Improvise Using Motifs – mDecks Music
Published: 2023-01-29
II-V Minor
motivic development
upper structures
standard:stella by starlight
Learn a practical shortcut for improvising with motifs by sequencing simple shapes across ii–V progressions.
This lesson shows how to create and reuse short motives by thinking in chordal shapes (e.g., add9 voicings) and modalizing them across consecutive ii–V changes. You'll see concrete examples for minor7b5 and dominant b9 chords, learn which chord-scale shapes to use, and how to adapt rhythmic variations to keep the idea musical. Includes a downloadable PDF exercise to practice transposing and applying the motifs through a typical jazz turnaround.
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