Right hand Improvisation Blues 2
Blues in F
Here is another 12 bar blues improvisation with the following chord sequence:-
/F7 / Bb7 / F7 / F7 / Bb7 / Bb7 / F7 / D7 / Gm7 / C7 /
/F7 D7 / G7 C7 /
This time the right hand improvisation is built on chord notes instead of the blues scale in the last example. But the chord notes are "filled in" with passing notes. Some of the passing notes are in the scale of F major, some are chromatic notes. For instance in bar 1 (F7 chord) we start on F (root of chord) then G (scale passing note) Ab (chromatic passing note) then A ( chord note) . So the first little phrase starts with a chord note and ends with a chord note, in between these two notes there is more freedom to try out non chord notes. In bar four there is more chromaticism but the phrase starts on a chord note (Eb) and ends on a chord note (A) so any dissonance created is resolved. This principle can be carried to any jazz improvisation.
Also notice in this example the left hand chords are played to emphasise the syncopated endings of the right hand phrases. eg. the end of bar 3 end of bar 5. Usually this means anticipating the arrival of the next chord by a quaver. Played correctly this gives forward momentum to an improvisation.
Swing feel.