Just Piano Improv Jocelyn Swigger

Practicing at home instead of in my office, I’m hearing the windchimes outside, especially the notes F and G. Stay safe, everyone!

I have a student who just played the Ginastera Danzas Criollas, and I was thinking of the beautiful third one. I was also thinking about an improvisation instruction I give my students: “if you play a wrong note, repeat it until it gets interesting.” Sorry about the out-of-tune piano…I’ll have it tuned soon!

One of my favorite parts of the day is walking my fourth grader to school. Today we walked mostly in silence, which means he mostly hummed quietly to himself the whole time. It was a drizzly, grey morning and I should have worn gloves. When I got back home my hands were cold, and I […]