<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">A friend with whom I had a lengthy talk about learning and teaching improvisation sent me the following information --</div><div class="">*********************************************</div><div class="">I was reminded of your improvisation approach by a YouTube posted recently by one of our trumpet-playing members.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">He researched (numerically) the notes in chords that Louis Armstrong favored in his playing and calculated the likelihood that each would be played.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">His presentation was titled What note would Louis Armstrong Play? (WWLAP)</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I think it will be of interest to you as it confirms what I remember about your approach to learning how to improvise.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You can find the link to the video here:</div><div class=""><a href="https://www.irealb.com/forums/showthread.php?20543-New-Orleans-Trumpet-A-Down-Home-Conservatory-Method-(book)-Jim-Thornton&p=56860#post56860" class="">https://www.irealb.com/forums/showthread.php?20543-New-Orleans-Trumpet-A-Down-Home-Conservatory-Method-(book)-Jim-Thornton&p=56860#post56860</a></div><div class="">**************************************************</div><div class="">I found it to be well worth my time. Having watched it, it totally supports my own method for how I learned to improvise (and still learning). Chord tones it is, baby!!!</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">“Music-is-how-feeings-sound”</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Bill Sharp</div><br class=""></body></html>