📬 Mailbag: I Always Get Lost When Improvising

[@javilalima]

Excellent advice. I rarely lose myself in the form of a tune, but I have sometimes played with people who do and that is a real nightmare on stage.

[@brendaboykin3281]

Thank you, Jeremy 🌹🌹🌹🌹 Very helpful, Sir. It's great that you now present the full song at the end of the lesson. Inspiring.😎

[@JeremySiskind]

Many thanks, Brenda!

[@donschneider7953]

So reassuring. So kind and wise. Good "parenting". Thank you.

[@JeremySiskind]

My pleasure, Don! Happy practicing!

[@sylviacantumusicalideas2468]

Thanks, Jeremy. Really great tips!

[@JeremySiskind]

Thanks, Sylvia! Keep at it - there's no substitute for time...

[@anastasiahulai5095]

Jeremy, would you please make a video one day about practicing with backing tracks? for beginners Loved the lesson a lot

[@JeremySiskind]

Interesting idea. I might not be the guy for it as I have never done it, but I'll think about it!

[@BethanyLowe8773]

Lovely subject and very kind and supportive tips! (And a great model solo.) Thank you Jeremy! I think my main problem is that improvising at all takes up 93% of my brainpower, and everything else, like the simple ability to think of the next chord, goes out of the window!

[@JeremySiskind]

That's totally how it goes, Bethany! That's how I feel about conjugating verbs in Spanish...but...every now and then, the correct conjugation just comes out. I know I need to practice more and someday....eventually...it will become easy.

[@jacobkuhlmann1616]

I’ve heard some of these before, but they really do help stay with the form. It can sometimes be quite challenging to not get lost when improvising!!

[@JeremySiskind]

No doubt! It's a lot to do at once, but keep at it and it will become natural. It just takes time.

[@francescomanfredi]

Very useful tips! By the way on what page of your Jazz fundamentals book 1 can I find the basic 9th arpeggio exercise starting from the third you always show in your videos? It’s quickly becoming my desert island 🏝️ exercise!

[@JeremySiskind]

Page 82? Unit 6 on book 1.

[@humblemai2211]

Thanks a lot

[@JeremySiskind]

My pleasure, Mai!

[@humblemai2211]

Great video...I am looking for

[@JeremySiskind]

See, I read your mind. 😉

[@humblemai2211]

Thanks a lot

[@JeremySiskind]

No problem!