If you have never experienced the fun and joy of improvising on the piano, then you are missing out on a great experience. Imagine an artist who does not know how to draw or paint without tracing or copying anothers work.
That is unheard of. Yet, many piano players lack the ability to improvise on the piano! This is caused by years of rigid piano lesson/structure and a lack of proper guidance.
Many piano players rely on sheet music to be able to play, which would be like an artist only copying anothers art work and never creating something unique. Improvisation is a fun process. It enables the pianist to bring out the latent potential of creativity and expression inside them.
One thing that will help any piano player to improve on the art of improvisation is to allow unstructured creative time during one’s piano practice hours.
Time to just sit down and make up music on the piano is crucial. No agenda, no structure, no goals to accomplish. This process is extremely important in the world of piano playing.
In order to allow the inner expression to come out, one needs to let it reveal itself. A good example of this is in how young children...