In IFR, we believe that the musicians who follow their own imagination are the ones who change the world. And we want to help you discover your musical voice and to share it with the world.
This animated video for beginners teaches you the single most important key to understanding how all songs work. Whether your passion is improvising, composing or just playing the songs you love, this insight will help you see songs and chord progressions in a much simpler way.
I have always had a terrible ear and I feel that it's preventing me from making the most of your method. There seem to be just two sorts of musicians: the ones who can play by ear and the ones who just can't. Can you help me?
Instrument technique and improvisation are two practices that feed one another: we need technical skills to be able to express ourselves creatively, and when we improvise we put into practice and consolidate our technical skills.
Thank you for writing your book. I really like your philosophy. Can you explain the difference between the IFR system and the CAGED system?
This is a practice video for Improvise for Real students who want to understand and internalize the chord progression 1, 6-, 2-, 5D. First, we will understand the role of each chord in the progression, and then we will practice ear training with the Melody Paths exercise.
Imagine being able to listen to a song and recognize every note of the melody by ear. What would that do for your musical creativity and improvising? In this video course you will learn how to develop this ability, adding a whole new creative dimension to your improvising.
In this video we demonstrate several examples of one of our favorite musical principles, which is to use every musical exercise as an opportunity to practice the art of musical storytelling.
In this lesson we'll break our tonal five finger drills out of their original tonal context and learn to create them anywhere on the piano keyboard.
I've heard so many great things about IFR. Is it necessary for me to read sheet music to understand the concepts in your book?