The Road to Riffsville - Ebook

Skill level: Intermediate

If you already work with a memorized deck and want to move beyond scripted tricks, The Road to Riffsville will show you how to improvise with confidence. Michael Close first explored jazzing back in 1996, then spent decades refining the idea. This is a seven part ebook, illustrated with one hundred photos and nineteen embedded videos, presents the updated system more clearly than ever.

Michael arranged the chapters in the same order he uses in private coaching. You begin by pinpointing the obstacles that stall most performers, then add practical tools like false shuffles, estimation shortcuts, and flexible reveals. By the final section you can pick up any stack and riff in real time.

Table of contents
• A Note to Newcomers
• Introduction
• Part One: The Problems
• Part Two: False Shuffle, Cut, Glimpse Options
• Part Three: Estimation Techniques
• Part Four: The Riffing Session
• Part Five: Possible Revelations
• Part Six: What Belongs in Your Toolbox
• Part Seven: True Improvisation with a Memdeck
• Afterword

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The Road to Riffsville is stack independent, so it works with Tamariz, Aronson, or any order you prefer. Early readers report more freedom in performance and stronger, more surprising endings.

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