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 Because only simple rhythms are needed, every player can bring percussion instruments and play during the games. Because only simple rhythms are needed, every player can bring percussion instruments and play during the games.
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 +===== Promotion text =====
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 +Musical Improv Workshop
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 +Let me show you how fun and easy is to sing improvised songs! Singing with other players in a safe environment where mistakes are promoted is always fun, recharges your energy and expand your comfort zone.
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 +If you play any instrument at any level, just bring it and get loose playing it in front of an audience.
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 +Meet new people and open yourself to new challenges.
  
 ===== Individual games to wake up ====== ===== Individual games to wake up ======
  
 +===== Warm-up games =======
 +  * **Choir of Angels**((Source: The book "The Improv Comedy Musician" by Laura Hall and Bob Baker)): All the singers are in a circle and the musician plays an easy chord progression and they have to harmonize with the changing chors by saying "Ah...", "Ooo...", etc.
 +    * After a while the musician plays another chord progression and each player adds a line to the song to tell a story. While one player is singing the other ones are harmonizing.
 +  * **Song in Gribberish**((Source: The book "The Improv Comedy Musician" by Laura Hall and Bob Baker)): The musician plays a simple 8 or 16 bars chord progression. Each player sings in gribberisch saying who they are, where, what they do and their emotions
 +    * Each player uses a melody without words
 +    * The musician plays in different ways to accentuate the character
 +  * **Walk about**((Source: The book "The Improv Comedy Musician" by Laura Hall and Bob Baker)): The players vocalize while walking around while the musician plays gently. They have to hear each other and observe how the sound is different in each corner of the room.
 +    * Then the musician plays a melody around C so they stretch their voices. Afterwards they sing open syllables like moo, zee, so, ta, etc.
 +    * Finally they add characters and locations and start singing like "You are all cowboys" 
 +    * It shows the challenges of singing together in different positions.
 +  * **Tongue Twisters**:((Source: The book "The Improv Comedy Musician" by Laura Hall and Bob Baker)) While one player leads, the rest repeat the tongue twister clearly
 +  * [[improv-games_10_-_give_and_take_of_focus|Human orchestra]]
 ===== Group games in circles =====  ===== Group games in circles ===== 
-  * **[[http://improvencyclopedia.org/games//Hot_Spot.html|Hotspot]] / Singing circle**: LOL Everyone is standing in a circle. One player goes to the centre and starts singing a famous song, then the group repeats. When he gets stuck, someone //rescues// him by replacing him in the middle of the circle and singing a new song. The moderator has to try to keep the energy high and intervene if none goes to the centre. After a while, the circle makes a rhythm with the body and the player in the centre has to //invent// the lyrics to that rhythm. Afterwards he will be //rescued// by new players who will invent new lyrics which may lead to a change in the pace of the rhythm. +  * **[[http://improvencyclopedia.org/games//Hot_Spot.html|Hotspot]]((Source: The book "The Improv Comedy Musician" by Laura Hall and Bob Baker)) / Singing circle**: LOL Everyone is standing in a circle. One player goes to the centre and starts singing a famous song, then the group repeats. When he gets stuck, someone //rescues// him by replacing him in the middle of the circle and singing a new song. The moderator has to try to keep the energy high and intervene if none goes to the centre. After a while, the circle makes a rhythm with the body and the player in the centre has to //invent// the lyrics to that rhythm. Afterwards he will be //rescued// by new players who will invent new lyrics which may lead to a change in the pace of the rhythm. 
 +  * **Association Rhymes**:((Source: The book "The Improv Comedy Musician" by Laura Hall and Bob Baker)) The players in a circle tap a mid-tempo. Each player says two words which rhyme on the second and fourth beat 
 +    * Example: marsh and harsh, mean and green 
 +    * When the group learns to play, the tempo can be faster 
 +  * **My Name is**((Source: The book "The Improv Comedy Musician" by Laura Hall and Bob Baker)) The first player introduces himself with a name which is easy to rhyme. Then each player in turns sing a line describing him using a rhyming word 
 +    * Example: My name is Bob, I'm in the mob, I am a slob, My corn's on cob... 
 +    * On stage every player can add two sentences to make easier to tell a story
 ===== Games in pairs ===== ===== Games in pairs =====
  
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   * **Solo singing**: LOL One player is stading on the stage and the audience names a word and an object they want to hear in the song. A musician start a rhythm with 2-3 chords and after a while the player has to invent an easy chorus. This chorus is repeated 2-3 times so everyone remembers it. Then the player starts inventing verses which tell a story. When he doesn't know how to continue, he sing the chorus with the audience   * **Solo singing**: LOL One player is stading on the stage and the audience names a word and an object they want to hear in the song. A musician start a rhythm with 2-3 chords and after a while the player has to invent an easy chorus. This chorus is repeated 2-3 times so everyone remembers it. Then the player starts inventing verses which tell a story. When he doesn't know how to continue, he sing the chorus with the audience
   * [[http://improv.ca/sounds-like-a-song/|Sounds like a song]]   * [[http://improv.ca/sounds-like-a-song/|Sounds like a song]]
 +  * [[http://improvencyclopedia.org/games//Greatest_Hits.html|Greatest Hits]]
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   * [[http://improvencyclopedia.org/games//I_Love_You.html|I Love You]]   * [[http://improvencyclopedia.org/games//I_Love_You.html|I Love You]]
   * [[http://improvencyclopedia.org/games//Blind_Musical.html|Blind musical]]   * [[http://improvencyclopedia.org/games//Blind_Musical.html|Blind musical]]