Jerry Bergonzi: Inside Improvisation 4 - Melodic Rhythms

Develop better time and rhythm. This set helps you to practise creative rhythms in a melodic way. Topics covered include: playing varying numbers of eight-note rhythms starting on different beats of the bar; 5/4 and 7/4 rhythms over 4/4; 4/4 rhythms over 3/4; half-time quarter note triplet feel; polyrhythms; contraction and expansion; feeling the music in 1,2 and 4; rhythmising scale sequences; conceptual practice and rhythmic grammar. An intensive focus on this important, and sometimes neglected area of music. Bk/CD