爵士乐即兴创作

你将学到什么

Use storytelling as a tool to improve your improvisation

Practice and use various scales to improve your improvisation skills

Identify harmonic motion in a song

Use guide tones and guide tone lines when you're improvising

课程概况

跟随爵士乐领域最著名的即兴创作者之一盖瑞·伯顿教授一起，学习即兴创作的基本概念，包括音乐认知、旋律创作与和声编写等创作过程，有助于培养即兴创作者在独奏时所需要的基本能力和技巧。

爵士乐粉丝众多，而且乐迷们都知道，音乐家的表演往往都是即兴演奏，不过大多数人，在学习即兴创作之初也不清楚具体的步骤，甚至音乐家自己也是如此。所以，本课程旨在介绍现代即兴创作的基本概念以及如何掌握相关的音乐技巧和认知能力。

本课程由盖瑞·伯顿本人编写，还总结了一套广受好评的即兴演奏方法，这套方法成为伯克利音乐学院课程几十年来的核心内容。通过学习，学员将从不同角度了解即兴创作的练习内容和练习方法，体会和理解演奏者在即兴创作中与听众之间自发的交流与互动。

Learn the basic concepts of improvisation from Gary Burton, one of the most renowned improvisers in the jazz world, including the mental, melodic, and harmonic processes that contribute to the instinctive skills that an improviser puts to use when taking a solo.

While many people are fans of jazz and understand that musicians are often “making up” the notes they are playing during a performance, most people—often including musicians, themselves, who are beginning to learn improvising—aren’t clear about what exact processes take place to enable this to happen. The purpose of this course is to introduce the basic concepts of modern improvisation and how to go about mastering the different musical and mental skills involved.

Course author Gary Burton codifies a sought-after approach to improvisation that has been at the core of Berklee College of Music’s curriculum for decades. Students who complete this course will know what to practice and how to practice the various aspects of improvising, in addition to understanding how the improviser spontaneously communicates to the listeners through their musical creations.