‘Body & Soul’ Improvisation

A short example improvisation over the A section of jazz standard ‘Body And Soul’. This extract, transcribed below, demonstrates some useful lines and improvisational techniques including:

• Tritone substitution (grey)

• Glissando melodic transitions (blue)

• Diminished ideas (green)

• Extended arpeggios (red)

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