BookatlasPiano Rabbit Hole: Improvisation Theory & Practice
5565 / 18210 · Workshop 38 — “Cantaloupe Island”: Funk Vamp, Sixteenth-Note Groove, Ghosted Attacks, and Improvising Over One Chord Without Sounding Empty← prev⊞ allnext →

38.94The theory lesson hidden inside this workshop

At first glance, this seems like a rhythm lesson.

But it changes how you understand harmony too.

A chord held for eight bars is not experienced the same way as the same chord held for two beats.

Once again:

time changes harmonic meaning.