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@donleino thank you, my friend. I've been listening to a lot of your old stuff and I'm going to make my own soup out of it. At least the ingredients are great!

@@boringpianoimprovisation honored as usual my friend , i really enjoyed this video today thanks :) i hope to get back to uploading soon , been a busy boy

Sunkenindeaf, this is so surprising and horrible. I love sparrows. It seams that they are everywhere, and still, they are endangered! 😢

Absolutely shocking 😭 the little birds really seem to have disappeared since my childhood. I also read the novel The History of Bees written by Maja Lunde. It examines the phenomenon in different centuries and also presents a dark dystopia of the World without bees.

Lovely and melancholic! I heard the birds bouncing 🐦

@@ruhjee13717 thank you very much! I felt blue when I thought about the decline of sparrows and other cute species.

@@donleino yes, this is from last year's yoga session. I wanted attention with this, and I got it.

@@boringpianoimprovisation and how can ye not !? A star is born !!

@@donleino no, it´s you. you´re the Big Star. But thanks my friend!

@swordshreader thank you very much! Your comment made me feel really good! I was just at the University of the Arts Helsinki leading an improvisation course for master's degree students. They are so young, so talented! But it´s still possible that I was able to offer them something. At least they looked happy and laughed throughout the weekend. I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT ANYTHING. But today I can accept it.

@@donleino I am not fiercely against it if a bra is missing, for example on a woman whose upper back skin is like the surface of a windless lake. She's got one. My Hungarian wife.

@@boringpianoimprovisation noted!

@@donleino I have long had to ask in which state flows the river that has the honor of floating you.

@@boringpianoimprovisation ill tell ya privately sometime but im on the west coast USA

@ceynepcabiroglu this is a good question. Honestly, I don't know. Maybe performing improvisation in public makes me so nervous that I sit in a funny position to relieve my tension.

Guitar players have their own dramatic posing style (except Robert Fripp... and some). So why not. I like the music on the output...

Hello sunkenindeaf, YT discarded my comment before, maybe because there was a link in it.. "Ukko Nooa" (Old man Noah) is a finnish childrens song, very known in Finland. The original is a swedish dringing song Gubben Noak.

@sunkenindeaf thank you for this in-depth analysis! I listened to Linus and Lucy and yes, I've probably been influenced by it (and everything mainstream). This turned out to be a cute song. I hesitated to publish it because it's so boring even by my own standards. However, life is often boring. Except when she´s wearing a bra. Thank you also @ruhjee for your clarification regarding Old man Noah!

I just realized what sunkenindeaf meant 😆

@@ruhjee13717 Thank you. ^_^ I was thinking about asking once more (out of curiosity, why he becomes she), but did not wish to appear as grammar police.

@john-nk3ej humble bow to you! Telemann caresses my mind, defragments my hard drive. Your comment made me smile!

@swordshreader thank you very much! I appreciate you listening to it. Next time with better luck without interruptions.

@dedikandrej thanks for your wise thoughts. I think these are important questions. In general, the sparrowness is surprisingly important. Mankind is coming to an end and the sparrowkind will go on from there. Cars stop forever, only chirp can be heard. Ocean liners rust in ports, whales sing again. I worked for many years as a librarian in a small town where I travelled daily by local train (there are not enough jobs for musicians in Finland). Once, the train stopped shortly after leaving Helsinki station. The driver of the train announced that there´s a swan is on the tracks, we will continue our journey as soon as it moves. Hopefully, a sparrow on the tracks will also stop the train.

@@boringpianoimprovisation thats a jewel of a memory my friend, i will cherish it, thank you

@donleino thank you for inspiring many with dozens of your baroque videos! Cheers, this journey will continue when I have time to settle down on this issue again.

@@boringpianoimprovisation i look forward to where this is going ! Happy my music has inspired you , thats the goal!

Lovely! Waiting for more! 🐦

@ruhjee thanks, some more to come! I love practicing this, it's surprisingly complicated 😅

Thank you so much for your comment and also for your inspiration! I had fun diving deep into the depths of solitude. Thank you also for educating me with the wisdom of your own culture. I love Matti Pellonpää's acting. He lived homeless for long periods of time and had directed his letter mail to restaurant Kosmos in Helsinki. One of the best films (IMO) in which he plays along is Shadows in Paradise. Another incredible film is Calamari Union, a surreal shoot, the only one made by Aki Kaurismäki while completely drunk. All safe, all well.

