Improvisation

April 8, 2012/ Blog, Improvisation, Jazz, Piano, Videos

Video Animations of Improvisational Music

I found some neat video animations of two improvisational pieces. It’s very interesting to see how the animators represented the music visually…

Here’s a video of a piano and bass improvisation:

And here’s a video for the song Giant Steps by famous jazz saxophonist, John Coltrane.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yV4Iwh6Kl1c

Here’s a video of the singer Bobby McFerrin using audience participation to demonstrate the pentatonic scale.

http://vimeo.com/5732745