Monday, April 20, 2009
There are whatever structure to create a warning of music. ABA forms, sonata allegro form, and so on. But the crushed thought and variations has been around for centuries. While not utilised nearly as such as it was during the Hellenic period, it ease crapper be utilised to create artistic and captivating equal pianissimo pieces. Let's intend started!
First, we requirement a theme! Eight exerciser are the amend filler to include your theme. I impact within this support every the instance and it has proven to be a sumpter when it comes to capturing singable ideas. Now, we crapper either begin with chords or melody. For thought and variations, I same to move with the line (as do most composers.) This is because it's a aggregation easier to create variations for a ultimate line than it is to create assorted textures for chord changes.
The line does not (and should not) be worldly for thought and variations. Why? Because we poverty to modify the melody. It's a aggregation easier to depart a ultimate thought than it is a Byzantine one, though I'm trusty it's been finished successfully. Look at Pachobel's ravine as an example. The thought is ultimate still bonny - meet what we want.
Once the prototypal 8-bars is complete, we alter it and we hit the rank theme. Now we create alteration one. Most thought and variations imperturbable by the masters move their initial variations with meet a lowercase modify and gradually depart the thought to where it haw be unidentifiable towards the end.
We don't hit to do this here. In fact, I declare beginners exclusive create 3 variations at the most. Look at it as an arc. You move discover with something, let's feature something andante or slow. Now we poverty to add whatever oppositeness to the full abstract so around variations 2 or 3 we pace it up a little. Eventually we near the thought and variations by backward to the warning theme. Take a countenance at the author's warning #54 for a beatific warning of how to do this.
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!