9. February – 29. June 2015
19h00 – 20h00
Workshop for improvisation for acoustic guitar with Carlo Duvivié
| Participation fee: |
€ 380.- (per semester) |
| Minimum number of participants | 5 |
| Number of lessons | 15 |
| Required skills | melody and picking |
| Venue | Wiener Musikakademie |
Organisation: Vienna International Masterclasses
IMPROVISATION FOR ACOUSTIC GUITAR. During my education to become a guitarist there was no time for improvisation, maybe you have similar experiences yourself. I am afraid this matter has not changed yet. Although we do master more or less great repertoire including various styles of different musical eras which we are able to increase and impart, many of us decline to improvise, either as a soloist or in an ensemble. It is as if we were able to read a language we cannot talk autonomously. The reason for this is that harmonics are narrowed down to a theoretical subject based on lectures by the universities and conservatoires. This theoretical knowledge is easy to adapt to keyboard instruments for every note has its own key. Also the keys are arranged chromatically. Compared to this a guitar’s fingerboard makes the implementation a lot more difficult. For a guitarist the feasibility to put melodious and harmonious knowledge into practice comes with connecting that knowledge to the system of tabs as a second pattern of thinking additional to the theory of harmony. And that is exactly what it is about: creating melodies and sounds by understanding the system of tabs as well as refreshing and utilizing our lectures about harmonics through haptic enjoyment and knowledge. I myself broke the first ground by discovering some easily comprehensible solutions concerning improvisations on guitar which I successfully apply on my lessons and my own playing.
I OFFER THE FOLLOWING PROJECT: Improvisation is the result of a continuous progression. Therefore we will meet once a week for the period of one semester. These meetings aim to make the system of tabs more understandable so that we can transpose it into sound intensively straightaway and develop it even further. In the end we will have a live jam session and/or the opportunity to make a high-quality recording of a 20 minute improvisation at the Academy’s recording studio...
Vienna, January 2015 Carlo Duvivié
