Learning to improvise - All instruments - The Blues book by David Baker

Anyone can learn to improvise the blues with the help of this book. I start with the first section of short ideas. Use these ideas to get your improv off to a strong start. The whole book is available at this link:
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[@marinduque-theheartoftheph]

Great ideas to start! with 💙 Thank you, Maestro T. And thanks to author Davif Bakrr for the book, amd Tony for sharimg the link 👌

[@PeterJ42a]

Tony……you continue to provide solid pragmatic advice. Listening to you is Time well spent .

[@edzielinski]

I enjoy this format and the presentation. It feels like a relaxed conversation, interspersed with rich musical insights. Your sense of timing and style in both education and performance are a real treat. Thanks!

[@user-uf7dh3lj9e]

Thank you so much for this.

[@Jack-fs2im]

Great like like,best is no pressure to do well just try.thanx

[@5geezers]

David Baker was not a saxophone player. He was a trombonist until an accident left him unable to play (He’d played with many greats) He studied cello with Janos Starker and moved his focus to being a jazz instructor. Taught at Bloomington Indiana and with the Aebersold workshops that traveled internationally. I was fortunate to be in his class when he was down under in Australia and New Zealand. He was to this day one of the most inspiring, challenging and hilarious teachers I’ve ever come across. He has a prodigious list of books on pretty much every aspect of jazz ! Please try to do justice to his memory and take the trouble to be informed other than simply encouraging people to rip off his material.

[@TonyWinston]

Yes, sorry, several people have corrected me on this - I always get him confused with Jerry Coker!

[@Victor48323]

Thank you so much, Tony! You are such a great teacher, a well rounded pianist and a great singer!

[@jessrichardmoransee5468]

credit Tony Winston professor of music a genius

[@pattysingers360]

Maestro, You're simply great!

[@janismittelstaedt5642]

I've been stuck in the lower intermediate stage of playing blues for a while now. I know the scales, the form and what not but what I improvise will often sound boring or to basic to me. This book is just what I'm looking for. Thank you!

[@GarretRaja]

Learn licks atleast 7 licks and combine them

[@GarretRaja]

Every Pro use licks but they won't acknowledge it probably they foget that they learnt it from somewhere... They use it in different occasions and context , different rhythms and it sounds new every time because of

[@GarretRaja]

You can improvise in between eaach lick if it sounds boring use the lick.. you have to stick on to the playing style (not only the scale ) the playing style comes only when you know more licks.. you learn how to do that from licks.. learn at least 7 licks

[@coloaten6682]

@@GarretRaja That's a great tip, thanks a lot! :)

[@tonybebop2247]

I would also move on to transcribing, it really helps you develop the tone that you want (especially on a wind instrument) and it helps you get ideas that you want. And always just listen, just listening to jazz is the best thing you can do while practicing and is almost required, but not a lot of people do it, they just focus on playing. Hope that also helps!!!

[@humblemai2211]

Oh my God....I can not believe that you are great teacher.... love you much

[@wetzelbernard8703]

dear tony thank you for all these videos, I use them for my vibraphone game thank you for all great job.

[@davidsaborit5091]

I like your style, Tony. Good teacher, good musician... Greetings from Spain.

[@Kredeidi]

Thats Charlie Parker in the song Au Privave on 5:56 Brilliant simple lick that feels so open and fun and really stands on its own!

[@DocBree13]

Thanks!

[@ajfrench806]

Thank you. The David baker book is a gem.

[@Malcolm.Y]

I like it, as much as a concert. Live, from his house, it's Tony.

[@jhernandez2931]

Excellent,

[@clicks59]

Nice, Tony! I enjoy your videos and always learn from them. Thanks.

[@reygalindo]

I think this book it's a great reference for anyone.

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Thank you for your suggestions, that’s great !

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Thanx, Maestro 🌹🌹🌹

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Thank you so much Tony, this channel is a goldmine!

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Thanks! ! 💥👌

[@TheRealSandleford]

Thanks for that book link as well as all the rest!

[@unclemick-synths]

Another good video. I don't know why KZbin failed to suggest your channel to me for so long - it's just what I've been looking for! I'm predominantly an ear and patterns player so your style of presentation at the keyboard makes more sense than hours of discussion at a whiteboard.

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[@paulcastro352]

Thanks a lot, I will try to learn and progress towards a better musician.

[@duongduong2414]

Love it Tony, wish you a lovely month

[@tioliak]

Hi Tony! 5:15 is from Charlie Parker's KC Blues

[@gustavopardiplaz4301]

Very useful 👍

[@carlsjoquist4299]

Thanks yet again, Tony. You rock it.

[@tinykat0909]

This is really great. Thank you! I found the pdf. It was super easy to find. Seems like a great resource.

[@humblemai2211]

Please make more tutorial like this

[@thomasa631]

Play it Tony you got it good......

[@beans802]

Amazing recommendation! Also… the book says “model piano voicings” not “modal”. 😊

[@tariqzellable]

thanks a lot

[@thomaswarner8884]

Thumbs up ! Great book indeed - crazy amount of stuff. KR from France.

