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@feg9417

4 күн бұрын

Thanks to Philipp Glass for the exemple #2 ….😮

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

4 күн бұрын

@@feg9417 It's definitely got those Glass vibes!

I enjoyed this immensely and learned so much. Even at my beginner level, I never feel truly relaxed and free unless simply improvising and allowing a free flow of creativity and expression. This video was a reminder. Letting us know that your left hand had slipped, that this happens to the best, and how to respond, completely disintegrated any teacher/pupil barrier and created trust and a bonding. Thank you.

Messed around with a piano over the years, but learned major chords the other day and have been practicing those as a base to build my learning. I found someone who was able to tell me them in a way a musically illiterate person can know and i prove with them whenever I practice. It makes learning and practice fun removing the rigidity out of the tedium.

Brilliant ways letting yourself go 🎹 🎶🎵

That last third of this video with that left hand pattern and the right oxtaves was fantastic

This young man is very much down to earth. The Best Advice ever. We all tend to make things difficult, with rules, and regulations. This tends to take the pleasure of learning music out of the picture. (Open your hearts and Minds.)

Great motivating class. Helps to "loosen us up" on the keyboard. Thanks

Yep, so many piano students, like me, are stuck reading the page. I'm working my way away from that. It's fun moving around the chords. Thank you for this video🎉

@dixieworker

6 күн бұрын

Same! I also struggle with letting go of reading notes from the printed page. This video is so helpful.

@Mike-rw2nh

6 күн бұрын

Hope you don’t mind a piano curious guitarist offering unsolicited suggestions? One of the most fascinating improv practice routines I enjoy is to play a chord progression or focus on a new spicy chord on loop and simply hum/sing syllables over it. So much fun and a fantastic method for forging that connection between what you can hear in your head and your fingertips. Hope it’s some use to you.

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

6 күн бұрын

@@Mike-rw2nh that's a great tip Mike. What progressions do you like to practice?

@dixieworker

6 күн бұрын

@@Mike-rw2nh I love your comment - thank you !

@Mike-rw2nh

6 күн бұрын

@@contemporaryschoolofpiano I have to confess, I cribbed this idea wholesale from Aimee Nolté Piano some time back. Over time it has seeped into my improv. As for specific chord progressions, I initially focused on anything that follows the circle of 5ths. ‘Hey Joe’ for example, and fleshed out simple triads with a very intuitive approach to singing/ humming. Recently I’ve taken to experimenting with triad pairs, whereby, I play one triad harmonically and sing arpeggios from the other over the top. Thanks for the content by the way. 👍

I love improvisation. I jam therefore i am. Musicality and artistic sensitivity enables us to express the language, imo.

I like the idea of the single note pulse. I sometimes hold down a chord and play the scale over the top of it which makes it more interesting, but the pulse idea is better. Looking forward to trying that out. Question for anyone out there. If you play a scale over the top of any of the diatonic chords of that scale, will it work, harmony-wise? So if I played through each of the diatonic chords of, say, Cmajor, holding each chord as I played the scale along with it, would that work?

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

2 күн бұрын

@matthewphilip1977 yes, in short all things diatonic work.

Man, thank you! This is fantastic. I do not read music and am self taught, but i come here occasionally when my playing gets stale and repetitive. You’re approach to the instrument is really refreshing. Thank you, got me out of a musical rut 👍

Thanks, just when I thought I was making progress you throw this at me😅 Kidding aside, this is great stuff. Im working the g minor progression, very slowly, playing the scale straight up and down on the beat. My problem at this point, I can play each chord with the scale at a good tempo but when I try to put all 3 chords together smoothly it blows up. Its like my brain is 2 people who refuse to get along with each other. I don’t know if it’s add, ptsd or the cia but Im having a helluva time trying to synchronize both sides of my brain.

@charlenemisuraca3473

Күн бұрын

lol

@FloydSmithjrTheattitude

Күн бұрын

@@charlenemisuraca3473 I realized t Im so rookie, I have to look at both hands while I’m playing, which is impossible unless you’re a fish, so I’m practicing with my eyes closed and feeling my way around the keys, and wouldn’t ya know, it’s working. 10,000 years ago, when I was in high school, there was a blind kid, blind at birth, an outstanding keyboardist. I can’t imagine what it was like for him to learn to play. There had to be someone guiding his hands at the beginning. Just speculating. In a way I think he had an advantage over the rest of us.

Thanks for another "piano meditation" video! I love this "series" and hope you do more from time to time. They really help me relax at the keyboard and connect to my creative side. I feel like I'm able to develop my technique as well. This type of improv practice works at so many levels. Speaking of levels, I enjoyed the variety of techniques you presented here. You make a good point in that you don't need to have super complex stuff going on in order to enjoy a satisfying musical experience. As for me, the big challenge is to not getting ahead of myself. I'm still in my first year of playing after a long absence, so while my mind and heart want to zoom across the keys to play melodies I hear in my soul, my fingers just can't keep up. So, there is always this tension between what I want to do and what I actually CAN do. Showing how simplicity can be an end to itself is a great antidote to this predicament. I can enjoy being right where I am, then gradually, over time and consistent practice, naturally evolve and grow in complexity and sophistication.

Thank you for your professionalism and generosity❤

That third one was gorgeous! Going to have to try that. Once again, Tom, thank you!

Dear Tom Donald, I am more than glad that you are sharing your music and piano knowledge with us. You enabled me to elevate my understanding of playing the piano and I wanna thank your for that! Excellent video again!

Brilliant! Eye opening tutorial! Thank you!

Glad you spoke about the importance of creative expression. Great ideas btw!🌟

Thank you so much Tom. Much love from Miami Florida.

great content..excellently done. love this school

Another fantastic video! I can only recommend the Complete Musician Course, it's incredible and I'm so glad I took the plunge!

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

5 күн бұрын

@@kirstenfruehling2868 many thanks Kirsten. It's great to have you on the program!

Such enthusiasm, backed up with a lifetime of learning and experience. How to relax at the piano? I think you've given me the key to the door.

@contemporaryschoolofpiano

5 күн бұрын

I'm very happy to hear this has opened doors for you :)

Thank you for this great video!

Any autistic keyboard students out there? I think we learn a bit differently. This lesson is excellent!