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Lesson 3, Topic 4
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Improv with Bassline

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Goal
Using only white keys, improvise melodies in the RH over a bassline in the LH, landing on stable scale degrees in sync with a metronome.

Vocabulary
•    bassline = sequence of low notes
•    rest = silence

Essential Knowledge
•    Stable scale degrees (135) are defined by the bass/lowest note. Scale degree 1 is the bass note, and scale degrees 3 & 5 are every other scale note above that. 
•    When the bass note is moving (bassline), the scale degrees move with it.

Tips
•    The 3 notes of a triads are usually the 3 stable scale degrees, though other types of triads exist that involve other scale degrees (like sus4, add2).

PLAY THIS
1.    LH: 2-4 note looping bassline in whole notes at 80bpm
2.    RH: 135 in any order/octave in half notes, then quarter notes, then eighth notes
3.    RH: 1234567 in half notes, then quarter notes, then eighth notes, then turn off metronome and use any rhythms

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