So very glad to see that you have started this much-needed series!

Bijzonder waardevol en praktisch. Hier is te zien en te horen wat er met de moderne middelen zoals internet en KZfaq allemaal mogelijk is. Ieder kan er zijn of haar voordeel mee doen. ENGLISH, Particularly valuable and practical. Here you can see and hear what is possible with modern resources such as the internet and KZfaq. Everyone can benefit from it.

Thank you so much, Sietze, I'm looking forward going through the series!

Thank you for sharing your talents with the mortals.

I am quite envious of you for being able to buy a church and have not just one, but several actual organs in it as well as lots of other musical instruments, all for your own personal use. Thank you for this video series.

What a breath of fresh air! I have long believed that the "see ink blob - put down certain fingers" was the wrong approach to teaching music. I taught instrumental music in public schools for many years and found it more effective to introduce musical concepts, including creating your own melodies, first and keeping notation for later. I wanted my pupils to understand that ink blobs were simply a way to send someone a letter about their music. Ink blobs are never music in and of themselves.

I can’t believe I am watching this! For so long I can only heard master ‘s improvisation but never have the Chance to hear his explanation on improvisation(perhaps he did it in Dutch?) now today I have this honor to see his church base, all these different instruments and most importantly his introduction on improvisation! I am so glad that Score dependent hobbiest like me can start to play something by heart! I tried the triad chord method immediately on my personal favorite tune “nun komm der Heiden hailand” , I love it so much! Thank you sir! Please keep putting more of these videos!

Thank you Maestro - that was a revelation and it supports a gut feeling I had from an early age but which was, unfortunately, supresed by well-meaning parents and music teachers who wanted me to "learn music" first and not commit the crime of playing by ear. "Playing by ear (improvising) is lazy because you can't make any mistakes!" Col, 73, NZ

Thank you Sietze for sharing your knowledge about improvisation :)!!! It's giving me new inspirations and fun with my improvisation.

Thanks for starting this series on learning to improvise Sietze! Hopefully it will help more people to unveil the mysteries of 🎶 making.

Bedankt voor het delen van deze inzichten. Ik hoop dat deze benadering voor les aan kinderen aan slaat. Zelf vroeger heel klassiek geleerd de juiste knop in te drukken, behorend bij het zwarte bolletje in de partituur. 'God komt nader tot ons, met pedaal solo', maar zonder enig idee waar ik eigenlijk mee bezig was.

This is exactly what I have been hoping for. Hartelijk bedankt!

Brilliant to see this. It’s great you’re doing this - I can’t think of anyone better to do it! Every success with it

This is really great. And what an extraordinary collection of instruments!

Merci...Merci...et MERCI. I have got the impression that you must be quite a teacher! Bravo! And that house/church WOW! A wealth of surprises!

Hello. I think Sietze would approve of a book called 'Sketching at the Keyboard' by Laura Campbell for teaching students. It uses simple children's songs & folk songs. First the student creates simple interest with register changes, then doubling in octaves with register changes, then harmonizing with tonic 5ths in left hand (rhythmically, drone like), then tonic & dominant 5ths, then subdominant, and so on, then these while doubling melody with 3rds & 6ths with right hand forming chords contrapuntally. This teaches the 'hollow' sound of parallel 5ths before they would be traditionally 'forbidden' (without an understanding of why they can undermine individuality of parts). There are two other supplimentary books 'Sketches for Improvisation', 'Further Sketches for Improvisation'.

I'm exactly in the situation that you describe, having beeing taught with scores only as a child. Thanks a lot for this lesson. It contains enough practise for a full week of discovery on the keyboard. Now, let's have fun !

Wow your church is amazing, it is nice to gather all these instruments. Thanks for sharing

Super bedankt voor deze geweldige uitleg! Ik improviseer er maar wat op los en snap eigenlijk nooit wat ik precies doe :)

Vielen vielen Dank! Sehr gute Idee diese Serie! Bin schon auf die Fortsetzung gespannt. Gruß aus Deutschland

Wunderbar! Ich freue mich jetzt bereits sehr auf die Folge 2

Very informative, all makes sense, thank you

"Three chords and the truth!" as they say in folk music

The Orff Approach to Music provides the framework to improvisation.

Genial! Vielen Dank!

Merci, monsieur

Thank you for this!

What happened to the little organ that stood in the corner where the Scottish chamber organ is now? You have a lovely room and collection of instruments. Sietze, and your improvisations are such an inspiration. Thank you for this very interesting video!

Thanks, Sietze, excellent! :)

Great place for a great musician! You should come and visit my church... (yes we have that in common).

I am also guilty of being score-dependent!

Wanneer komt deel 2? Ben er klaar voor :)