Bill Hilton – Piano Like A Pro
September 7, 2019
Chick Corea, Hiromi – 2 Great Artists Co-create
July 3, 2019
Yasuhisa Tanaka
Published on Oct 24, 2010
Duet 02 Old Castle, by the River, in the Middle of a Forest
Comment by Joseph Armand
Ok. Piano virtuosity doesn’t come any plainer than this. Two peerless players…’playing’ together. The loosest, tightest example of improvisation around. Points countered. Absolute respect. Old master…young brilliant. Absolutely in synch…dancing, chasing, clashing, arguing, talking, dreaming. These are 13 magical moments of which you won’t find a musical equivalence.
Bill Hilton
Published on May 27, 2019
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Vocalization is an incredibly useful technique to improve your piano improvisation – one used by major stars of jazz and blues piano in particular, though it’s used across the piano playing spectrum from pop to classical.
The basic idea is that vocalization allows you to tune into your intuitive musicality to save yourself being too consciously technical when you’re improvising at the piano keyboard. The piano is basically a machine, and it’s very easy to get tied up in the logic process of deciding which key to press when, which chord to use in particular places and so on – and that’s even before you get on to thinking about what to do with the pedals and how to deal with the idiosyncrasies of different pianos.
In this piano tutorial I introduce vocalization by working through a pretty straightforward eight-bar improvisation exercise that you should be able to manage as long as you’re familiar with some basic chords – or you’re willing to copy the chords I’m playing on the keyboard – and you know the names of the notes on the piano.
Vocalising as you improvising won’t magically make you into a piano improvisation genius overnight, but it will help you produce much more natural-sounding improvised lines, especially when improvising melodically in the right hand. Beware, though – if you incorporate this into your piano practice anyone listen to you might think you’re a bit weird! Vocalization is definitely worth the effort, though, so give it a go.
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Clarinet Improvisation
May 28, 2019
Stacking Fifths – Improvisation
May 4, 2019
SIMPLE piano trick to make you sound ADVANCED: Stacking chords in fifths
Published on Oct 20, 2017
If you want to step up your piano skills, come in and learn this straightforward trick that produces an amazing sound: playing chords in fifths! This is so simple but sounds so good that everyone should know it. I’ll show you what this trick is about, demonstrate how it sounds and give you a neat way to practice it by playing the major scale in a way you’ve never seen before ;).
on Jun 5, 2018
This was inspired by two wonderful instruments – a Bechstein Upright and a Fazioli 2m80 grand one night at the Concert Hall of BA Trossingen, Germany. It is part of the Album “Felt on Strings” 2018 by Florian Sitzmann – find more information on http://www.floriansitzmann.de/feltonstrings
A Short Guide to Playing Lead on Bass
October 19, 2018
Polyphony and Storytelling: A Conversation with Nate Wooley on Solo Improvisation — NewMusicBox – NewMusicBox
August 20, 2018
As a listener,
I’ve long found myself seeking musical experiences
that generate a kind of sustained ecstatic energy
from a foundation of rigorous thought and technique.
Gaining access to that plane as a solo improviser
is a particularly challenging task.
It takes a special type of artist who
engages deeply with the details of sound,…
Alma Deutsher: Piano improvisation
August 8, 2018
Bass+Flute Improvisation
February 25, 2018
Improvising Over Chromatic Passing Chords
December 4, 2016
It’s tough choosing a tonality when chords move by half step. Here is a method that gives good results.
Keith Jarrett – Paris Concert Live
September 11, 2016
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Keith Jarrett – The Art of Improvisation
September 11, 2016
Charlie Albright – Listen to this Incredable Improvisation – Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
July 21, 2016
Charlie Albright, Pianist – Improviser
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Freestyle Improvisation 23 – Complicated Heart
January 12, 2016
Benjamin Cornelius-Bates – Organ Improvisation
December 8, 2015
Lead sheets and fake books – Tools for Improvising
November 18, 2015
Piano improvisation: how do I know which notes I can play?
August 1, 2015