Скачать или смотреть Improvising on Piano: it’s not about lots of notes! Start simple…

In this video, I aim to do what no one else seems to do- so many improvising courses go straight into masses of theory, forgetting about phrasing, dynamics, articulation, shaping and developing ideas…

I go through the basics of improvising over “So What”, a Miles Davis tune from his 1959 album “A Kind of Blue”, a progression that has only two chords:

D minor - improvise using only the white notes

Eb minor - improvise using black notes (and C and F)

A few tips along the way to help you improvise with the minimum of fuss, and also with the mindset that it’s not about lots of notes. There are too many musicians who try to blow each other off the stage with lots and lots of notes…

See also my “part 2”, where I go a little bit more into detail at the same time as stepping back a little…

   • Improvising on Piano Part 2: A little more...  

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