31 Dec
2025
31 Dec
'25
9:59 a.m.
Oh, you don't mean theater improvising?
Without reading the article, I think freedom means multiple
pathways available, which is what many musicians spend a
lifetime cultivating. A director wanting a stable result
will of course have preferences, for example the voicings
to use. Perhaps he even has an approved list of register
settings for a B3 (no leslies, please!!)
As for who plays the melody lines and who plays harmony
and fills, great if he can accommodate and find room for
others' creative input.
On Tue, Dec 30, 2025 at 10:37:25PM -1000, David W. Jones wrote:
As a life-long (and annoying) improviser, this was
interesting. I annoyed the lead guitarist in my old church band, because he'd practice
and perfect things for hours. He never improvised, while I would show up and improvise my
way through it.
And I wouldn't necessarily play a song the same way twice - different
instrumentation, style, etc. Maybe piano, then maybe contrapuntal synthesizer or flute or
violin lines the next, or add a 'cello line for the bass. A few times, even change
something verse-to-verse. (Keyboards can make so many different sounds, why not use them?)
Maybe that's why he's happy I'm NOT in the church's current band! ;-)
<https://nautil.us/heres-whats-happening-in-the-brain-when-youre-improvising-1258457/>
Anyway, what do you think? Do you improvise or 'play it as written'?
May the perfect note you need be there the moment you need it in 2026.
Happymerrynewchristmasyear!
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