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	"Good improvisation communicates harmonic progression melodically. Effective melodies manipulate harmonic content through the use of guide tones and preparatory gravity notes, masterfully woven in systematic tension, release, and transparent harmonic definition."

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April 5, 2008 | April Mandolin Sessions

The new April MandolinSessions.com articles from Mel Bay Publishing are online for your enjoyment. This recent Jazz Mandology entry "Enhanced Pentatonics: What Goes Up Must Come Down." mulls new ways to dive into the Pentatonic scale for improvisation. A perpetual issue, this is also dissected in this weeks Tips and Tricks topic "Improvising: A three-pronged attack," by the way.

The bridge between playing mechanics and intuition is indeed, a mysterious one, but we maintain it is possible to develop more quickly with strategic practicing. The Jazzed Pentatonics exercise will help you build that bridge.

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Posted by Ted at April 5, 2008 5:05 AM

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