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Tony 演奏blues 曲式，左手演奏bass line， 右手即興旋律
這樣左右手分開演奏旋律線條，可以增強雙手獨立性。
一樣，我們可以創造一個bass line，保持非常非常簡單，所以你不會失去任何節奏感，也不會亂了拍子。
試著創造旋律，即興的樂句盡量有音樂性有調性，創造出悅耳的旋律。
如果覺得快要卡住，可以左手停在只演奏同一個音，但是還是要保持節奏。
兩手分開獨立演奏，創造簡單旋律，讓樂句聽起來悅耳，這些是練習的重點。

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Tension Resolution (TR) on "Time After Time": One of the improvisational concepts that my students and I were working on this week in my improv classes at Berklee was that of TR. We chose specific tensions for each chord change on the beautiful standard "Time After Time" and improvised based upon the sounding of those tensions along with their resolution to the nearest chord tone. The constant tension and release creates forward motion in the improvised line and can be the basis of rich, melodic phrases.

Here's a simple rootless voicing etude. Listen to it. Do you hear the short and longs? Work them out with the pedal.