@@boringpianoimprovisation I dare say that films of Aki Kaurismäki have been transcribed into my genes by now. Films so pure, truly unique in every aspect --clockwork rhythm, precise layout, dark humour, subtle kindness, saturated colours. To me, his "lousy films" (his own words) are on par with works of his spiritual masters, Yasujiro Ozu and Robert Bresson. The late Pellonpää surely holds a special place, as do all members of the _family_ --Outinen, Kuosmanen, Nikkari, Peltola, Hyytiäinen, Väänänen... How about the delightful music, carefully selected for each film --folk songs, tango, rock and roll. I just get carried away.

@john-nk3ej what you wrote means a lot to me. Gray skies pass over, the bus takes you there and back. A new morning, just like any other. There is sadness somewhere. I read about it on TH-cam. I had sat down with an upright piano that comforted you. Thanks for sharing your sadness. Hopefully you feel better now.

@@boringpianoimprovisation I am thank you. I pulled my phone out and just recorded one inspired by your melody. I hope you enjoy it and don't feel copied. I posted it on youtube

I tend to copy the whole world when I play, it's just a pleasure that you found something in my video clip to start from. I listened to your Sad Wallpaper. It´s gorgeous! I commented it on your video too.Thank you for taking this Cm idea many steps further! I love the circus music Gbmaj7-Ab, which starts at the end of the first minute, continuing from there towards hope and light. I was impressed with the way you found the E-Eb theme in 2:48. The original sorrowful Cm theme returns wonderfully at 4:03 only for a moment, bursting into brightness. Great improvisation!

I still love this impro. And I really like the chain of inspiration between you guys!

@dedikandrej exactly. Thank you for the poetry, admittedly well put into words. When I was young, I took escapism so far that I didn't go for coffee every now and then, but ate caffeine pills so I could play the upright piano without interruption. It was sick :D Nowadays I do the opposite: I only go for coffee, I don't do much else.

This is really beautiful. Thank you.

@@ruhjee13717 thank you very much! The sound of this upright piano is truly beautiful. It's easy to be alone in its company.

@dedikandrej thank you very much for this poem! Ab major is always beautiful, it sounds like a field of new purple flowers waking.

@swordshreader my warmest thanks! This improvisation surprised me too. It wasn't supposed to be this beautiful. I can't reach such a high level anymore like in this evening song, but I'm glad that at least this turned out nice. Thank you for your comment, it cheered me up!

@donleino the modulations at the end got there by accident because I didn't know what to play. Thanks for listening! Thanks for unlocking this new style :D

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Wow, very impressive! My Hungarian friend also hears echoes of Béla Bartók here. I listened to Borodin´s Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor, you're right - that's exactly what I may have been trying to achieve with my playing :D I like Stravinsky's Petruška, it's great if it has gotten a particle of dust in my lungs sometime, coming out of the ballerina's slippers. Thanks for listening to this, Sunkenindeaf!

@dedikandrej I just love this theme already! The bouncing could sound sharp-clawed, brown and rhythmic. If all these elements are missing from the music, it is the first sparrow aboard the International Space Station, in its soft, white spacesuit. Thank you for developing this idea further!

@dedikandrej ..and thanks for listening to the accidental modulations! I appreciate it!

How about a series of improvisations based on everyday sounds, such as sparrows chirping, a bus door closing, or any other noises you hear on your way to the studio?

​@@ruhjee13717 great idea! I should definitely expand my musical motives beyond this room. For example, there are sparrows in the world. They are now endangered. I could write more about them, but I'd rather go and watch them bounce on the asphalt.

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Thanks for your suggestion Sunkenindeaf! It's nice to have a special request. I'm pretty busy right now, but I'm definitely going to listen to Solitude in the fall and take inspiration from it. I haven't been able to visit Istanbul yet. I´ve read about Constantinople and the amazing history of the whole city. At the moment I am reading Mika Waltari's novel Dark Angel which tells about the Ottoman siege 1453. Mika Waltari has better novels than that but it's always a pleasure to read about Istanbul! I'm a big fan of Aki and Mika Kaurismäki. Just like you wrote, Mika is also a brilliant director who has been overshadowed by his brother. Thanks for your comment! For some reason, the music we hear when we are young will remain meaningful for the rest of our lives. I will return to Solitude during this autumn!

Thank you so much Tuomas! A peaceful one this time.

Wow, what a beautiful metaphor! Thank you my friend! I didn't know where to put my passion, so the upright piano was tasked with filtering it.

