How does one learn to improvise? The well-known jazz pianist Julia Hülsmann provides an easy and accessible introduction to Modern Piano Improvisation in this first volume of the series. In 15 easy pieces she shows how to use just a few tones to develop your own improvisational ideas and motifs. This volume contains known standards by great jazz musicians like Cole Porter and Sonny Rollins as well as compositions by Hülsmann herself which vary in style between modern jazz and pop sounds. Volume 1 is aimed at musicians who have already learnt the first technical basics on the piano and now wish to play more freely. Modern Piano Improvisation provides the tools for you to find your own way of expressing yourself on the instrument.

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Introduction
Einleitung
How to create a motif?
Wie entsteht ein Motiv?
How to turn a motif into an improvisation?
Wie wird aus einem Motiv eine Improvisation?
Blue Corner
Down that Road
Waltz for Two
On the Fly
On a Sunny Day
Meditating
Night and Day
Thinking of You
Autumn Thoughts
Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Song for
What Now?
Doxy
Today’s the Day
Dreams

Difficulty: easy