From the course: Singing Lessons: 4 Singing Tools
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Introduction to improvisation: Part 1
From the course: Singing Lessons: 4 Singing Tools
Introduction to improvisation: Part 1
- This lesson we're going to take a look at improvisation. Not jazz improvisation and scatting, that's for a different course. But we're going to talk about how with any melody that's established that's written, you can improvise, you can change that melody as a singer, and that ability to improvise and create little various in the melody at the right time in the song can be a really powerful tool for making the song your own, making it your interpretation, for building an emotional arc, to increase the level of energy or passion or intensity as the song goes along. You can accomplish a lot with a little bit of judicious and tasteful and well placed improvisation. What makes improvisation powerful for a listener is the relationship that the new interpretation has with the melody as its written, as its established. So it's important to remember that if you want to play with the melody as a mean of building the energy of the song or making it more interesting the second version you…
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