do you take requests? if so can you please play 2 things; Chopin Nocturne 2. Op. 9 and Claire de Lune by Claude debussy :) I love those pieces, I can play them but youre great at playing
You play Chopin beautifully; in essence, his music is pure emotion in an auditory sense. One of the most difficult aspects of playing his nocturnes is trying to balance the rubato without over exaggerating the technique. You seem to be well on your way, nice job.
You must have had a different experience than me. I've had two teachers that teach classic music at university and both had no idea how to name chords, identify progressions, etc. Isn't that a big part of what music theory is about?
@3llianX Well if you're given a chord chart such as Am, F, Dm, yeah probably classical teachers may not be able to name that. But given that we are in a certain key, they should at least be able to determine which chords (using the roman numerals) are what: in a major scale: chords I, IV, and V are majors, II, III, VI is a minor, and VII is a dim. and they can use that as a basis to find chords. surely if they were classical teachers they would be able to name at least the major and minor scales
but also then again, there's the cycle of fifths, and the understanding of modulations which university classical teachers shold at least understand. Classical music has a lot of formulas for harmony - Cadences, episodes, subjects, all little ideas which inevitably have impacted on music today. It's all about levels i guess, Jazz took a bit more colour but still based their harmony on classical, by using a few 'replacement' chords and colour notes which just make it a little bit more sexy.
This is nice Nocturne! I actually have it on my list. My chromatic scales need work and I prefer working with a piece rather than just the dull scale. I loved the fluidity of your playing - but thats your strong point and you know this =P. Btw, do you like Pollini's recordings of these?
@kaputasri Hey there! Thanks for the compliments! :)
Well classical music helps an individuals musicianship the most and i would say it gives the greatest understanding of music in both theoretical and practical elements. It's really good for beginners as it teaches good performing technique, helps you build expression in dynamics and is also technically demanding for the fingers. It definately helped me improve in my technique and expression.
@kaputasri my friend started his own rock band, and he has kinda become the leader of the band. He says the most reliable, and the best players in his band were those who were classically trained (he himself is trained as a professional bassoonist but plays keyboard. The drummer is classically trained in drums). Classical training teaches technique in a very systematic way that you would not get by just dabbling in ear playing everything
@TheJuicyTangerine True, but even those who can play by ear also can be classically trained. I can play both sheet music and play by ear and I am classically trained although never took graded tests (didn't care for that, I chose another path in music). Classical music especially in the romantic period is a great base to start from but the best musicians are not the ones who are just classically trained but practice in various styles and constantly self improve upon their technique.
@captainsunder009 I agree. I'm just saying that if you have no classical training whatsoever, you have a lower skill ceiling. If two people has the same amount of talent, and one is classically trained while the other is not, if they put the same effort into music, the one who is classically trained SHOULD be better. Would you agree?
@TheJuicyTangerine in certain areas they would be stronger. But the thing about classical music is that it is a recreative art, where as something like jazz is a creative art. So whilst i think classical helps the foreground of a musician, you need those other genres which overall make you better. A classical pianist maybe a better technically and expressively, but a jazz/modern pianist has alot more colour and flavour at his/her disposal in which they improve in different ways musically :)
@Zorsy Exactly Zorsy. Also though, jazz is full of technique. My teacher teaches my more jazz than anything now as he believes it can improve my overall technique and knowledge of scales. He teaches me a bit of chopin but then he teaches me pieces like spain by chick corea and others. I have to say that it is that type of balance that can help a musician understand their cycles of fourths and fifths better and scales. Zorsy, can you play any pieces by chick corea or herbie hancock?
@captainsunder009 oh no don't get me wrong, jazz itself has alot of technique. It requires alot of spontaneous finger movements cause that's the nature of jazz. Though i believe the first scale people will learn is a simple C major scale, and then just basic major/minor stuff before you get into jazz solos. That's why classical and stuff is pretty good in the fact that it's form and structure is simplistic.
