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Start Your Day with a D.A.!
Imagine that you were not allowed to speak unless you were quoting Socrates, Cicero, Aristotle, Winston Churchill, Lincoln, etc., not even “Please pass the salt” unless you were quoting. Imagine that...
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Improvisation Pie (chart)
(Photo credit: Patrick Hoesly) Imagine that the entire amount of time of a piece is represented by a pie chart. A player would do well to imagine her time spent during the piece as follows: • Don’t...
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Improvisation Principles 1
Improvisation, c.1915-1916 Assorted principles and suggestions for classical improvisers (first installment): •Imitate. Copy what you hear, either from yourself or others. •Don’t be afraid to repeat...
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Notes on Improv Class: Valentines Day ’13
A couple more notes on our activities in this semesters improv class (Improvisation for Classical Musicians)… We started out with a lot of rhythm. Classical musicians focus mostly on pitches; rhythm...
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Getting Real (Book)
(Photo credit: ray.gauss) I like to improvise, but I am not a jazz player on the horn. Nevertheless, it is a very good idea for any improviser to learn from any/every source and jazz is certainly a...
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Enhancing Musical Creativity with Meditation (guest post)
By Doug Hanvey As a music teacher, and former instructor of an undergraduate class on mindfulness meditation (at Indiana University Bloomington from 2007 to 2014), I am fascinated by the many possible...
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Improvisation Games for Classical Musicians, Vol. II is out!
My new book was just published by GIA! The first volume of Improvisation Games for Classical Musicians was published in 2008 with something like 566 nonjazz, non-notated (i.e. prose descriptions)...
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