How to Improvise On The Piano in 7 LEVELS!

In this video I break down how to improvise on the piano in 7 different levels. Learning to improvise is difficult and requires a lot of playing around on the piano, but learning how music works can really help you know where you are at and how to improve!

0:00 Intro
0:22 Before We Start
1:42 Level 1
2:52 Level 2
6:16 Level 3
8:00 Level 4
12:08 Level 5
22:14 Level 6
27:10 Level 7
30:56 Improvised Performance

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[angelkaye]

I cried at the last part! So beautiful 😢

[noneofyourbusiness]

You are so good at explaining! And your videos are structured really well and to the point. Love it. And I don't even have a piano! 😂

[jimwoodard]

I had to pause early because I heard Head Over Heels by Tears for Fears as you were playing in the C major and thought, I have to work that out by ear now! Lol

[WoodyGamesUK]

Another thing to mention is that the highest note in the chord will sound stronger to the listener, it's the one that will be identified as melody note, and that they would sing if they were humming the tune. Based on that, one way to think of playing a melody with added chord notes with the right hand is to play the melody note on top, and add any other note(s) from the chord, in any position in any octave, but lower. You can also repeat the melody note somewhere lower. And of course I'm not saying that every melody note needs to be harmonised with other notes from the chord. It's more common to emphasises the first beat (where the chord has changed) with extra notes, to highlight the chord change.

[SLM]

I was getting worried when I didn't see a Matthew Cawood upload in 9 days yesterday.

[mrmagmrmag]

Question: As scales of A natural minor and C major share the SAME notes and therefore the same diatonic chords, what makes the listener KNOW (or me as player) if I am improvising in one or the other? Why should there be any difference what feels like 'home' and do you express this while playing, if you only rely only on notes/chords within/of the scale?

[smokehelm]

As I understand, the hardest part about improvising is practicing the scales and the triads over and over again 😅