| Those of you who have been reading my | | | | trust your intuition2. Knowledge of a few |
| articles for some time now know that I | | | | chordsLearning a few chords is the easy part. |
| believe improvisation to be the cornerstone | | | | The part that gives more students problems |
| of musical creativity. Why? Because without | | | | than anything else is getting over |
| the ability to just play, we become stifled | | | | perfectionism and the fear of making |
| and the "real" music that is within each of | | | | "mistakes."I remember when I first started |
| us withers and dies.Now, if you're a writer, | | | | playing the piano. I wanted very badly to |
| you have lots of support in this area. There | | | | "create" something. Little did I know that by |
| are books, (many, many books) that explore | | | | wanting so badly to create, I was blocking |
| the topic of freewriting to its fullest. | | | | the creative impulse. You see, we must learn |
| There are plenty of exercises and advice from | | | | to play first!! Very hard for many adults |
| professionals in the field. There are even | | | | because they want to make something "worthy" |
| classes designed to "free the writer | | | | of performance. If they only would ease up a |
| within."But what about music? Where can the | | | | little and relax and not worry so much about |
| aspiring piano improviser go to get help and | | | | what was coming out of them, then they would |
| advice on this topic? Traditionally, they | | | | begin to experience the joy of |
| would turn to Jazz - a word synonymous with | | | | improvisation.Edward Weiss is a pianist |
| improvisation. Jazz is a big believer in | | | | composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music's |
| learning scales and chords. In fact, there | | | | online piano lessons. He has been helping |
| are 1000's of scales and 1000's of chords to | | | | students learn how to play piano in the New |
| learn. This can be a turn-off for the | | | | Age style for over 14 years and works with |
| beginning student who simply wants to dive in | | | | students in private, in groups, and now over |
| and express through music.Learning how to | | | | the internet. Stop by now at for a FREE |
| improvise need not be difficult. There are | | | | piano lesson! |
| only 2 things required:1. The ability to | | | | |