Monday, November 16, 2009

PLN - "Impro-visor"

This week, I found a free Java software known as "Impro-Visor," a music notation program designed to help jazz musicians compose and hear solos similar to ones that might be improvised. The objective is to improve understanding of solo construction and tune chord changes. It can also be use to create accompaniment backing tracks. This website also includes various useful documents on jazz improvisation - great for use in middle/high school theory/jazz classrooms!
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  1. phluph9764November 19, 2009 at 7:57 PM

    WOW! That is all that I can say. This application is so cool.

    I would have all my students using this as soon as possible! This would have been so beneficial to have when I started to learn jazz.

    Thanks for the wonderful link.

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  2. Richard IIINovember 20, 2009 at 7:35 AM

    Great find Alyssa! This looks like something that could help me a lot with jazz improvisation! I will also pass this information on to students because I know they'll find it to be beneficial! Thanks for the info.

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  3. stacey kolthammerNovember 28, 2009 at 11:07 AM

    It looks like this should eventually end up in our class instructional software wiki!

    It's fun to see that this program was made by someone at Harvey Mudd. My brother-in-law did his undergraduate work there and I don't often see the name come up.

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