Jazz Improvisation With Andrea Fascetti – Building Improvisation: Exercises in Action

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HI MY FRIENDS,

THANK YOU FOR THE INTEREST YOU’VE SHOWN FOR JAZZ IMPROVISATION. I’M REALLY GLAD TO BE HERE AGAIN AND TO BE A PART OF BASS MUSICIAN MAGAZINE’S PRESTIGIOUS STAFF… THIS MAGAZINE JUST GETS BETTER AND BETTER. I THANK YOU FOR THE POSITIVE FEEDBACK YOU’VE SHARED AND FOR THE INSIGHTFUL QUESTIONS. REMEMBER THAT THIS IS A COMPLETE COURSE ABOUT IMPROVISATION, SO STAY TUNED DURING THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.

IN THE LAST LESSONS, WE TALKED ABOUT MAJOR 7TH, MINOR 7TH, AND DOMINANT 7TH CHORDS. I HOPE YOU TOOK THE TIME TO PRACTICE IT IN ALL KEYS SO YOU’RE READY TO USE IT UNDER ANY HARMONIC STRUCTURES. YOU’LL SEE THESE CHORDS EVERYWHERE AS THEY ARE THE HARMONIC HEART OF MOST ALL OF THE GENRES AND REPRESENT THE MOST COMMON OF CHORD PROGRESSIONS.

BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO EXPLORE OTHER TYPES OF CHORDS, WE WILL PUT IN ACTION THE LINES WE PRACTICED IN PAST LESSONS.

LET’S START WITH TODAY’S LESSON:

1) TAKE A SIMPLE II – V – I PROGRESSION AND PLAY CHORD NOTES OVER IT (D F A C D F A C – F D B G F D B G – C E G B C E G B G E C B G E C)

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2) TRANSPOSE, AND PRACTICE IT IN ALL 12 KEYS

AS USUAL, FORCE YOURSELF TO PLAY IT VERY SLOWLY AND WITHOUT A METRONOME. AFTER YOU’ VE GOT ALL NOTES UNDER YOUR FINGERS, MAKE SURE TO INCREASE YOUR TEMPO AND CHALLENGE YOURSELF. DON’T BE INTIMIDATED BY A QUICKER TEMPO… IT’S HARD WORK, BUT THE BENEFITS ARE WORTH IT.

I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE EXERCISE. NEXT TIME WE”LL TAKE A LOOK AT SOME NEW CHORDS AND THEIR MELODIC LAYOUT ON THE FINGERBOARD.

HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON

CIAO

ANDREA

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Andrea Fascetti has written 30 articles in BMM.

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Andrea is an Italian 7-string bassist and composer.

He started playing when he was eight but seriously at the late age of seventeen. He came from a musical family and was influenced early on by his grandfather, who was a musician too. In the early 90's he moved to Milan and studied at Cpm school. After spending some years in Milan he started his professional career as a sideman.He performed mainly in clubs and jazz festivals with Ernie Wilkins, Gianni Basso, Curtis Fuller, Massimo Manzi, Riccardo Arrighini, Riccardo Fioravanti, Riccardo Fassi, Mauro Grossi, Andrea Melani and Walter Paoli to name a few. In the next few years he studied double bass at La Spezia Conservatory with Gian Pietro Zampella. His  story changed when he met the great jazz teacher Charlie Banacos (Mike Stern, Jeff Berlin, Jimmy Earl), who changed his musical life and gave him a whole new world of ideas. During the last few years he has played in hundreds of studio productions. In 2001 he began producing and has worked as a composer for italian pop star Alexia. Unfortunately in 2002 he damaged his right hand and stopped playing double bass.

In 2008 he released his critically acclaimed, debut album entitled, "Dedicated to Steve" with Philology Records, dedicated to great bassist Steve Swallow. During last two years ha played in important jazz festivals with his band.

In 2011 will be out his new album with italian famous drummer Massimo Manzi.

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