Ruth Pheasant
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How to Use the Phrygian Mode and Phrygian Dominant in Piano Improvisation
How to Improvise in the Phrygian Mode and the Phrygian Dominant Mode on the Piano The Phrygian mode is one… Read More
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A Guide to Improvisation for Classical Pianists and Learners – Relaxing & Meditative Piano Music Created in the Moment
How to improvise at the piano when you’ve never improvised and don’t want to play jazz I’ve often had adult… Read More
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Refracted (Fractured Light Part II) – Improvisation in F Dorian and Db Lydian
Refracted continues the sound world first explored in Fractured Light, returning to the combination of F Dorian with brief modulations… Read More
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The Unspoken Current – Improvisation in D Phrygian, Eb Lydian and Ab Lydian
This improvisation emerged without plan or preparation — immediacy rather than design. It began as a simple exploration at the… Read More
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Improvisation at the Piano: Finding Freedom Through Sound
Improvisation has always been part of the piano’s history, yet many players still think of it as something mysterious or… Read More
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The Submerged Sundial – Improvisation in G Aeolian, G Phrygian and Ab Lydian
The Submerged Sundial moves through three different modes – G Aeolian, G Phrygian, and Ab Lydian – the former two… Read More
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Ionian Ghosts – Improvisation in C Dorian, A Phrygian, Ab Ionian and Ab Lydian
Here is another improvisation, a piece composed in real time. Today’s improvisation is a development of themes that I explored… Read More
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Texture in Music: A Pianist’s Guide to Monophonic, Homophonic and Polyphonic Writing
Introduction: What Do We Mean by “Texture” in Music? In music, texture refers to how different musical lines and layers… Read More
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Hymn for a Lost Sun – Improvisation in A Dorian and F Ionian
As with all my improvisations, this was created in real time, whilst recording – literally making it up as I… Read More
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Complete Guide to Modes of the Major, Melodic Minor, and Harmonic Minor Scales
If you’ve ever heard a piece of music that felt “exotic,” “jazzy,” “mystical,” or “unsettled,” you might have been hearing… Read More
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Fractured Light (A Shaft of Light in Darkness) – Modal Piano Improvisation in F Dorian and D Flat Lydian
This new improvisation continues the modal explorations from my recent two videos, but in a longer and more developed form.… Read More
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Between Light and Shadow: An Improvisation in A Dorian, C Lydian Dominant, and A Phrygian
Today’s improvisation is another spontaneous experiment, working with the sounds I had in my head in the moment; this time… Read More
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