My goal for this jazz unit is to perform improvisations at the speed of which Stephane Grappelli can. This is a quite a challenge for me as improvisation is something new for 
me. In classical music, the Cadanza of a concerto is meant to be improvised by the soloist, but nowadays it is written down and improvisation no longer occurs. Over the last few lessons, playing Centerpiece and Blues Legacy I have started to develop my improvisation skills, but it is still very basic and errors are frequent. In order to reduce the errors and increase my speed, I need to get use to the Blues Scale. This means that I would have to practice the scale at home and get use to it so notes would come naturally to me, which would help to increase my speed. Also Stephane used a lot of legato when he played his pieces, so I would play my scale using legato to practice the long smoothing bowing of Stephane. Doing all of these technical exercise would help me achieve my goal for this unit.
Zeyu Hu 