Big band stuff yeah, but chick corea, i performed spain last year. hella fun
@Zorsy Yeah, I am learning spain now. I get how to play it but once it gets to full speed a lot of control is needed but I have gotten the hang of it. it is a lot of fun. I agree what you are saying about classical and that is the great part about it. Big Band stuff is fun but 80's style is out of this world, but gritty jazz a little more on the blues side can be so powerful to listen to. By the way, Zorsy are you able to sing? I have seen you do a lot of feats, but I have never seen you sing.
@Zorsy I am sure you wouldn't be that bad. I would attend that concert hehe. Just as long as I get some snacks I don't give a damn about the quality. Heck, I could sit through the transformers dsom movie because of that reason and you couldn't be as bad as that. Still working on my jokes as you can see, but seriously that movie was terrible.
@Zorsy Totally agree as well. I used to play Clarinet and Piano (both classically) before I got too busy to do so, and the thing I regret the most was not doing any jazz. Although when I see the music the jazz band play at my school, it seems like they require even more music theory than I used in classical music!
besides the point of classically trained v.s. jazz trained, i forgot to praise you on your piece. Great job zorsy!
@TheJuicyTangerine I agree and understand what you are saying as that is what I believe as well. However there are musicians who just have these weird talents outside of classical training. I knew one person like that in high school and it always got me mad, but yes I believe the classically trained musician should have MORE refined technique. Every musician should have some form of classical training in my opinion. It is important and can help you as a musician.
@kaputasri I also understood a lot more things theoretically and stylistically. Classical music is so broad with the many different composers, and thus there is a lot to learn from their methods of creating music. It generally helps in getting a good background to the concepts of music: pitch, duration, harmony, rhythms, structure, etc.
But having said that, there are video game music pieces and modern pieces which incorporate or are based from classical music. Even pop music these days.
Siiick dude !! I was just starting to play that piece and now I reallly wanna play it! True inspiration it was! Thanx:)
chickengalette 1 month ago
You`re an awesome pianist. Love your works and videos. Are you studying classical piano? which grade?
190light 3 months ago
do you take requests? if so can you please play 2 things; Chopin Nocturne 2. Op. 9 and Claire de Lune by Claude debussy :) I love those pieces, I can play them but youre great at playing
yankeesrock1997 6 months ago
You play Chopin beautifully; in essence, his music is pure emotion in an auditory sense. One of the most difficult aspects of playing his nocturnes is trying to balance the rubato without over exaggerating the technique. You seem to be well on your way, nice job.
PianoSoulos 7 months ago
We should all probably invest in some feelings, haha.
laurathespazz 7 months ago
You are so amazing ^_^
PianoMan53100 7 months ago
You must have had a different experience than me. I've had two teachers that teach classic music at university and both had no idea how to name chords, identify progressions, etc. Isn't that a big part of what music theory is about?
3llianX 7 months ago
@3llianX Well if you're given a chord chart such as Am, F, Dm, yeah probably classical teachers may not be able to name that. But given that we are in a certain key, they should at least be able to determine which chords (using the roman numerals) are what: in a major scale: chords I, IV, and V are majors, II, III, VI is a minor, and VII is a dim. and they can use that as a basis to find chords. surely if they were classical teachers they would be able to name at least the major and minor scales
Zorsy 7 months ago
but also then again, there's the cycle of fifths, and the understanding of modulations which university classical teachers shold at least understand. Classical music has a lot of formulas for harmony - Cadences, episodes, subjects, all little ideas which inevitably have impacted on music today. It's all about levels i guess, Jazz took a bit more colour but still based their harmony on classical, by using a few 'replacement' chords and colour notes which just make it a little bit more sexy.
Zorsy 7 months ago 4
@Zorsy
Ahh this sounds like A-level music all over again!
RanvirPiano 6 months ago
@Zorsy Chopin Nocturne Number 20 in C# Minor?
