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> Can't improvise!, what's the matter with me?
jelly roll harris
post Apr 26 2012, 06:18 PM
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I've been doing jazz piano for a while now, but for the life of me I just can't seem to improvise. I have a reasonably good grasp of harmony, my fingers are reasonably nimble, but I just can't seem to produce anything remotely melodic-my attempts sound clunky and wooden, and lacking in imagination. Oddly, after a couole of stiff gins, (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) my playing improves. I wonder therefore whether my problem may be one of relaxation rather than competence. Any one else experience this and if so, any tips?

I also feel I lack focus sometimes; I'm not working towards anything, just doodling about for my own amusement.

Thanks for your thoughts!

Jelly
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jelly roll harris   Can't improvise!   Apr 26 2012, 06:18 PM
TSax   Yes, I find that alcohol can help my improvising...   Apr 26 2012, 07:35 PM
CJB   Yes, I find that alcohol can help my improvising...   Apr 28 2012, 09:44 PM
jelly roll harris   Thanks for the tip on the singing. I have ideas, b...   Apr 27 2012, 10:09 AM
BadStrad   I also feel I lack focus sometimes; I'm not w...   Apr 27 2012, 11:07 AM
Little Elf   FWiW - OH used to work as an accompanist at a dan...   Apr 27 2012, 12:22 PM
TSax   So I guess like all things - practice makes perfe...   Apr 28 2012, 08:39 PM
VH2   To become a fluent improviser you have to (tempora...   Apr 29 2012, 09:22 AM
tomgwyther   One technique i teach my students when trying to g...   May 9 2012, 10:50 PM
windy   I have an old Guildhall jazz exam book and backing...   May 23 2012, 05:29 PM
silverfoxx   I have an old Guildhall jazz exam book and backin...   Jun 9 2012, 02:18 PM
lingle   My nine-year-old (electric guitar) explained to me...   Jun 27 2012, 12:59 PM
Alicia Ocean   I'll second that. - Get to know your pentatoni...   Jun 27 2012, 01:12 PM
Norway   Have you listened to enough music in the style you...   Jun 27 2012, 10:06 PM
lingle   I've had a bit of a breakthrough in the last m...   Jul 15 2012, 04:19 PM
BadStrad   So my firm view now is yes - have a memory band a...   Jul 15 2012, 04:38 PM
lingle   So my firm view now is yes - have a memory band ...   Jul 15 2012, 07:05 PM
BadStrad   didn't mean band, meant "bank"...   Jul 16 2012, 02:23 PM

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