For the serious jazz improviser, the journey beyond scales and chord tones is endless. Most players master the modes, memorize the bebop vocabulary, and can navigate ii-V-I progressions in their sleep. Yet, many hit a plateau. The solos sound correct, but predictable; logical, but uninspired.
Finally, apply the rhythm Weiskopf suggests (often eighth notes or a dotted-eighth/sixteenth feel). The rhythm is the music ; the intervals are just the vocabulary . Intervallic Improvisation Walt Weiskopf Pdf 42
Walt Weiskopf's "Intervallic Improvisation: The Modern Sound," published by Jamey Aebersold Jazz, is a 136-page method book designed for intermediate to advanced musicians to master modern jazz phrases using triad pairs. The text, which is suitable for all instruments, includes 68 pages of technical exercises and 21 etudes to facilitate a move beyond traditional scalar playing. For more information on this method, visit Jamey Aebersold Jazz . Intervallic Improvisation - Walt Weiskopf - 110 years For the serious jazz improviser, the journey beyond