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  • DJSBX
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    FFR Music Producer
    • Oct 2003
    • 514

    #1

    Piano Improv. In C Minor

    Alright, so lately Ive really been wanting some solo piano stuff. I can play piano, but not as good as I'd like, so Ive been practicing doing random improv's and such. I hooked up my keyboard to reason (and used a Reason Piano's patch.. omg HAWT patches). I hit record and just went at it.

    I think I'm getting better at changing the feel/melody of the song, and using more chords and the such. I did a few fast piano run things in there too .

    Anyways, let me know what you guys think. I think I'll be doing more of these as I get better.

    Fernando Chorney - Piano Improv. in C Minor


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  • hi19hi19
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    FFR Simfile Author
    • Oct 2005
    • 12194

    #2
    Re: Piano Improv. In C Minor

    Stepabable

    Didn't feel like it was going anywhere, unfortunately, because the playing was nice. The hard part of a total improv song is to give it a sense of purpose. I suggest putting in a melody that you revisit and change or something, in order to give it the feel of a song instead of a practice session.

    It got better in the second half with the low notes. Low notes rule


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    • DJSBX
      FFR Music Producers
      FFR Music Producer
      • Oct 2003
      • 514

      #3
      Re: Piano Improv. In C Minor

      Thanks for the comments. (btw KGZ I didnt quantize at all, I didnt find a need to, it would take away from the human aspect).

      Anyways, yea, I need to learn more piano theory, and figure stuff out. I do understand everything you just said, but I cant think of that stuff fast enough when I'm improving :P, also I'm only like a lvl 4 Piano :P. Didnt have time to continue classes
      Last edited by DJSBX; 05-21-2008, 07:36 PM.


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      • DJSBX
        FFR Music Producers
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        • Oct 2003
        • 514

        #4
        Re: Piano Improv. In C Minor

        Not true at all.

        It can process like 1024th notes (I dunno if that high, but its pretty high). If you uncheck the magnet by the note value dropdown, you can place notes wherever you want. Its very versatile. Not sure why you think it can only go down to 64th notes.


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        • stargroup
          FFR Player
          • Jun 2007
          • 974

          #5
          Re: Piano Improv. In C Minor

          it's alright

          I mean, it's improv. it's really bland, and could be a lot more interesting, and there were a lot of places where you could've added in a lot of fun stuff, but I guess it's not horrible.

          didn't keep my attention though, so try again XD
          (´・ω・`)

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          • lxDestinyxl
            FFR Player
            • Mar 2006
            • 3247

            #6
            Re: Piano Improv. In C Minor

            Should I try a piano Improvisation in F minor? I'm pretty good with improvising...
            By the way, my arcade thread isn't dead (Thread name changed by the way)... I'm just going to wait until Sunday this week, then I will start recording a dozen videos at a time.

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            • lord_carbo
              FFR Player
              • Dec 2004
              • 6222

              #7
              Re: Piano Improv. In C Minor

              There's really not much to say; you'll just keep getting better at improvising as you go along so long as you're guided in the right direction. It's not bad, and even if it were, there's not much we can do to help you in most situations.

              KgZ's suggestions are nice if you're taking up post-Romantic music (jazz mainly comes to mind), but if you want to play stuff more old school than that on the fly, it's not that useful. In Romantic music and earlier, you'll seldom see chords with 5 different notes in it except maybe a dominant ninth. And my textbook went so far as to not even mention locrian mode.

              I also feel like there are more fundamental things you need to be concerned about.

              My advice (If you need help with any of the terminology, just ask.):

              This is more in C aeolian than in C minor. And there's nothing wrong with that, but if you want to really sound minor, start making the dominant chords major, tacking minor sevenths onto them, and using diminished chords that start on B natural.

              And after you start getting used to that (should be quick!), start adding some dominant preparatory chords such as the Neapolitan sixth, augmented sixths, and secondary dominants. It is currently taking me forever to get used to using all of these chords freely in every key signature, but it's completely worth it. I use them all the time in my composing; I only wish I had the quick thinking to implement them into my improv :/

              Of course, you can always stick to sounding modal, but that only goes so far.
              Last edited by lord_carbo; 05-22-2008, 08:50 PM.
              last.fm

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              • DJSBX
                FFR Music Producers
                FFR Music Producer
                • Oct 2003
                • 514

                #8
                Re: Piano Improv. In C Minor

                lol, well like I said to kgz. I understand all the terminology (to a point) but I'd have to do a little bit of research and learn intervals better. I know intervals, but I'm not that good at being like "Kay play augmented 6th BAM!", its more like "play augmented 6th....one..two..three..four..five..six...augment...bam?"

                :P But thanks for the comments


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