After Improv Games on Tuesdays I'm going to be going Live with 4 or more folky tunes you can flute along with!

Q. How many min a day do you have to practice? My Prescription for beginning to improve your improvising in 3-10 min a day: 🎤 Minute 1: Record yourself playing "Anyway Up" & "Anyway Down" by choosing a scale and improvising your way up & down the scale! This should only take about 30 sec. 🎧Then listen to your recording!🎧 Write: ✅ 1) One Thing You Liked! ⭕2) One Thing You'd like to improve... 🎵 Minute 2: Turn on a drone and record a "KISS" (stupidly simple) 30 sec free improv.🎧Listen to your recording!🎧 Write: ✅ 1) One Thing You Liked! ⭕ 2) One Thing You'd like to improve... 🎶 Minute 3: Record a 30-sec improv with the I-V chord progression backing track. 🎧& Listen!🎧 Write: ✅ 1) One Thing You Liked! ⭕ 2) One Thing You'd like to improve... The only ways to fail at this are to fail to write down what you liked and to fail to start! Post your recordings for support! This is for solidarity, not critique (unless you want it!). You're not alone!

Just improvising around with my singing son.

Since I have joined this group and started participating in the classes, I learned that improv doesn't have to be scary, but freeing. It isn't about perfection, but how to make notes we didn't mean to play to sound like we meant to play them. I can't say that I am never scared to improv, I still am, but I have learned the world won't stop spinning if I don't get it right. I find it very freeing that I don't have to be perfect. Most importantly I am so thankful that this is a safe place and that the students and Vic are so encouraging! I love that we all build each other up and encourage one another.

Does anyone have any advice or tips on how to stay relaxed when you are stressed while playing? Most of the time I am fine and not stressed, but I just finished practicing Amazing Grace in all the keys and I was feeling stressed about it and was gripping my flute too hard and my hands hurt. I guess my brain thinks that gripping my flute will help to make it sound better. Would appreciate any tips or tricks. Thanks!