Because flute & violin have nearly identical ranges, we can try to copy violinists - or "fiddlers" - for ideas. I'm envious of his ability to smile big while he plays! What about his playing might you try to emulate on your flute?

Anybody read tenor or alto clef?

A piece of advice, if you're "lurking" on any of your improv dreams by telling yourself you'll start when you "feel ready" - Remind yourself of this fact: - Feeling ready to improvise comes as a result of improvising. Therefore... Start now. Don't delay. Do it messy. Fail your way to success. Find the path through solving tiny problems. It will get better; but it will never get better if you never start. I know that starting (and keeping) practicing on our own can sometimes be hard... that's why I created Improv Games. So it would be easy to start where we have a fun place to practice the elements of improv together. Will you join us today at 12pm CT

I recommend that you pick one scale and really go deep with it, finding out over the next week, month, or year hundreds of new ways to play it. Try these variations: - Instead of starting on the first note of the scale, try starting on every other note of the scale. What about alternating your ending note too? - Play short segments of the scale in increasingly higher or lower plateaus. How high & low can you go? - Play increasingly higher scale segments ("mountains") or increasingly lower scale segments ("valleys")

Will you try it too?