I did a bit of my piano practice/improvisation aka "marching" and filmed it today. It took a few tries to get comfortable with the camera angle and its presence. Then I decided to use today's music in an iMovie and added it to one of my "works in progress."
This is my own form of music therapy. I play what feels right at the time...making up the music as I go. Sometimes the music stays in my head for a day or two after I play it. I guess I am embedding the chords and rhythms in my mind as I reflect and listen to what I have already played. I guess that's why I hear familiar structure in this unstructured playing that I do. My piano skills are very limited, as I am teaching myself....and no matter what I might sit down to play, it always seems like I return to the "marching" sounds.
I find it interesting to watch my own music making. Today is the first time I have filmed myself playing the piano. I'm not happy with the position of my arms nor the tension I saw in my hands, but now that I am aware of these things....maybe I can relax a bit more when I play and correct the problems.
Carla Kosky, Blogger, Daylesford, Victoria, Australia (and Clarksdale, Mississippi, U.S.A)
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