Ruth Pheasant Piano Lessons
  • Home
  • Reviews
  • Videos
  • Articles & Tutorials
  • About
  • Blog
  • Fees & Payments
    • Fees
    • Make a Payment
  • Learn Online
    • Beginner's Piano Lesson Package
    • Classical Compilation
    • Free Downloads
    • How to Play Fast eBook and Studies
    • Instruction Video and PDFs - Berens Study in A Minor
    • Music Theory Tutorials
    • Online Music Theory Lessons
    • Online Piano Lessons by Video Exchange
    • Piano Tutorials
    • Skype/FaceTime Lessons
    • Shop
    • Zoom Lessons for Adults
    • Zoom Lessons for Children
  • Contact

New Improvisation - Unscripted (Blues Meditation)

16/6/2025

0 Comments

 
A slow, improvised piece rooted in blues and gospel harmony, with a freeform ballad structure. This was an exploration — unplanned, unscripted — following a chord progression I created.

The mood moves between reflection and release. The right-hand phrases are shaped like a vocal line, influenced by call-and-response and gospel lyricism, while the left hand keeps a quiet pulse that shifts in and out of time.
​
I think of this as a kind of musical meditation — and a step toward letting my playing speak before I try to explain it.
​
More to come.
0 Comments

New improvisation - Short 12-Bar Blues: New Orleans Style Groove

16/6/2025

0 Comments

 
Here’s a short taster video — I’ll be posting longer blues improvisations in due course.
This one features a classic 12-bar blues form, with a New Orleans-style groove (influenced by second-line rhythms and early R&B), gospel-inspired back-cycled triads in the right hand, and traditional blues-style call and response phrasing.

I love how the syncopated rhythms in New Orleans piano styles echo Caribbean influences — there’s a real conversational flow to the feel.
​
I'm finding real joy in exploring this style — and in recording, however imperfectly, as a way to share that process. More to come soon.
0 Comments

Improvisation - Descending into Stillness

11/6/2025

0 Comments

 
This is an improvisation of mine — a departure from my usual 12-bar blues explorations (which I haven’t yet uploaded, but will eventually!). This piece leans more toward a simple jazz ballad style, with subtle blues and gospel influences.
It’s part of an ongoing exploration in improvisation — and the simplicity and spaciousness of this particular composition are intended to create space to listen inward and trust what emerges. That, after all, is a central element of improvisation.
0 Comments

Latest recording - a re-recording of Romance no.1 by Schumann

23/8/2024

0 Comments

 
Schumann Romance no.2 video
0 Comments
<<Previous

    Author

    Ruth Pheasant, piano teacher for more than 25 years.

    RSS Feed

    Archives

    June 2025
    August 2024
    June 2022
    May 2022
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2020
    March 2018

    Categories

    All

© Copyright 2015-2025 Ruth Pheasant. All rights reserved.

Useful links and resources

Privacy and terms
Blog
Site map
Online piano lessons
​Online music theory lessons
Skype, Zoom or FaceTime lessons
​Self learning

About my work and pricing

About me
Reviews and testimonials
​
Piano videos
Tuition fees
​
Make a payment

Contact

Contact form
Email me
[email protected]
​
iMessage/Skype/WhatsApp +447939590354
Chat on Facebook Messenger

Qualified graduate piano teacher.
Fellow of The Independent Society of Musicians.
More than 25 years of experience teaching piano and music theory in person and online.
  • Home
  • Reviews
  • Videos
  • Articles & Tutorials
  • About
  • Blog
  • Fees & Payments
    • Fees
    • Make a Payment
  • Learn Online
    • Beginner's Piano Lesson Package
    • Classical Compilation
    • Free Downloads
    • How to Play Fast eBook and Studies
    • Instruction Video and PDFs - Berens Study in A Minor
    • Music Theory Tutorials
    • Online Music Theory Lessons
    • Online Piano Lessons by Video Exchange
    • Piano Tutorials
    • Skype/FaceTime Lessons
    • Shop
    • Zoom Lessons for Adults
    • Zoom Lessons for Children
  • Contact