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Posts Tagged ‘improvisation’

Pentatonic and Blues Scales: Five Notes That Changed Everything

By Richard Kahn | August 28, 2026 | 0
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The pentatonic scale is the most universal scale in the world. It appears in Chinese classical music, West African drumming traditions, Scottish folk songs…

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Comping and Improvisation: Harmony in Real Time

By Richard Kahn | August 11, 2026
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In a jazz or commercial music ensemble, the rhythm section — piano, guitar, bass — does not simply play the written notes. They comp.

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