Boring piano improvisation

Black Friday Special: 50% off Hope. Feeling miserable one day, I sat down at the piano and started playing something as usual, but accidentally ended up with the Finlandia theme by Jean Sibelius. Finlandia is a song about the dawn of a small and cute nation, and also about hope and the joy of being Finnish. Unfortunately, I couldn't play Finlandia that way, my improvisation took a darker turn. So, I recommend watching a cat video instead. Next time I'll play better or worse, but not exactly like this.

 Here is the updated "Happy improvisations" playlist. Have a nice Friday!

Today’s improvisation was unexpectedly inspired by a noisy cesspool construction trucks behind my window. For a moment, they reminded me of elephants stomping through the autumn streets. They even had grey trunks. Let me know if you can hear the elephants in this music! 🐘 At least in the beginning there are some, this one started with E-F-A.

Life is a series of unsatisfactory events. Maybe I´ll just set up an Unsatis Factory.

 

As we look around at the state of the world, the prospect of humanity’s future doesn’t always seem bright. But perhaps, there’s hope in our smallest, most essential friends: bees. In this piano improvisation, I’ve imagined what it would sound like if bees ruled the world. And of course, every new kingdom needs its national anthem! This improvisation, titled Bees’ Anthem, draws inspiration from both the serene, minimalist style of Arvo Pärt and the quiet strength of bees. I limited myself to playing exclusively in the key of B-flat major, without modulation and without a time signature. This self-imposed constraint became a personal challenge, pushing me to explore new ways of creating interest and movement within these boundaries. I also decided to use the soft pedal throughout the piece, which gave it a muted, dreamlike quality—a sound that bees, after all their hard work, surely deserve. The result is a slow, contemplative improvisation that, I hope, captures the essence of both mini...

I've put together this playlist of piano improvisations as a fun way to challenge myself. I've set myself a few little constraints, like using a specific key or time signature, or trying out some new techniques like using only two fingers.