Piano pedagogy Essays

“Every action has equal and opposite reactions. This is law of the universe and spares none. Wrong done and injustice inflicted is paid back in the same coin. No one has escaped justice of the universe. It is only a matter of time” (Anil Sinha). Karma is a force that shouldn’t be tested; no matter who it is or where they are, it will always be there when fate is ready. Even if these people try to conceal their true emotions, they will pay the price. Normally, the price will be as extreme as the action

Marlos Nobre‘s musical style could be described as unique because of the variety and complexity of compositional techniques, that he uses in his compositions. The Piano Toccata No.1 Op.45a is one of the most played piano pieces currently and the performance of the piece is three minutes and thirty-five seconds long. The Brazilian music history reveals a significant influence of the popular music on the way Brazilian composers develop their compositional style. According to musicologists, nationalism

Weber, who has a successful piano studio in Kansas. Weber is also member of the MTNA and KMTA and she has a vast experience in piano teaching technology. One of the goals established by Weber was to facilitate the life of piano teachers by relating computer-related tasks to music teaching. The idea was to have in the website a large amount of information that could be used in a practical way. The Music Matters Blog is divided into forty different sections, where piano teachers can find specific information

Amy Tan’s “Two Kinds,” written in 1989, captures the relationship of a mother and daughter from China that has just relocated to America. So, in the beginning of the short story Tan expresses the mother’s beliefs of America by saying “my mother believed you could be anything you wanted in America” (Tan, Two Kinds, www.rtsd.org). then going into examples such as “You could open a restaurant. You could work for the government and get good retirement and of course, you can be a prodigy, too” (Tan, Two

Karlheinz Stockhausen was a famous composer, born on August 22, 1928. He also advanced in becoming a pioneer of electronic music. It all started at age seven he had started to learn how to play piano under Franz- Josef Kloth who was a protestant organist of the Altenberg Cathedral. His mother, Gertrude Stockhausen had some rights as being a singer but was confined to a mental hospital in 1933. In between the years 1941-1942 she was murdered by Nazis, after unfortunately at an sanatorium where she

first character. The notes of the first two measures are meant to jump from one to the next with a strong, downward motion on the piano keys. This kind of motion creates the anger that can be heard in the music. Continuing on, the phrase builds up to an E flat, followed by filler rests that set the stage for the second character to enter. It sings a C minor triad at a piano dynamic, finishing the phrase with a diminished 7th in the Mozart and a dominant 7th in the Beethoven. The unresolved chords allow

ANALYSIS of JOHANNES BRAHMS: SYMPHONY NO.3 IN F MAJOR, OP.90, ALLEGRO CON BRIO General Information: • DATE OF COMPOSITION: J.Brahms composed his 3d Symphony in the summer of 1883 at Wiesbaden, nearly six years after he completed his Second Symphony. • MUSICAL ELEMENTS: In this symphony we come across the F-A(Flat)-F Motif, which was used by Brahms to abbreviate his personal-motto “Frei aber froh”. (‘Free but Happy’) This is was what Brahms had declared himself to be, since at the time he was a

A review of a recording of the finale (4th movement) of Haydn’s String Quartet Op. 33 No. 2 The recording of the finale (4th movement) of Haydn’s String Quartet Op.33 No.2 that I have decided to review for you today is performed by the ‘Ariel Quartet’. This performance has a strong sense of togetherness and the performers give a sense of enjoyment through the performance. From research I have learned a lot about the background of this piece and about Haydn himself. Joseph Haydn wrote music for

compositions are very fast, which matches the dynamics. Mozart and Beethoven wrote their symphonies in forte, which gives them a dramatic, intense mood. Even though string instruments are used in both symphonies, Beethoven 's symphony also uses the piano in his composition and Mozart also uses percussion. Beethoven 's ninth symphony written in a major key which makes it seem happy and joyful. The symphony 's name "Ode the Joy" already gives the listener a hint. Mozart 's fortieth symphony is written

