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Explore improvisation as organizing learned rhythms, melodies, chords, and licks into patterns to create on-the-spot musical ideas; practice patiently and listen across styles.
Vocalize quarter notes, eighth notes, and rests to advance rhythm skills with swing and straight feel. Explore major and minor five‑finger scales and triads, reinforcing ear training through rhythm drills.
Learn rhythm in piano playing by vocalizing, tapping, and clapping patterns, practicing straight and swung feels, scales, and rounds to develop timing and coordination.
Move through ear training by identifying rhythms and melodies, matching heard patterns to piano and mallet plays, and using solfege do-re-mi to practice melodies.
Engage in ear training to identify rhythms and melodies via solfeggio, then pair them with C major chords, exploring major/minor triads, simple two-chord progressions, and articulation.
Form major and minor triads from the C and A five-finger patterns by stacking 1-3-5 and flattening the third, then explore root, first, and second inversions with consistent fingering.
Explore a simple swing song 'wacky men' with an active bass line, repetition, and opportunities to teach by ear; includes anticipation, syncopation, and bluesy major/minor contrasts.
Practice improvising with the five-finger blues scale, explore blues form and 12-bar blues basics, vocalize and apply varied accompaniment patterns while moving the scale to new keys.
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JazzKids makes learning the piano and improvisation fun!
JazzKids®, created by Berklee College of Music graduate Willie Myette, creates method books that show beginning improvisers how to improvise at the piano.
Even if you have never improvised before, JazzKids makes it easy to learn. The step-by-step instruction and jam-with-the-band tracks make learning how to improvise fun and easy.
Not that interested in Jazz? Well, guess what, JazzKids now features many different styles of music including Jazz, Blues, Pop, Latin, Rock and Klezmer! You can learn how to improvise over these different styles while learning how to read and translate those pesky chord symbols into a full arrangement.
JazzKids has been used with students around the world for the past decade.
How Does JazzKids Encourage Improvisaton?