Endless Piano Improvisation From Just One Beat & Two Notes
Learn how to improvise on the piano by setting a simple condition for ourselves: 2 notes per beat! Practice the piano with a lot of creativity and a mindset to compose music. The secret is how we use rhythm permutations over beat divisions. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 00:00 - Performance 00:31 - Introduction 00:56 - Improv should have Rules? 01:32 - What is a Beat? 04:05 - The Pentatonic Scale 05:24 - The Focus is on Rhythm 06:08 - Divide at least by 2 07:29 - Binary makes things Interesting! 08:26 - Gaps like Sentence Seperators 10:16 - Dividing by 4 - Semiquavers 12:36 - Hitting at 1 and its “a” 14:46 - Exploring the “e” 15:06 - Combinations of 1 e & a 17:54 - Sixteenth Cluster at the “&” and “a” 18:24 - Cluster at “e” and “&” 19:30 - Whacking at the “e” and the “a” 21:08 - Low End Riffs 𝄢 22:46 - “Triplet” as we call them 23:52 - Other Triplet Rhythm Patterns 24:41 - Playing with all the Triplet Rhythms 25:24 - How to Practice NOT getting Carried Away! 26:34 - Improvisation vs Composition 27:26 - Poetic Phrasing 30:40 - Bringing in a “C” Phrase 31:39 - Final Practice Tips ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 Call +91 98454 65411 · 💬 WhatsApp chat +91 77604 56847 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #PianoImprovisation #RhythmImprovisation #BeatDivision
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