J.S Bach was a German composer, he is one of the most important composer of the Baroque period because he established the German style in the counterpoint,harmonic and motivic organization.He had great contribution on the rhythm Bach was born in a music family, his father is also a great musician who taught him to play violin and harpsichord. The six unaccompanied cello suites was written by J.S Bach during 1717-1723. This work is one of the most famous works by J.S Bach.This suites was written

Piano concerto K.488 was written during 1785-1786, it was one of the three piano concertos wrote by Mozart. The first movement is set in a sonata form. It used 2 flutes, 2 clarinets in A, 2 bassoons, 2 horns in A, 2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello, 1 double bass and piano. The structure of classical concerto The opening movement of the classical concerto No.23 is the most musically substantial. It is the longest movement and a fast-paced variation of sonata principle; sonata-allegro. Begins in home key;

Evocative of much of the work he composed during his younger years Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Symphony No. 29 is a testament to his genius and mastery of classical musical forms. Written when he was just eighteen years old the composition is a concise and peculiar example of classical Sonata form. Instead of having an introduction before the exposition Mozart ops to present the primary theme of the piece’s Allegro movement at the start of the first downbeat. Exceptionally melodic the primary theme

According to the short story “Two Kinds,” by Amy Tan, Mrs. Woo (Jing Mei’s mother) said that “you can be anything you wanted to be in America.” Mrs. Woo believes that her daughter Jing Mei can be best anything in the United States as long as she puts her mind to do it, so she tries to help her daughter to discover her talent. The ideas of Mrs. Woo are to rule and control her little girl 's life, and her Chinese culture’s view tends to make her children become obedient children rather than to let

this paper is to investigate the innovations in Sarcasms by examining compositional components such as harmony, figuration, and texture in Sarcasms in comparison to Prokofiev’s piano works composed before and during the production of Sarcasms. Works that will serve as the basis of comparison include Four Etudes for Piano, Op.

You being born into this world would be considered a once in a lifetime event, but socialization doesn’t work that way. Socialization isn’t a short-term event, nor something that happens once in our lives, it’s something that continues to occur as we go on throughout life. As society changes, we change as people and this alters socialization all throughout life, making it a lifelong process. Current laws, rules, and other age norms have a lot to do with socialization and how it changes throughout

composed symphonies, chamber music, piano works, choral compositions and so on. He used sonata style in the second half of the 19th century, and inspired other major idol of classical music such as Mozart and Beethoven. Brahms was very into his romantic era in the 19th century and was the leading musician. He began to learn music at a young age as his father was a double bassist in the German philharmonic society, and at the age of seven Brahms took up playing the piano. Once he was a teenager he began

Mendelssohn Felix Mendelssohn was born in Hamburg, Germany on the 3rd February 1809. Like Mozart, Mendelssohn was regarded as a child prodigy. His mother began teaching him to play the piano when he was six and after the family moved to Berlin in 1811, he and his three siblings took piano lesson with Ludwig Berger; he also later studied counterpoint and composition. By 9 years old, he had already performed in his first public concert and by 13, he was a prolific composer. One of the best known of

Grand Duo Concertante for Clarinet and Piano op. 48 J204 1st Movement in Allegro con fuoco German composer Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826) was an influential icon in the Romantic Era, a period between the 18th and 19th century in which personal expression, literary ideas and emotions reached its apogee. Weber was a composer, conductor and an expert pianist and was renowned for his works in opera, compositions for piano and compositions for woodwind instruments. His clarinet compositions which include

The music of the Baroque period is more popular today than it was when it was composed between the 17th and 18th centuries. There is now access to tens of thousands of pieces of music written in the Baroque style that continues to please listeners today. (Green, 2017) Baroque music was extremely innovative and was compose at a time wherein composers were free to experiment with instruments, polyphonic textures as well as numerous forms. The word “Baroque” comes from the Italian word barocco which

intended to be sad, it remained in a minor key for the most part. I did notice that as the intensity of the song (when the princess’ father send soldiers to capture the two lovers) was shown by using louder dynamics such as fortissimo (ff) rather than piano (p) or pianissimo (pp). Lopez also included more use of the percussion and brass instruments such as the tuba, trombone, trumpet and horn making the suspense grow. The upper stringed instruments complimented the flute very nicely since they both have