so.... i am returning back to school tml. Prepared for it? Well... i jus happen to found out that my class has been split up, so can't crap around anymore. =( And feeling abit weird, as normally i have been heading to office for the past 2 months. And i have not had regular classes for the past 8 months!!! geez! Attachment la..
okay. Anyway.... I AM LOOKING FOR HORN PLAYERS!! to join SWO for the December Concert and Switzerland trip next year. currently there is only one horn player and is yours truly. so please please please..............
Rondeau Concert
Date: 26 NOVEMBER 05
Venue: VCH
Repertoire: Mostly Alfred Reed's pieces e.g Second Suite in Band
SWO Concert
Date: 26 DECEMBER 05
Venue: VCH (again....)
Repertoire: Egmont (By Bert Appermont) and other nice pieces la...
Auf Wiedersehen!
Sunday, October 30, 2005
Sunday, October 09, 2005
Understanding Baroque
Hallo! Guten Morgen! Had discussions on styles of music recently and have realised that many still fail to understand the beauty of Baroque music. Baroque music have always served as the foundation to all music composed for the past 500 years. Even though this period of music is 500 years old and ageing, its still alive in many music we play today.
I have extract some key points from my previous post. To read the full post, scroll down! Its somewhere down this page.
Tempo
- Usually stays the same throughout
Dynamic
- Range in dynamic is narrow
- Terrace dynamic
Style
- Formal, imitative
A few important things to do when you tackle a piece of music, is to firstly determine the period of music that its in.
One thing to note is the tempo of music. As written above, a Baroque music have a relatively fixed tempo throughout, mostly it ends with a BIG retard. So why is this so, you would need to know that Baroque music are written for the Kings and Queens of that time. So music have to sound Grand and Formal, maybe if you were in Europe, you can see the intricate designs of the Cathedral. So music must have fixed tempo to fit the mood. Just imagine yourself walking down the aisle of a church on your wedding day, and the musicians playing pachebel canon with irregular tempo, I bet you will not be able to walk down the aisle with a regular pace. So without realising it, we have covered two points, Tempo and Style!
Tempo always set the mood!
Dynamic are Terrace whereby when a phrase is Forte, it is in Forte and when it is in Piano, it will be in Piano. There will NEVER be a Cresendo or Decresendo in between two phrases to transit the dynamics. Just imagine as music walking up and down a staircase. So the other point about dynamic is narrow is because of the limitation in the dynamic range of instrument of that time, where a Harpsicord or Clavicord only have a small dynamic range thus give this characteristic.
Well there is another point that i want to cover, which is the texture of Baroque. But its kinda hard to explain in words. So till i figure out how it should be written down, enjoy learning and understanding Baroque.
Auf Wiedersehen!
I have extract some key points from my previous post. To read the full post, scroll down! Its somewhere down this page.
Tempo
- Usually stays the same throughout
Dynamic
- Range in dynamic is narrow
- Terrace dynamic
Style
- Formal, imitative
A few important things to do when you tackle a piece of music, is to firstly determine the period of music that its in.
One thing to note is the tempo of music. As written above, a Baroque music have a relatively fixed tempo throughout, mostly it ends with a BIG retard. So why is this so, you would need to know that Baroque music are written for the Kings and Queens of that time. So music have to sound Grand and Formal, maybe if you were in Europe, you can see the intricate designs of the Cathedral. So music must have fixed tempo to fit the mood. Just imagine yourself walking down the aisle of a church on your wedding day, and the musicians playing pachebel canon with irregular tempo, I bet you will not be able to walk down the aisle with a regular pace. So without realising it, we have covered two points, Tempo and Style!
Tempo always set the mood!
Dynamic are Terrace whereby when a phrase is Forte, it is in Forte and when it is in Piano, it will be in Piano. There will NEVER be a Cresendo or Decresendo in between two phrases to transit the dynamics. Just imagine as music walking up and down a staircase. So the other point about dynamic is narrow is because of the limitation in the dynamic range of instrument of that time, where a Harpsicord or Clavicord only have a small dynamic range thus give this characteristic.
Well there is another point that i want to cover, which is the texture of Baroque. But its kinda hard to explain in words. So till i figure out how it should be written down, enjoy learning and understanding Baroque.
Auf Wiedersehen!
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