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Secrets of Blues Soloing on the Flute in C Major

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Summary: Learn blues music secrets about playing solos on the flute in the key of C major from a professional flutist in this free music lesson video about musical instruments and music theory.

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Kiely Griffin Kiely Griffin is a third-year music management and jazz flute student at the Hartt School of Music in West Hartford, CT. She has previously served as vice pre... read more

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Secrets of Blues Soloing on the Flute in C Major

As I have mentioned before a really big key in soloing and improvising is to tell a story. And that really includes knowing where you are going. You want to make sure you plan out your solo. This is a big key to success in soloing. Know how many forms you are going to take. When you have a form you have the twelve bars form so know how many times you are going to go through that form. If you have a specific idea in mind or and idea that you have worked through with the chords and the notes that you want to try make sure you have a place where you are planning to play that chord in that idea. It?s often a good idea to keep in mind the chord changes when you are playing your solo too. That way you can go through the solo and have something to hang on to with your changes and so you don't get lost. I will know play an example of another solo. I am only going to play one chorus and I think after the at the ninth bar I'm going to use an idea that I want to do. The idea I'm going to use at the ninth bar is going to be this so make sure you listen for it. That starts on G which is the V chord. So now I am going to start and play a solo and remember to use my cool idea remembering to keep in mind the chord changes and also to develop a story which connects the different ideas through my sound.

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