Since I've joined Steemit I've been making solid efforts and strides with my original classically influenced work, however, most of it isn't finished. I have also been working on my Classical style improvisation, a form of counterpoint performed on the spot loosely based on 18th century rules. I say loosely because it seems like I jump genres and/or centuries in my melodic and chordal transitions.
I've always loved improvising, whether it was solo classical, in a rock band, jazz ensemble, or bluegrass whatever they call it. I didn't start-out improvising classically, but one day I realized that I could do it. It must be all the classical music I've learned. The essential concepts of voicing and movement just make sense to me.
I think it's an important part of music. Classical music was not always the static repetition of work done by prolific figures of our past that it is today. Johann Sebastian Bach was considered a master of Improvisation. In the periods long past, what is now called "classical" music, was "alive". The musicians weren't simply audio biographies, they were vibrant creatives with a purpose. Music is a very strange thing in general. It's almost incorporeal, yet it can feel very real. It is both important and completely unimportant. Thanks for watching and reading.