Every time you practice improvising, I suggest doing these three: 1) unaccompanied flute 2) with a drone tone 3) with the I & V chords Here's mine in the key of F major. Post yours in the Improv Waterfall category!

I promised my friend Karen that I'd make more meditation music this year. I recently joined Ahmy Brock's Skool Group "Enjoy Being Human." I heard her talking in the Goosify group for Skool group owners and I felt a tingle that I should talk to her more. So we connected and collaborated on this guided meditation. I provided the music, she provided the voice! Do you like it? I improvised, of course! I thought "The Art of the Unplanned" and "Releasing Perfectionism" were relevant to classically trained flutists trying to improve their improvising!!

Here's my F major unaccompanied improv for the day!

Problem: I freeze up when I try to play without sheet music Solution: Come to IMPROV GAMES & your confidence will improve

Have ya'll heard of - or listened to - the "piece of music" "4:33" (four minutes and 33 seconds) by John Cage? John Cage was a modernist composer famed for pushing the boundaries of what could be considered music. "4:33" was famous for being debatably not-music. But... it is a good exercise for opening your ears to what's possible in improvisation. In 4:33, the piece starts when the conductor lifts his baton or the pianist raises his hands to the piano - or any other signal that it's "starting." Then, for the following 4 minutes and 33 seconds, the musician does not PLAY any notes... the audience simply listens. Listens to the ambient noises. This has the effect of shifting our perception: is that hum of the air conditioner music? Is the rhythm of that cough or sneeze in the audience musical? How about the siren of a passing fire truck? I think the point is: anything can be music. But I certainly wouldn't want to see this piece come up at a karaoke night!!! What do you think?