http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/improvisation-in-bloom-ii/ Tips and Resources for Private Music Teachers and Performers everywhere! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:51:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/improvisation-in-bloom-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-124335 The Monday Morning Music Mix -Education News From All Over ~10-26-2009 | MusTech.Net: Music Education, Music Technology, & Education! Fri, 24 Sep 2010 03:05:09 +0000 http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/?p=830#comment-124335 [...] Improvisation in Bloom:  Part II in a series from Christine Schumann posted at Music Teacher’s Helper.  What a great visual way to help to explain improvisation!  ~  ”…Budding Ideas (Phrases) In this section, short motifs from the “Planting Seeds” section (see Part One of this series) will be expanded in to phrases. The motifs may be used as “take-off” points, or combined to create an interesting theme.   Since a phrase is a musical sentence, it needs to have a beginning, and build through the middle to a period or question mark at the end. The picture of a rainbow shape is a helpful analogy of a phrase shape. Though all phrases do not follow the same melodic and dynamic shape, the rainbow shape will ensure nicely rounded, successful phrases for introductory purposes. Once this is achieved, you may have them give the phrase a tail up at the end to create a question phrase….” [...] [...] Improvisation in Bloom:  Part II in a series from Christine Schumann posted at Music Teacher’s Helper.  What a great visual way to help to explain improvisation!  ~  ”…Budding Ideas (Phrases) In this section, short motifs from the “Planting Seeds” section (see Part One of this series) will be expanded in to phrases. The motifs may be used as “take-off” points, or combined to create an interesting theme.   Since a phrase is a musical sentence, it needs to have a beginning, and build through the middle to a period or question mark at the end. The picture of a rainbow shape is a helpful analogy of a phrase shape. Though all phrases do not follow the same melodic and dynamic shape, the rainbow shape will ensure nicely rounded, successful phrases for introductory purposes. Once this is achieved, you may have them give the phrase a tail up at the end to create a question phrase….” [...]

]]> http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/improvisation-in-bloom-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-121709 Christine Schumann Fri, 29 Jan 2010 05:06:07 +0000 http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/?p=830#comment-121709 Dear Mr. Vazquez, Thanks so much for reading and expressing your appreciation for my article. And sorry so late to reply! Best wishes! Dear Mr. Vazquez, Thanks so much for reading and expressing your appreciation for my article. And sorry so late to reply! Best wishes!

]]> http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/improvisation-in-bloom-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-118204 Valentino L, Vazquez Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:36:10 +0000 http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/?p=830#comment-118204 Dear Ms. Schumann your botanical analogy is "First Class"! Dear Ms. Schumann your botanical analogy is “First Class”!

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