{"id":200858,"date":"2026-05-04T23:14:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T03:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/?post_type=product&#038;p=200858"},"modified":"2026-08-07T13:06:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T17:06:18","slug":"the-art-of-improvising","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/all-music\/artists\/nicole-muller\/the-art-of-improvising\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Improvising"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Topics covered<\/h3>\n<p>Chordal thinking<br \/>\nRhythmic thinking<br \/>\nPracticing individual triads, and up to 8-bar chord progressions<br \/>\nChord-based melodic improvisation, motif design, and phrase formation<br \/>\nSimple accompaniment patterns for two-handed playing<br \/>\nBeautiful \u201chand-over-hand\u201d patterns as training for \u201cchordal thinking\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Listen<\/h3>\n<p>This is an example of a playback video which can be used as a backing track for the melodic improvisation exercises. Harpists can access specific backing track videos for their current exercise via QR codes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Playback &quot;Clever Improvisieren&quot;: C G G Am 100bpm\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/71_-8KKT2IM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h4>Scroll down to listen.<\/h4>\n<p><em>The Art of Improvising<\/em>, by Nicole M\u00fcller, is a comprehensive guide to melodic improvisation, featuring 91 exercises that build confidence improvising over chords. Designed for use in lessons, yet equally valuable for self-learners with prior experience, it includes additional accompaniment patterns for teachers and play-along videos for every exercise via QR codes. Scroll down for topics covered.<\/p>\n<p>This book is available as a PDF download for <strong>$42.00<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Pages to print<\/em>: 54 pgs.<\/p>\n<p><em>Note<\/em>: This book is formatted for A4 paper size; use the settings in your printer dialog box to get the best fit for your paper size.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":200859,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[8749],"product_tag":[266,477],"class_list":["post-200858","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-nicole-muller","product_tag-back-to-school","product_tag-harp-solo","pa_artist-muller-nicole","pa_composer-muller-nicole","pa_genre-educational-etudes","pa_harp-type-harp-lever","pa_instrumentation-harp-solo","pa_level-advanced-beginner","first","instock","downloadable","virtual","taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"exclude_global_add_ons":[],"addons":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/200858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=200858"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=200858"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harpcolumn.com\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=200858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}