How to Build a Melody from a Lead Sheet

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When playing from a lead sheet, you should never play the melody exactly as written. Lead sheets are designed to give you the skeleton of a song - the basic chords and a simplified melody. As a Jazz musician you need to take this simplified melody and turn it into something more interesting and listenable by:
changing the rhythm to create a sense of swing and syncopation
embellishing the melody with fills and ornamentals
harmonising the melody and inserting elements of the harmony
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[@bh5606]

Good instruction and comments.

[@uwegenosdude]

Thanks for this great lesson with all the tipps how to enhance a leadsheet

[@TheBrightSide101]

This is super helpful. Thank you for making these videos I always learn so much. Still watching the ones from years ago because they're so valuable

[@TheDarkopsis]

Definitely agree, thanks a lot for all the value you're bringing to the piano theory online! You're amazing for that

[@peterbodofsnik9429]

Really helped my perspective! Thx you. This can mean a lot.

[@ErixSamson]

Excellent

[@KevinLing]

Great lesson! Thanks!

[@adamf2951]

Fantastic lesson. A lot of great tips in there to practice. Keep the videos coming!

[@lim7lim]

Great lesson! Thank you very much.

[@damarisfuenteslorenzo]

Oh, marvellous! You could do an example with a more simple song for more newbies :)

[@man0sticks]

Some jazz players use certain ornaments habitually to the point of cliché. Even Bebop icons like Parker and Gillespie overused the so-called upper mordent for example. Sometimes it’s refreshing to hear a melody played straight, or with fewer notes and embellishments, just for contrast.

[@mikecraft4506]

fabulous ~ many thanks for this

[@georgebielous1881]

Thanks!

[@chrisbusby4395]

thank you

[@mnp7862]

Excellent! In 10 minutes I learned a lot. Wonder why I'm paying my jazz piano teacher $120/hourly?