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ranjit
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Off the top of my head
on: January 09, 2017, 04:51:42 PM
I've recently learned the Dorian mode. Here's a little tune that I improvised.
P.S. This is one of my first improvisations.
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quantum
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Re: Off the top of my head
Reply #1 on: January 21, 2017, 08:44:05 AM
From your other posts on PS, it seems like you have only been playing a short while. Good on you to study improvising! It is also a great way to practice new theoretical concepts and make music out of them, as you have shown here.
Sometimes when we improvise, things don't always go to plan or we could get stumped on what to do next. Try to make music out of those situations, instead of pausing to think let the music take you somewhere. Creating a fluid sense of transition from one thing to the next will aid your improvisation work.
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ranjit
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Re: Off the top of my head
Reply #2 on: January 21, 2017, 02:06:40 PM
Thank you so much for the advice.
I'm overwhelmed that you took the time to listen to my (admittedly bad) improvisation, and respond.
Again, thanks!!
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Re: Off the top of my head
Reply #3 on: January 22, 2017, 02:49:44 AM
Don't worry about good and bad too much in the initial stages of improvising, plenty of time for self-assessment in the decades ahead of you. The first thing is just to get some sort of reliable flow going and enjoy yourself, and as you obviously have an intuitive feeling for phrase and rhythm, inhibition will not be the problem it is with many players. You can acquire a huge keyboard vocabulary and technique at your own pace, that isn't as necessary as most people think anyway, and it certainly isn't sufficient. Other people, even famous ones, cannot tell you what sounds you like, only you can decide that for yourself. That is a seemingly obvious fact which startlingly few people realise. We are never more ourselves than during deep improvisation.
Please keep posting your improvisations here, I look forward to hearing your music develop.
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