Doing a solo

1.  Create a short musical motif or musical statement

2. Develop that musical statement thru the technique of repetition and variation

3. Thru the development of statment, build musical tension

4. When statement reaches its climax, release the tension and bring things home with a restatement of the original motif.

–a motif is a short, memorable melodic pattern that you can use as the basis fo ryour entire solo.

–build longer phrases from a motif by applying repetition and variation.

–generate interest in your solo by building tension and then releasing that tension within a phrase and over the entire length of the solo

–to create a fully conceived solo, start by creating a motif, then develop the technique thru repetition and variation, build tension over the next several phrases, and then release the tension after a musical climax

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