"Let the light shine through" is just the title that came to me last night when uploading this clip from jamming with @Jessica Minahan! This song doesn't have a title yet, but I thought that was good enough for now. She thanked me for getting her on the piano! She's not only a flutist who's improving her improvising, but a skilled pianist too. Listen to her go! The audio quality's nowhere near perfect and the song's nowhere near complete but I wanted to share with you this moment because I thought it was beautiful nevertheless. I feel like it has a swimming, underwater quality. What do you think?

Have you tried the "Build It" Improv prompt yet?

There are so many elements of music to think about when improvising! It's so easy for our brains to get into the "red zone" and overload! There's not only WHICH notes to play, but HOW to play them: volume, articulation, intonation, breathing, rests, phrasing... In the beginning, to create more "space" or "processing speed" in the brain, limit your improvisation to the first three notes of the scale. Record yourself and share your examples here or post them in the 🌊Improv Waterfall!

Here's a challenge for beginners as well as advanced players: Pick ONE note. Any note. Now make a solo on that note. How interesting & musical can you make it? Can you make it groovy? Focus on making the variations of this ONE note as compelling as possible... that way, when you play a solo with two or more notes, you'll be in the good habit of playing big dynamics and articulations!