Exploring Improvisation: Unleash Your Inner Cool.
Susan Bell Susan Bell

Exploring Improvisation: Unleash Your Inner Cool.

How do you bring Improvisation into your Studio?

Being able to Unleash Your Inner Cool by Exploring Improvisation is such a fulfilling experience and valuable skill.

Let me share some tips to get started and tell you have exciting this new resource is…..

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MUSIC is a like  Recipe.
Educational Lead Sheets Susan Bell Educational Lead Sheets Susan Bell

MUSIC is a like Recipe.

Music is like a Recipe.

What kind of cook are you? Do you follow the recipe step by step or do you like to wing it?

I know. I can hear some of you out there, already taking sides. And I can understand this might be a controversial topic: most Classical musicians are trained from the beginning to play every note- exactly as the composer intended. Where as Jazz musicians are taught to explore from the beginning.

Where do you fall?

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Beyond the Page: an Introduction
Educational Lead Sheets Susan Bell Educational Lead Sheets Susan Bell

Beyond the Page: an Introduction

What does it mean to go “Beyond the Page”?

For me, it started with exploring Lead Sheets. So many musicians think the notes and instructions on a page of music are the Gospel truth; not to be altered. I’d like to challenge that idea. As a composer, I like to think that my pieces are like recipes- a starting point for players to express how this music speaks to them- what story they want to tell. I encourage my students to feel freedom to explore, create and express. Maybe you agree; maybe not.

Let’s talk about it.

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