For Day 2 of my Improv Project, I took the exercise, "What note is next", (created/taught to me by Robert Dick, I forgot to credit him yesterday), and added another parameter, dynamics. Adding this second parameter made it much more complicated than I had anticipated, and I had a much harder time working with both … Continue reading Improv Project – Day 2
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Summer Project – Improv Everyday
For the next month, I'm going to post one improvisation every day. There are a few reasons why I'm doing this: I have been focusing more on traditional repertoire recently and haven't been improvising as much; my traditional repertoire is a little stale and not quite at the level I want it to be; and … Continue reading Summer Project – Improv Everyday
Practicing
Practicing is hard for me when I don't have a specific goal. I don't have lessons every couple weeks anymore, and thus no deadlines for learning etudes or pieces. I've had a few gigs here and there, nothing too exciting, and also nothing difficult enough to require any practice time beyond warming up. Despite this, … Continue reading Practicing
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