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Jonathan Still, ballet pianist

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  • Advent calendarDanceMusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    December 22, 2012 11:51 am
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    Playing for ballet class tips #22: With harmony too, less is more

    If you’re improvising or harmonising a melody, there’s a lot to be said for just sticking to simple harmonies, and avoiding chromaticism or excessive modulation for ...
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  • Advent calendarDanceMusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    December 18, 2012 10:38 am
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    Playing for ballet class tips #18: take a lesson in 18th century composition

    A lot of pianists are frightened of ‘improvisation’  because the term is widely (mis)understood to mean that you play a chord with your left hand and ...
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  • Advent calendarDanceMusicPlaying for ballet class
    By Jonathan Still
    December 17, 2012 3:19 pm
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    Playing for ballet class tips #17: Composing and improvising

    Today I’m delighted to have a guest blog by Andy Higgs, friend, composer and musician who’s currently company pianist at Ballett am Rhein in Düsseldorf. This all came ...
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  • DanceMusic
    By Jonathan Still
    January 4, 2012 1:52 pm
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    Conference on musical improvisation

    Interesting conference coming up in September 10th – 13th this year at Oxford University – Perspectives on Musical Improvisation.  I’m half tempted to submit a proposal ...
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  • Music
    By Jonathan Still
    March 16, 2010 7:09 am
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    Chatroom improv man

    This made me laugh: Merton, a guy with a piano improvises songs in realtime about the people who appear in his chatroom window on Chat Roulette. ...
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Welcome to my site. I mostly write about playing for ballet (I'm a pianist), but the further back you go, the stupider the posts get, so I wouldn't recommend trawling through the archives for treasure.

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  • May 10, 2022 2:19 pm

    A year of ballet playing cards #6 (S6): A barcarole for port de bras

  • March 10, 2022 5:06 pm

    Me in conversation on a podcast

  • December 11, 2021 12:02 pm

    Music, time and politics in the ballet studio

  • December 8, 2021 4:12 pm

    “On, Wisconsin!” and La Bayadère

  • June 26, 2021 8:07 pm

    Please do not post my free downloads on Scribd: here’s why

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