TEASER : Improvisation lesson by Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin.

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Improvisation: Prelude in the A mode

1. A mode
• prelude with arpeggios

2. Prelude
• different textures for a prelude
• bass line
• Slow movement

3. Toccata
• toccata formula in A mode

4. Structural work
• cantilena theme
• free passage with scales

5. Transposition
• the circle of fifths
• how to modulate

6. Return to theme
• A-B-A form
• transition to theme

7. Scherzo
• reverse characters
8. Other modulations
• reverse the circle of fifths
• return to starting key

9. Working with perfect chords
• chromatic progression
• creating a melody

10. Textures
• adapting the progression with different textures
• use of foreign notes


11. Various chord progressions
• exemples of more distant chords