Improvising Bach

Improvising Bach, Book 1 presents a breakthrough approach to counterpoint on the guitar - one that classical players never expect, and electric players have never been offered. Instead of spending years learning one piece after another, this book teaches the actual developmental path Bach may have used to build his improvisational and contrapuntal mastery.
You begin with simple, playable drills: one‑against‑one counterpoint, then two‑against‑one, three‑against‑one, and eventually four‑against‑one. But unlike traditional theory books, these are not abstract rules or written assignments. They are hands‑on musical behaviors practiced directly on the guitar, using intervallic cells, voice‑leading gravity, pedal‑point structures, and rotational patterns that generate authentic Baroque motion under your fingers.
As the chapters progress, the skills compound. By the end of the book, you can:

• improvise in an advanced Baroque style
• build independent voices that move with clarity and purpose
• use pedal point as a structural engine for invention
• develop phrases from tiny cells the way Bach did
• create contrary‑motion lines that sound composed
• modulate using Bach‑like rotational engines
• take a simple melody and transform it into full, multi‑voice counterpoint