[@fellifellfelli]

I play mostly guitar and this sounds neat to play on both

[@henrysoriano2643]

Hi Tony enjoyed man. You know it's funny when you jammig you think here we go again same old 3 chords C,F, and G blues thing, but it's really so open like you said little picks here and there to tie things together you know what I mean, a little run here, a little run there. Remember when we were playing together I would look forward to the break song C,F,G, blues thing, it was so open for me...lol...you know what I mean...lol...I'd hate to see what I played written out in a music sheet..probably chicken scratch...lol...I guess that's why they call it the blues/jazz...lol...play it like you feel it brother!

[@TonyWinston]

Henry my man! I don't remember that break song. I wonder sometimes if any recordings exist of our band. By the way, I talked to Betty not long ago. She worked as a flight attendant for many years and is retired now.

[@henrysoriano2643]

@@TonyWinston I know when I lived in Dallas she called me up late at might and said she was at DFW Airport, wanted to get together that night🤔, I was working 8-5 so there was no way I was going to make it...maybe I should have...lol...I was talking about every time we would take a break between sets we'd always do a short C,F &G turn around little song, know what I mean, it was not a whole song or anything just a short little didi...😊

[@estoico629]

Great, thank you very much!

[@liriosanz]

Buenisimo todo los videos , consejos , realmente los disfruto y aprendo mucho ! Muchas gracias !!!

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Tony you’re the best love the videos keep up the great work.

[@RuslanPlamadeala]

Simple, useful, nice!

[@raynardi7243]

Great!

[@fabfaco8271]

It's very interesting, thank you.

[@sanferrera]

Thank you! Great ideas!

[@santiagomiranda1006]

Buenas tardes, muchas gracias por sus explicaciones son muy interesantes, yo le doy un poco a los saxos- .

[@ocmolina83]

Great content! Thanks for sharing!

[@coloaten6682]

Another gem of a lesson, thanks Tony. Looks like you reached your "big number" of subs too :)

[@bonfu8398]

Great！Thanks for sharing！

[@SpyneMetal]

Great video! Thanks!! 🎵❤️

[@louisfrere5543]

Hi Tony, I like your tutorials. Very clear, to the point with incredibly useful music sheets. I’m an intermediate jazz piano player. I would love to study a complete medium tempo F blues solo, even if it takes sometime to learn. Is there one that you would recommend in particular ?

[@jacksonamaral329]

very good.

[@tareksrhan679]

thank you very very much شكرا

[@jefferyboyle7276]

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[@bobblues1158]

When you play a blues, you have to have a great first 4 bars when you start your solo. When you have that, the rest will come as you develope your ability to spin off of the first 4 bars. You dig?

[@nww009]

I had to report your comment for being "too educational". ;)

[@bobblues1158]

@@nww009 Great! LOL!

[@gyanlobaba231]

hey how to get a guide of this book i am a beginner at piano and want to learn improvisation. is there a video series covering entire book or recording to guide you.

[@fernandoalvarez4074]

Seria interesantisimo que se pudieran traducir estos conocimientos al español.

[@brucejeric6701]

Hi Tony Where can I get a hard copy of that david baker book? I’ve bought a few through Jamie Abersold but can’t find that particular book. Thanks Bruce

[@TonyWinston]

I don't know, no one seems to have it in stock.

[@brucejeric6701]

@@TonyWinston Thank you Tony

[@mayiask654]

Just a quick sidenote: unless the books are copyright free I don't think it is a good idea to publish the download links in public. I hope you don't get into any trouble.

[@TonyWinston]

I cant find a copy for sale anywhere.

[@anniestube46]

where is this download? Love this.

[@patrickthames8853]

David Baker is a trombone player who lost his chops in an accident and as a result started playing cello.

[@TonyWinston]

Didn't know that, thx

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[@ra-oo4bh]

Yeah Yu ru tu Nou wat

[@peoriaos6627]

If you pay me money, I will give you the link to this free download... hmmm

[@TonyWinston]

No, the link is in the description. Its free

[@ili626]

I bet it says “model” and not “modal”..That’s why those lines don’t sound modal.. Because they aren’t. They’re obviously 12 bar etudes by the sound of it. Hilarious

[@TonyWinston]

Yes, u r rite, I is not a gud speler

[@ili626]

@@TonyWinston Ha! It was funny to me, because I’ve caught myself making the exact same mistake. English is weird (and language in general).. there’s no rule that says “model” has a short ‘o’ sound and “modal” has a long ‘o’ sound.

[@TonyWinston]

@@ili626 funny to me too, I felt pretty foolish. 😄

[@ili626]

@@TonyWinston Don’t feel embarrassed because we all do this.. Forgive me in advance, I was a cogsci/psych major: I think it may go to show how we can project expectations onto mis-aligned things. For example, if I set you up for a listening task, you would easily differentiate a chorus of modal music from a chorus of blues. But with an incongruous expectation to hear a modal chorus - and because blues can definitely share modal qualities or even be completely modal - that’s what you end up hearing. In this case, what you heard didn’t make sense, so you moved on. Suggestibility works same way… biases get set up by ourselves or others.

[@robertduis6730]

THIS is the WRONG way to learn to IMPROVISE! Improvisation is a new "STORY" of the player him/herself based on the chords and his fantasy to tell this "story". It is not a compilation of "licks!" ......as shown in this video / in this book.

[@TonyWinston]

I would agree with you but after teaching kids for many years, I have found it helpful to use some 'starter ideas' You're concept of STORY/ fantasy is true but some students benefit from some 'licks'. Then they can begin to assimilate their ideas. Also, listening to a lot of blues is an essential part of learning -T

[@robertduis6730]

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