New Improvisation – Unscripted (Blues Meditation)

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A slow, improvised piece based on jazz and modal harmony, with a freeform ballad structure. This was an exploration – unplanned, unscripted – following a chord progression I created.

The mood moves between reflection and release. The right-hand phrases are shaped like a vocal line a lot of the time. but sometimes running high up outlining an arpeggiated figure, while the left hand keeps a quiet pulse that shifts in and out of time.

I think of this as a kind of musical meditation, an example of letting my playing speak before I try to explain it.

For a different style, listen to one of my modal improvisations that incorporates Romantic phrasing and textures with contemporary harmonies and Classical form: Aeolian Nocturne in G — Improvisation with G Aeolian, Dorian and Phrygian Modes

Further listening

Ruth Pheasant piano improvisation video using Phrygian Dominant mode.
Portrait of a Room — Improvisation in F♯ Phrygian Dominant 
Ruth Pheasant piano improvisation video Adjacent Modes
Adjacent Modes, con espressioni molteplici | Improvisation in F Lydian ♯2, F♯ Dorian & E Ionian

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2 responses to “New Improvisation – Unscripted (Blues Meditation)”

  1. Mark Senior avatar
    Mark Senior

    This is great Ruth!

    1. Ruth Pheasant avatar

      Thanks so much! I really appreciate you taking the time to listen and comment.

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