Anyone like to improvise?

Hi. I have always had a desire to be able to sit at the piano and just play - without knowing what I will play. It seems to be a daunting task, but since I found a great teacher who was classically trained before becoming a professional jazz pianist, I have made some progress. When I don’t feel like practicing I sit at the piano and play a simple chord sequence - for example Fm7, Bbm7, Cm7, Fm7 - and find notes and phrases that sound good to me.

 

Does anyone else improvise or plan to learn how to? It would be good to share ideas.

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    • Ken_Radford
    • 5 days ago
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    I have been having a go at Autumn Leaves for a couple of hours and this is what I have so far.

      • Mark_Cooper
      • 4 days ago
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       ok fair enough 

      I would say that for example, the use of a quartal voicing (perfect 4ths) for the Cmin7 chord is definitely a modern approach, as used by more contemporary players such as Mycoy Tyner and Herbie Hancock and not seen in earlier periods 

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