Michael Brecker was born in Philadelphia and raised in Cheltenham Township, a local suburb. His father Bob (Bobby) was a lawyer who played jazz piano and his mother Sylvia was a portrait artist. [4] Michael Brecker was exposed to jazz at an early age by his father. Mark Vail, Editor, Keyboard magazine; author of The Hammond Organ: Beauty in the B 'A very detailed and useful book on playing an instrument that's extremely difficult to teach.' - Larry Goldings, Jazz Organist, Pianist, Composer (John Scofield, Michael Brecker, Maceo Parker) Also by Dave Limina. 399 scales in the new edition of “The Scale Omnibus” I just uploaded edition 1.02 of The Scale Omnibus, which adds a few more scales,fixes minor mistakes and is still (and will always be) absolutely FREE.
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Improvisation is a skill that requires the musician to take melodic ideas that they've learned and to then spontaneously and artistically construct the melodic lines in a way the expresses a mood or feeling. Often, musicians will find a favorite solo from a song to transcribe and then transpose into different keys. The process of doing this serves to enhance a musician's 'melodic vocabulary'. By learning someone else's solo, such John Coltrane or Michael Brecker, the musician can now dissect the melodic ideas and re-arrange the ideas in a way they can best express themselves.
When first learning to improvise, most musicians begin with learning both the major and minor pentatonic scales. Lets begin with the major pentatonic scale. The C major pentatonic scale, for example, is obtained from playing specific notes from the C major diatonic scale. Simply remove the 4th and 7th note of any Major diatonic scale and then you have the Major pentatonic scale.
C Major Scale C D E F G A B C1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8(1)
C Pentatoic ScaleC D E F G A B C1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8(1)
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As well, the Minor pentatonic scale is constructed from eliminating notes from the Minor diatonic scale. For example, the C Minor pentatoic scale is created by removing the 2nd and 6th note of the C Minor diatonic scale
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C Minor diatonic scaleC D Eb F G A Bb C1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8(1)
C Minor pentatonic scaleC D Eb F G Ab Bb C1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8(1)
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