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Tips for Your Improv Class
Since teaching this type of classical improvisation is relatively new, instructors of a semester course have the simultaneous advantage and disadvantage of few precedents or established teaching...
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Improv games that we’ve been playing in class lately
(Photo credit: Sebastià Giralt) Accompaniment Interval (described in a recent post in this blog). We had some interesting combinations: #1: piano: minor 3rd + tuba: tritone. The bassoon soloed over...
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Last class! :
I didn’t even realize it until it was over this morning: it was our last classical improv class of the semester. Sigh. Great group this semester, good ears, lots of satisfying choices. Some fear,...
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New Semester: Improvisation for Classical Musicians
It’s ice rain outside this morning. Little pea-sized drops of ice falling, coating everything. The sound like ten thousand cricket-sized snare drums, little tap tap taps. The road is a skating rink. I...
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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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