@@boringpianoimprovisation and a great filter it is! i tried the method of draping a t-shirt over the hammers of my piano last night . what a sound! sound like the practice or "soft" pedal on some modern pianos . will have a video displaying it soon :) i know you would get a kick out of it.would love to hear your soft and soulful style through the felt piano effect

​@@donleinoYou can start chatting with people on the street anywhere, like in Helsinki and New York for instance. I'm not sure if much will come of it. In northeastern Finland there is a region called Savo. People there will talk you back. And they speak in a complicated, incomprehensible dialect. This also applies to pianos. They mostly don't speak to me. Eventually I found this Hellas. All I have to do is think of something and it expresses it. I look forward to your interesting t-shirt preparation my friend!

@@boringpianoimprovisation im greatful you found such a personal instrument . It certainly sounds fantastic . I do want to go to my motherland someday :)

​@@donleino yes you should come because I would love to hear you ennoble this beauty with your playing! This Hellas upright lives in Helsinki in the next district to me (we are not married, had found my wife before meeting her). Welcome! We could have a jam together!

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Thanks a lot! I already miss that wooden upright piano. Some day again!

@@boringpianoimprovisation maybe it miss you too! 😔

Kuuntelutauot on aika iltaisia, ne oikeastaan pelastaa tän. Kiitos kommentistasi Anne! Tuli hyvä fiilis.

@@Swordshreader thank you very much! I wasn't sure if I should upload this here at all. I still ended up uploading it because the sound of the upright piano is so warm. Thank you for your comment!

@@boringpianoimprovisation I'm very glad you uploaded it! You are a hidden gem in the world of TH-cam.

@@Swordshreader this is absolutely overflowing but I accept it. This time I didn´t fool around at all, it was a serious moment. Thank you so much <3

I agree! @boringpianoimprovisation you should upload more, even if you're unsure in yourself. Let the audience decide 😊

Haha thanks a lot! 😂 it seems that jazz is a very flexible concept. Miles Davis said there are no wrong notes. I'm relieved about that. Thank you for the comments, you made me smile!

@@donleino thank you DonLeino! This is what it sounds like when I'm inspired by your walking bass without bothering to complete any jazz studies. I thought for a while about switching to SoundCloud, but after reading your latest comment, I won't.

@@boringpianoimprovisation haha then that makes to of us that havent completed any studies. Fake it till you make it i say sometimes. Sound clouds cool , but glad your staying on yt. Maybe you could do both . Perhaps extract the audio from your videos and load to soundcloud. Two birds with one stone ?nice hearin from ya. Glad i could inspire! You do the same

@@donleino It's absolutely amazing that you haven't studied playing!!! You phrase jazz very authentically. It reminds me of Herbie Hancock (I once heard him live when he was visiting Helsinki, that was years ago). I will also continue to be a fan of your guitar and lute playing. Thanks for your videos! They cheer up so many.

@@boringpianoimprovisation ive done my own studies , and am farmiliar with chords scales , modulations, styles. But never in schools, i can read sheet music but VERY slowly can i extract the information. Usualy music for me is written down in my own shorthand. Thanks for the kind words . I started playing blues and later found my way into playing jazz. Around the same time i got interesting in the classical style through listening through video game composers. So lots of observing and passion in music caused me to understand the launguage i guess and i will say it was the passion that drove me forward . Because from an intellectual approach with music i accomplished less than intuitivley, but i do like a combination of the both :) happy to bring smiles you do the same . Cheers

Please post something, man! Audio file, such as some in the SoundCloud, would be nice too. I´d love to get inspired by a new impro fellow of mine!

Thanks a lot DonLeino! I felt so relaxed sitting there in Telliskivi. Estonians are wonderful people, they accept each other as they are. Even if someone happens to have a compelling need to blow into a melodica, it doesn't seem to bother them.

@@boringpianoimprovisation sounds like a lovely place :)

@@boringpianoimprovisation This was funny :D Glad you had a melodica with you!

Thanks Sunkenindeaf! Estonia is one of my favorites. People smile there, which seems strange.

Sure! I desperately tried to remember few keys with both hammer and string working. Riga upright coastline piano was like a living creature: it had her own will.

Thanks for your comment! The phone accident was a bit unfortunate because I was just getting into the mood. Next to the piano was Sompasauna, a tiny sauna built of scraps. Once a year, the authorities demolished it because it was built without permission. It was always rebuilt. This on-off-game went on for a couple of decades.