Improvising Melodies On Violin

You can have hours of fun by improvising with pentatonic scales and drone notes.

Learning Steps

Play an E Minor Pentatonic scale with an E drone: E Minor Pentatonic: D1-3-A0-1-3-E0

Now Chain the notes at random until you find something that resonates. 

A1-3-E0-A1-3-0-1

Feel free to repeat notes, change their length or add rhythms…

A1-3-E0-0-A1-3-3-0-1-1-1-1-0

A1-3-E0-0-A1-3-3-0-1


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Further learning

Improvising With Rhythms

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