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	<description><![CDATA[Advice and articles on how to be a better improviser]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[By: David Allen]]></title>
		<link>http://sendmemusic.com/blog/simplicity-is-the-key/comment-page-1/#comment-12</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Allen]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just listening to Coltrane's "Giant Steps" as I read this and have to agree! My sax tutor told me I had to go back to the basics and it felt like a death sentence to my playing but you have to break the tough passages down, keep pracising even those pieces you think you know well. ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Just listening to Coltrane's "Giant Steps" as I read this and have to agree! My sax tutor told me I had to go back to the basics and it felt like a death sentence to my playing but you have to break the tough passages down, keep pracising even those pieces you think you know well. ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[By: Dennis McCarthy]]></title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dennis McCarthy]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[These last two articles have been brilliant.
By the way based on your recommendation I checked out <a href="http://jazzwise.com/hal-crook-how-to-improvise-an-approach-to-practicing-improvisation.html" title="How To Improvise by Hal Crook" rel="nofollow">How to improvise</a> by Hal Crook it also emphasises the one thing at a time approach which makes a whole lot of sense.  

Im looking forward to the rest of the topics on your list.  ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[These last two articles have been brilliant.
By the way based on your recommendation I checked out <a href="http://jazzwise.com/hal-crook-how-to-improvise-an-approach-to-practicing-improvisation.html" title="How To Improvise by Hal Crook" rel="nofollow">How to improvise</a> by Hal Crook it also emphasises the one thing at a time approach which makes a whole lot of sense.  

Im looking forward to the rest of the topics on your list.  ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[By: Mary Sutherland]]></title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mary Sutherland]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your new learning guidelines are excellent, with time to absorb them before another one arrives. 

Shopping online is very convenient but it does distance you from the people in the shop and vice versa. These tips etc make using your website much more relevant, and has greatly enhanced my goodwill towards your enterprising and helpful approach to internet shopping. Hopefully you too enjoy and benefit from more feedback and potential sales from your customers.


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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Your new learning guidelines are excellent, with time to absorb them before another one arrives. 

Shopping online is very convenient but it does distance you from the people in the shop and vice versa. These tips etc make using your website much more relevant, and has greatly enhanced my goodwill towards your enterprising and helpful approach to internet shopping. Hopefully you too enjoy and benefit from more feedback and potential sales from your customers.


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		<title><![CDATA[By: Bob Leonard]]></title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bob Leonard]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I run a jazz course at my school and have found the two articles on practising and soloing to be very practical for beginning players. It makes so much sense! ]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[I run a jazz course at my school and have found the two articles on practising and soloing to be very practical for beginning players. It makes so much sense! ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[By: steve]]></title>
		<link>http://sendmemusic.com/blog/simplicity-is-the-key/comment-page-1/#comment-18</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[steve]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great tutorial which i found very beneficial to guage not only where i am but where to go next in my quest to learn to play jazz piano.Thanks]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Great tutorial which i found very beneficial to guage not only where i am but where to go next in my quest to learn to play jazz piano.Thanks]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[By: Martin Virgo]]></title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin Virgo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very insightful article which applies to all types of music, not just jazz. I think a lot of classical composers would also do well to take these points on board, I mean, have you ever seen a Xenakis score? Audiences find conspicuous musicianship a real turn off, which is why I believe Jazz is not very popular among the general public. 

When Elvis Presley was asked why he thought Scotty Moore was such a great guitarist, he replied 'because he plays the song, not the guitar.' Something that as musicians, we'd all do well to remember.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Very insightful article which applies to all types of music, not just jazz. I think a lot of classical composers would also do well to take these points on board, I mean, have you ever seen a Xenakis score? Audiences find conspicuous musicianship a real turn off, which is why I believe Jazz is not very popular among the general public. 

When Elvis Presley was asked why he thought Scotty Moore was such a great guitarist, he replied 'because he plays the song, not the guitar.' Something that as musicians, we'd all do well to remember.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title><![CDATA[By: andrew Fawcett]]></title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[andrew Fawcett]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Definite YES to 3, Love your Sound.

Combine nos 4,6, and 9 and 10.  I suggest learning Fragments of scales and modes,  making really rhythmic snatches that can be used to kick-start an idea in a solo.  Again, in 12 keys would be ideal, but realistically, at least get these down in the 6 to 8 easier keys, which will be the most practical use.

the first couple of exercises in <a href="http://jazzwise.com/greg-fishman-hip-licks-for-saxophone.html" title="Hip Licks for Saxophone by Greg Fishman" rel="nofollow">Hip Licks</a> are ideal such building blocks, and you will find others in this book by Greg Fishman.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[Definite YES to 3, Love your Sound.

Combine nos 4,6, and 9 and 10.  I suggest learning Fragments of scales and modes,  making really rhythmic snatches that can be used to kick-start an idea in a solo.  Again, in 12 keys would be ideal, but realistically, at least get these down in the 6 to 8 easier keys, which will be the most practical use.

the first couple of exercises in <a href="http://jazzwise.com/greg-fishman-hip-licks-for-saxophone.html" title="Hip Licks for Saxophone by Greg Fishman" rel="nofollow">Hip Licks</a> are ideal such building blocks, and you will find others in this book by Greg Fishman.]]></content:encoded>
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