7/10/13

I got an idea from what happened here two days ago. It seems that melody driven improvisation is what happens the most with me. So to constantly impose challenges on myself to broaden the scope of my abilities, I decided to approach todays piece by coming up with random chords, then putting melody to it. So, Think chord, then melody.

This was a different feeling for me while playing. I didn't care too much for what I was playing through the first half - it felt slightly uncomfortable. It seemed to end up sounding more like a real piece.

Then upon playback, it really did sound nice to me. I knew I had accomplished something here because it sounded fresh. Fresh in the sense that it reminded me of some things I've played through the years but not in a while.

I challenged myself (even if only a bit) and came up with something different. This becomes important when churning these out daily - having to find ways to pull out of ruts.

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