Improvise for Real: The Complete Method for All Instruments

Author: Reed, David

Brand: David Reed Music

Features:

• Used Book in Good Condition

Binding: Paperback

Number Of Pages: 240

Release Date: 27-02-2013

Details: Unlock the full creative power of your ear, your instrument, and your imagination.
Have you always dreamed of improvising your own music — freely, confidently, and with real understanding?

Improvise for Real will show you how. Whether you play jazz, rock, classical, or folk, this breakthrough method teaches you how to explore harmony with your ears and your instrument, so you can truly understand harmony and improvise your own music with complete freedom.

Unlike traditional approaches based on memorizing scales or copying other people’s licks, Improvise for Real guides you into experiencing music directly for yourself. You’ll build a deep, personal understanding of harmony, one step at a time, in a way that is musical and creative right from the start.

🎶 What You’ll Learn
• How to see and feel the entire harmonic space on your instrument
• How to connect your ear to your instrument, so you can play what you imagine
• How to improvise fluently over any chord progression or song
• How to recognize notes, chords, and progressions by ear using the IFR tonal map
• How to develop your own musical voice through creative exploration

💡 What Makes This Book Different

A true understanding of harmony. The biggest problem that beginning improvisers have with expressing themselves creatively is that they are trying to apply licks and scales to isolated chords, but this isn't how music works at all. When you listen to your favorite songs, what you hear is a lovely interplay of notes and chords on a single musical landscape. With Improvise for Real you will learn to see this musical landscape and weave your own melodies effortlessly through the chords.

Creativity right from the start. In every other art form (painting, poetry, etc.) students get to experience the creative process as a natural part of their learning. It's only in music that this creative process remains shrouded in mystery. Improvise for Real is changing all of that. We believe that your own creative exploration of the sounds is essential. With Improvise for Real you will be improvising and expressing your own musical ideas right from the very first day. This is true whether you're learning from the book or using our step-by-step video courses tailored for your instrument.

Connection to the ear. Improvise for Real will show you how to connect your ear to your instrument. For each new harmonic situation that you learn, you'll explore the sounds creatively and you'll learn to HEAR these sounds in the music all around you. The result is a deep personal understanding of harmony that allows you to recognize melodies and chord progressions by ear and to play the sounds you imagine.

🧑🏫 Who Is This For?

This book is for any musician who wants to:
• Improvise with complete melodic freedom
• Play songs and melodies by ear
• Compose their own music
• Truly understand how music works — from the inside out

Whether you’re a beginner or a trained professional, IFR meets you where you are and guides you step by step into full creative freedom.

✨ Praise from Students Around the World

"I am just 5 or 6 weeks into the course and it's already having a profound effect on my playing."
"It's among the best music books I've ever come across. Reed's perspective immediately opened doors that I didn't know existed."
"David could have easily named this book ‘The Tao of Music’. I am a professional musician teaching at university level, and this is the greatest book on music I have worked with in my 25 years."

🎯 If you dream of improvising music that’s truly your own, this book will change your life.

EAN: 9780984686360

Package Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.6 x 0.6 inches

Languages: English