Lesson 11 - QUIZ ANSWERS

Lesson 11 Quiz - Impro Library


  1. What are the 'minor II-V-I progressions' in these keys.
    1. Fm - - - - Gø - C7 - Fm

    2. Ebm - - - - Fø - Bb7 - Ebm

    3. Dm- - - - Eø - A7 - Dm

    4. Gm- - - - Aø - D7 - Gm

    5. Bbm- - - - Cø - F7 - Bbm

    6. Am- - - - Bø - E7 - Am


  2. Which harmonic minor scale do you use for improvisation over these dominant chords.
    1. F7b9 - - - - Bb Harmonic minor

    2. E7b9 - - - - A Harmonic minor

    3. G7b9 - - - - C Harmonic minor

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    4. A7b9 - - - - D Harmonic minor

    5. Bb7b9 - - - - Eb Harmonic minor

    6. D7b9 - - - - G Harmonic minor


  3. What scale(s) do you use over these chord progressions
    1. Fø - Bb7 - Ebm - - - - Eb Harmonic minor

    2. Aø - D7b9 - Gm7 b9 - - - - G Harmonic minor, G Dorian over Gm7

    3. Ebm7 - Ab7 - DbΔ - - - - Db Harmonic minor, Db major scale over DbΔ

    4. Gø - C7 - Fm - - - - F Harmonic minor

    5. Eø - A7b9 - Dm7 - - - - D Harmonic minor, D Dorian mode over Dm7

    6. F#m7 - B7 - Em7 - - - - E Harmonic minor, E Dorian mode over Em7


  4. Name five (or as many as you can think of) aspects of phrasing we have dealt with in this course.
    1. Alternate high activity (short notes) with low activity (long notes and rests).

    2. Use of accents on downbeats 2 and 4 and all offbeat positions.

    3. Use of triplet quavers.

    4. Selecting different starting and ending points for phrases.

    5. Use of dynamics (crescendo, decrescendo) and articulation (staccatos, tenudos, slurred passages). Articulation of the last note of a phrase.

    6. Variation of phrase length. Phrase across 'natural' phrase ending points every 4 bars, and across the end of a chorus.


  5. Name five (or as many as you can think of) aspects of tone selection for improvisation we have dealt with in this course.
    1. Use of chord tones

    2. Use of scale tones or tones of the appropriate mode

    3. Use of critical tones which distinguish one scale from the next one.

    4. Focus on essential chord tones, the 3rd and 7th of the chord, (and also the 9th), and their use as starting and ending notes of a phrase.

    5. Use of guide tone lines (consisting of chord tones and important melody tones) to provide meaningful direction in a solo, especially over monotonousor difficult chord passages.


  6. Name five (or as many as you can think of) fundament chord progressions we have dealt with in this course.
    1. IΔ - VIm7 - IIm7 - V7

    2. Basic 12 bar Blues : I - I - I - I   , IV - IV - I - I  , V - V - I - I

    3. Embellished Blues : I - IV - I - I   , IV - IV - I - I   , V - IV - I - I)

    4. Scale-tone chord progression of the major scale : IVΔ - VIIø - IIIm7 - VIm7 - IIm7 - V7 - IΔ

    5. IIm7 - V7 - IΔ

    6. IIø - V7(b9) - Im(7)

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