The *MOST* important part of this lesson is mastering the accompaniment. You want your left hand accompaniment to be rock solid. Even though this is a really simple accompaniment, it is suggested to play it several dozen times in a row along with a metronome. Once you feel comfortable playing the accompaniment, add the licks and variations. Try to create more of your own variations over the accompaniment.

Rhythm is critical for improvisation. This lesson has a nice collection of rhythms that you can implement into your improvisations.

Building off of the accompaniment pattern we learned in TCI Exercise #1 and the rhythms from 3 Basic Rhythms, you'll now learn how to create even more licks to expand your improvisation.

The blues is a great next step after you feel comfortable improvising over the simple bass line you have already learned. Chicken Pox Blues is an easy song that you can optionally learn. However the improvisation lesson will help you understand

The 7-Days of Improvisation course will expand upon the simple bass line that you learned at the beginning of this path. However, you'll also learn how to brach off into other chord structures and progressions. After finishing this lesson, you can spend a good deal of time in the 7 Days of Improvisation course creating your own improvisations!