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Improvising Using Your Current Piece (6)
Improvising inspired by the title and imagery from your current piece
This next article shows you how to improvise in Ternary (ABA) form using the title and imagery from your current piece as inspiration. Debussy’s The Snow is Dancing is the given example - here is the beginning: Notice that it is in D minor with four beats in the bar. The ascending, staccato, quaver and semi-quaver motif, EFGA, is prominent at first, and then it develops with different notes but in a similar rhythm. Also, the semibreves on the 6th, 7th and 1st notes of the minor scale: Bb, C/C# and...Sign in to view if you have purchased access to this content or see purchase options below.
Lucinda Mackworth-Young
Dedicated to helping everyone play the music they love and long to play, Lucinda Mackworth-Young has pioneered Practical Psychology for Musicians to help teachers and performers teach, learn and perform as effectively and enjoyably as possible. She has also developed a step-by-step system for learning to play by ear and improvise, so that even classically trained piano players can play spontaneously, anywhere, anytime -and say “Yes!” when asked to play Happy Birthday!
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