Natural Minor Series
A selection of improvised pieces using the natural minor, also known as the Aeolian mode.
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Saturn Return — Improvisation in E♭ Dorian, B Mixolydian ♭6, B Aeolian & A♭ Mixolydian
In this video (which you can find below) you can hear me play a piece of music I improvised and… Read More
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Maze of Infinity Mirrors — Improvisation in E Minor, Dorian & Aeolian; G Ionian Augmented & Aeolian.
In this video you can hear me play an improvised piece of music which I named Maze of Infinity Mirrors.… Read More
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Wildflowers in a Walled Garden — Improvisation in B Aeolian, D Ionian Augmented, C Lydian & Mixolydian ♭6, A Dorian ♭2
In this video I am playing an improvised piece of music which I named Wildflowers in a Walled Garden. Wildflowers… Read More
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Seeing Into the Dark — Improvisation in G Aeolian & A Dorian ♯4
In this video you can hear me play an improvised piece of music which I called Seeing Into the Dark.… Read More
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The Coast, the Harbour, and the Lighthouse – Improvisation in C♯ Aeolian, E Dorian & C Lydian
I chose the title for this improvised piece of music because the three different modes felt like three distinct but… Read More
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Elegy on a Shore — Improvisation in D & F Phrygian, E♭ Dorian, F Aeolian, A♭ Major, D♭ Lydian
When playing this improvised piece of music, I felt a sense of mourning, liminal space, remembrance, and glimmers of light… Read More
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A Rhapsody of Chiaroscuro — Improvisation in B♭ Dorian & Mixolydian ♭6, D♭ Lydian, G Dorian ♯4 & Aeolian
If my previous improvisation A Web Catches the Light was about the resilience of the structure, this improvisation — A… Read More
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Akaste — Improvisation in G Aeolian, G Dorian ♯4 & C Dorian ♭2
I named this piano improvisation after one of the Oceanids (water nymphs) in Greek mythology — Akaste (or Acaste). Akaste… Read More
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Aster — Improvisation in G♯ Aeolian
For this improvisation I called the resulting piece of music “Aster”. An Aster is a flower that looks like a… Read More
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Air: Variation on a Theme — Improvisation in C Aeolian
For this improvisation I took a theme from one of my compositions which I wrote in 2019, and expanded, developed… Read More
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Remnant — Improvisation in E Aeolian & D Mixolydian ♭6
Remnant unfolds in layers — ascending and descending arpeggios and broken chords, trills, and subtle modal changes between E Aeolian… Read More
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Aeolian Nocturne in G — Improvisation with G Aeolian, Dorian and Phrygian Modes
Aeolian Nocturne explores a night-like journey in miniature — a lyrical improvisation moving through G Aeolian, Dorian, and Phrygian modes.… Read More
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