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Improvisation remains a feature of organ playing in some church services and are regularly also performed at concerts. Dieterich Buxtehude and Johann Sebastian Bach were regarded in the Baroque period as highly skilled organ improvisers.
Mar 1, 2021 · There are many good guides to organ improvisation. Some of them walk you through all the rudiments of harmony and help you become a better overall musician. Others assume you know this stuff already and give you “tricks” to make your improvisations more interesting and less predictable.
- Keven Smith
Mar 9, 2021 · The Anatomy of an Organ Improvisation. Keven Smith · March 9, 2021. In my last two articles, I’ve provided four reasons to improvise at the organ and three improvisation approaches. Today, I’ll give a bit more detail on the specific methods I use to improvise.
- Keven Smith
Improvisation offers a useful possibility for the organist to approach an organ according to its own character, as well as according to the performer’s own ideas about that character’s musical potential.
Apr 3, 2024 · To answer your question, improvisation in music can be approached in a number of ways. But, most importantly, it’s not a magical talent nor does it require heavy studying of music theory. It just requires confidence and practice.
An Organist's Monopoly: Improvisation. It is probably true to say that improvisation is one of the most challenging and, at the same time, most fascinating disciplines of the organist’s art: being able to make up music on the spot, seemingly off the cuff, instantaneous.
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Aug 1, 2023 · Organ improvisation is a practical, noble, respectable art with an intense history and remarkable achievements. Although the results of practising it are ephemeral, the theoretical descriptions...
