January community improvisation video project"

Hello! This piece is finished and premiered on Sunday, January 17 as part of the
12 Minutes Max series by the Salt Lake City Library. Here's the archived performance:

12 Minutes Max - January from The City Library on Vimeo.




Here are the materials we used to make the video:


Play along video with Logan on keyboard:



Play along video with Logan on sax:


You are invited to participate in this piece!

Musicians will film themselves playing to the video score above and then the videos will be edited to feature musicians at different times, creating solos, duos, groups, etc. Musicians of all skill levels are encouraged to play & on any instrument!

Video submissions are due on January 11, 2020


Pre-requisites for participation are:

1. Be willing to partipate in an experimental music/video piece which will be edited together. Understand that selections of your performance will be used in the video and you give me consent to use the content & share freely.

2. Be open minded to what the results might sound like. This ain't serious -- all for fun and to engage the creative parts of our musical brains.

3. The piece is in C major (all the white notes on the piano will "work"!). For Bb instruments, that's D Major Scale (D E F# G A B C# D). For Eb instruments, that's A Major Scale (A B C# D E F# G# A)


Instructions:

***Use headphones**

Film yourself playing along to the video.
1. Press record on your camera.
2. Press play on the video score above and play along. Improvise. Make up melodies. Make up accompaniments or textures. Just jam along!
3. Film the entire performance.
4. Email your video to loganhone@gmail.com by January 11



* oh, and feel free to practice along to the play along video beforehand! *

Here are pdf files of the score if you want to check it out before or print it. A note to beginners: don't worry too much about these notes!
Concert pitch score
Bb score (for Bb instruments)
Eb score (for Eb instruments)



The video will premiere as part of the 12 Minutes Max series by the Salt Lake City Library on January 17, 2:00 pm (MST)


I'm looking forward to this! Thanks for being a part of it!!