Creative Scale Practice
This unit is all about thinking about the exercises you're all familiar with - scales, arpeggios etc - in a different want. Using them to think harmonically about chords and progressions. In this lessons Zach looks at practicising scales, crucially doing so in a meaningful way, which leads you towards fluency in improvisation.
Course preview
This lesson is part of the course Learn Improvisation on Violin with Zach Brock & Snarky PuppyWatch a preview of the full course below.
About the instructor
Heralded as “the pre-eminent improvising violinist of his generation,” Zach Brock is an violinist and composer whose music draws on the traditions of jazz, classical, world, and popular music. Zach received his first Grammy Award in 2017 for his work on Snarky Puppy’s album Culcha Vulcha. His acclaim as a bandleader has grown through appearances at venues such as Carnegie Hall and festivals like “Tudo é Jazz” in Brazil, while his reputation as a sideman has... read more