! also your accent is gorgeous :-)

@ElectricViolinShop 4 жыл бұрын

Haha! Thank 10 years in Texas and 10 years in North Carolina.

@JustFiddler Жыл бұрын

sangat bermanfaat ! Matur suksma 🤠🤠🤠🌹🎻

@mountairymobile3301 4 жыл бұрын

thats awesome but could you put the violin notes on the music staff right after the tremble cleft

@deadmanswife3625 2 жыл бұрын

Guess that was a no

@Nonkel_Jef 3 жыл бұрын

Any tips for finding interesting rhythms? I can play good sounding notes over songs, but I struggle coming up with rhythms that sound more daring than a stock track or whatever another instrument is already doing.

@ElectricViolinShop 3 жыл бұрын

The best tip I've ever gotten is to listen to some rhythms as you're speaking and use those. Think up a sentence and just play the same rhythm that you'd use as you say that sentence.

@Nonkel_Jef 3 жыл бұрын

@@ElectricViolinShop that's a golden tip, thank you so much for replying!

@pedroealicecamargo3540 3 жыл бұрын

Traduz este vídeo para português. Traduz suas aulas . Please!

@johnaustin1825 4 жыл бұрын

Dear Matt, I learned more in half an hour from your little lesson than any other lesson. I knew a little to start with but improvising was a bit of a mystery - I play guitar and just used the box system - any note in the scale in any order - not great! For a complete beginner you could talk a bit slower and explain a little more, otherwise super! Note that your example is the chord sequence in "Wagon Wheel!" Lost John Btw Does this apply to the blues?

@ElectricViolinShop 4 жыл бұрын

That's great feedback. Thanks for watching. Sometimes I get a little excited and talk too fast. lol!

@JNITLOST 6 жыл бұрын

That first chord sequence is used a lot and sounds good. e.g Wagon Wheel. Crescent City