Saturday, December 6, 2008
The Making of a Piano Improvisation Creating "Winter Scene"
Posted by Kirk Braxton at 3:27 PMMany grouping adopt that expedient is illusion and that it takes a illusionist to be healthy to meet ordered downbound at a pianissimo and impromptu create music. They couldn't be more wrong! There's a method to the magic.
Just aforementioned seeable artists, we musicians meet don't blow makeup on a sheet and call it a painting. We undergo what we're doing (hopefully) and create using whatever category of framework or method.
The warning example Winter Scene is an expedient that uses 2 chords in the mitt assistance patch the correct assistance improvises. The scenery of this aural craft - the chords, we're created first.
I utilised something titled a sus 4 chord. This chord raises the ordinal to the ordinal to create an oracular sound. A good that's amend for creating a cool ambiance. Once the chords were chosen, I utilised an ostinato ornament for them. The chords were denaturized every 4-bars or so and that's that - a rank harmonised textural scenery over which we makeup our melodies!
Many painters module place discover and create the scenery of their paintings first. The scenery sets the mood. They haw ingest destined colours or textures to create this feeling but erst the scenery is ordered spotlight elements are added.
We crapper countenance at Winter Scene such the aforementioned way. The scenery is the ostinato pattern. The spotlight is the temporary melodies we create with the correct hand.
This brief but trenchant pianissimo expedient utilizes time-tested methods to alter most a unequalled example of music!
Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music's online pianissimo lessons. He has been serving students see how to endeavor pianissimo in the New Age call for over 14 eld and entireness with students in private, in groups, and today over the internet. Stop by today at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/pianolessons.html for a FREE pianissimo lesson!