Jazz Improvisation Camps
Have you ever wondered what goes through the heads of jazz musicians while they are playing? How do they play so many notes without looking at music? If you’re thinking that would all be way too much to memorize, there’s good news, you don’t have to!
What is Improvisation?
Jazz musicians are masters of improvisation which allows them to make up melodies right on the spot. You can think about improvising in music the same way you tell stories to your friends. You put words together that describe the situation, and speak softer, louder, faster or slower to get your point across. Each word is just a set of letters in a predetermined order, and by changing the order, we get different words. Music works in exactly the same way which is why it is often described as a language.
When you play songs from written notes you are reciting someone else’s story, but if you would like to learn how to tell your own, one of these Jazz Improvisation Camps is exactly what you need.
There are two camps to choose from, one for beginners with little to no experience, and one for intermediate to advanced players. It doesn’t matter if you don’t play a “jazz instrument,” every musician can and should learn to speak for themselves.
Camp A
For: Beginners with little to no experience - Ages 12 to 16
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Where: Ted Brown Music in Tacoma
Price: $130
Register HereThis camp is for beginners and will focus on the basics. In it we’ll cover embellishing a melody, soloing with the blues scale, phrasing, soloing with triads and seventh chords, and ear training. These are the foundational tools that make everything else possible.
Camp B
For: Intermediate to advanced players - Ages 12 to 16
When:
Where: Ted Brown Music in Tacoma
Price: $130
Register HereThis camp is for intermediate to advanced players and will focus on refining your tools. In it we’ll cover development and understanding of chords and scales, as well as ear training. You’ll also learn how to work through chord progressions and develop solos through the standard jazz repertoire.
Kareem Kandi
Kareem Kandi is a performer, composer and educator. Today as a performing artist he spends most of his time leading his group The Kareem Kandi Band for which he composes and arranges most of the music. The band is constantly on the move as a sought after performing group and spends most of its time performing in and around the Pacific NW. when not leading his own group Kareem can be seen and heard performing as a sideman with many other top notch musical acts and projects, most notably the Paperboys from Vancouver BC.
Kareem Kandi is also one of the private lessons teachers at Ted Brown Music in Tacoma. If you are interested in talking additional private lessons with him, click below for more details.
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Tracy Knoop, received his musical training at Berklee School of Music in Boston Mass. After leaving Berklee, Tracy, joined the world famous Tommy Dorsey Orchestra with which he was a member for ten years. Tracy has performed with such greats as Ray Charles, Mel Torme, Buddy Rich, Bernadette Peters just to name a few.
Tracy Knoop is also one of the private lessons teachers at Ted Brown Music in Tacoma. If you are interested in talking additional private lessons with him, click below for more details.
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