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Michael L · Post by **Michael L** » Thu Jan 02, 2020 9:31 pm

Hi, just wanted to share this practice exercise: 1 chord, 2 hands, 25 minutes:

Note: backing track is iReal Pro: https://irealpro.com

Forgotten · Post by **Forgotten** » Thu Jan 02, 2020 9:36 pm

It’s all good stuff, especially if you can do something like this in unfamiliar keys.

Ghost Snake · Post by **Ghost Snake** » Fri Jan 31, 2020 1:19 pm

Nice ! I enjoyed that

AsPeeXXXVIII · Post by **AsPeeXXXVIII** » Fri Jan 31, 2020 2:49 pm

Well, improvising a melody or solo over a one-chord vamp is pretty fun.

Teneyetus · Post by **Teneyetus** » Fri Feb 07, 2020 8:59 am

Cool
Stuff!

fmr · Post by **fmr** » Fri Feb 07, 2020 9:38 am

Michael L wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2020 9:31 pm Hi, just wanted to share this practice exercise: 1 chord, 2 hands, 25 minutes:

Note: backing track is iReal Pro: https://irealpro.com

The base track may be just playing C minor, but she DID play other chords accasionally. What she did is what we could call a very long "pedal point" (cfr. pedal point) over which she improvised. A pedal is not harmony.

Anyway, good stuff indeed, that reminds us of a time when music wasn't about "chords" but about playing melodies. Chords were the result of layering melodic lines, not the leading stuff.

tony10000 · Post by **tony10000** » Wed Apr 08, 2020 12:29 pm

Joe Satriani is the master of that...playing all kinds of melodic modal stuff over a one chord vamp. Cool #9 is a good example:

What can you do with just one chord?