Why Classical Musicians Can't Improvise - Part II

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Part II of Dr. John Mortensen's improv lecture, Los Angeles, 2021.

[@strings-n-keys]

I could listen to you all day. Very engaging and charismatic. Thanks for sharing your videos.

[@NikhilHoganShow]

Great presentation from a leader in the field of historic improvisation!

[@ludwigvanbeethoven8164]

I know exactly what you mean. Im a composer and naturally improvise variations on the pieces I learn. Or if I am practicing a piece and get bored, I just instantly switch to improvising in that style. It helps me learn so much and contributed to almost all of my advanced playing of the piano.

[@eltonwild5648]

Do you have any suggestions of pieces for a beginner aspiring composer to start improvising in the keyboard? Also, do you any book or internet resource where I can find chord progressions like famous Bach fantasias, nocturnes by Chopin so I can improvise over it?

[@cedarvillemusic]

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[@adamcolbertmusic]

One time I played Chopin's Eb Nocturne with a very chunky "OOM-pah-pah" waltz feel, and it was one of the most enjoyable times I've ever played it.

[@benedictdsilva3954]

Nicely presented...I do play very few Classical pieces and teach too...But I never have trouble improvising in the Classical style. Probably that's why I didn't learn many pieces..And yes I play pop and have diplomas in Jazz piano. I play in church mostly without music..

[@1BLiViON1]

I feel like this approach to music, that Dr. Mortensen is describing, is presently common everywhere else in the Western music world except in classical music.

[@gretareinarsson7461]

Very interesting😊thank you😊

[@onlyflatspiano]

Hello, I'm a piano student and I'm planning to write my thesis classical piano improvisation, specifically on cadenzas, do you know any bibliography I could use? And could you give me any advise on this subject?

[@cedarvillemusic]

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[@superblondeDotOrg]

Raise hand if your piano instructor has barked micro-aggression at you for not playing "exactly the notes and only the notes on the page!!" 🙋🏼‍♀️

[@FocusMrbjarke]

But i am a classical pianist in training and i can improvise.

[@adamcolbertmusic]

Only a bass line? Go FIGURE! (that was a very stupid joke, and I'll be the first to admit it, and I'll also be the first to laugh xD)