CameronMcDChilliwack 6 months ago
Excellent chopin piece! Keep it up
lemonwatcher 7 months ago
Despite the compressed audio. Me gusta
0MaxiMedia 7 months ago
beautiful playing. i would think chopin fits very well to your overall style.
Verdegrand 7 months ago
Good
galaxian06 7 months ago
This is nice Nocturne! I actually have it on my list. My chromatic scales need work and I prefer working with a piece rather than just the dull scale. I loved the fluidity of your playing - but thats your strong point and you know this =P. Btw, do you like Pollini's recordings of these?
Arrow9100kj 7 months ago
Hey Zorsy, Great playing by the way. It's good to see you play something different from the usual( Game music).
What are the benefits for a beginner like me in attempting to play classical music?
I have been playing for over a year. How did it help you? Your answer will definitely help me. Looking forward for your reply.
kaputasri 7 months ago
@kaputasri Hey there! Thanks for the compliments! :)
Well classical music helps an individuals musicianship the most and i would say it gives the greatest understanding of music in both theoretical and practical elements. It's really good for beginners as it teaches good performing technique, helps you build expression in dynamics and is also technically demanding for the fingers. It definately helped me improve in my technique and expression.
Zorsy 7 months ago
@Zorsy Thx for the reply it was valuable advice. Looking forward for more of your brilliance.
kaputasri 7 months ago
@kaputasri my friend started his own rock band, and he has kinda become the leader of the band. He says the most reliable, and the best players in his band were those who were classically trained (he himself is trained as a professional bassoonist but plays keyboard. The drummer is classically trained in drums). Classical training teaches technique in a very systematic way that you would not get by just dabbling in ear playing everything
TheJuicyTangerine 7 months ago
@TheJuicyTangerine True, but even those who can play by ear also can be classically trained. I can play both sheet music and play by ear and I am classically trained although never took graded tests (didn't care for that, I chose another path in music). Classical music especially in the romantic period is a great base to start from but the best musicians are not the ones who are just classically trained but practice in various styles and constantly self improve upon their technique.
captainsunder009 7 months ago
@captainsunder009 I agree. I'm just saying that if you have no classical training whatsoever, you have a lower skill ceiling. If two people has the same amount of talent, and one is classically trained while the other is not, if they put the same effort into music, the one who is classically trained SHOULD be better. Would you agree?
TheJuicyTangerine 7 months ago
@TheJuicyTangerine in certain areas they would be stronger. But the thing about classical music is that it is a recreative art, where as something like jazz is a creative art. So whilst i think classical helps the foreground of a musician, you need those other genres which overall make you better. A classical pianist maybe a better technically and expressively, but a jazz/modern pianist has alot more colour and flavour at his/her disposal in which they improve in different ways musically :)
Zorsy 7 months ago
@Zorsy Exactly Zorsy. Also though, jazz is full of technique. My teacher teaches my more jazz than anything now as he believes it can improve my overall technique and knowledge of scales. He teaches me a bit of chopin but then he teaches me pieces like spain by chick corea and others. I have to say that it is that type of balance that can help a musician understand their cycles of fourths and fifths better and scales. Zorsy, can you play any pieces by chick corea or herbie hancock?
captainsunder009 7 months ago
@captainsunder009 oh no don't get me wrong, jazz itself has alot of technique. It requires alot of spontaneous finger movements cause that's the nature of jazz. Though i believe the first scale people will learn is a simple C major scale, and then just basic major/minor stuff before you get into jazz solos. That's why classical and stuff is pretty good in the fact that it's form and structure is simplistic.
Big band stuff yeah, but chick corea, i performed spain last year. hella fun
Zorsy 7 months ago
@Zorsy Yeah, I am learning spain now. I get how to play it but once it gets to full speed a lot of control is needed but I have gotten the hang of it. it is a lot of fun. I agree what you are saying about classical and that is the great part about it. Big Band stuff is fun but 80's style is out of this world, but gritty jazz a little more on the blues side can be so powerful to listen to. By the way, Zorsy are you able to sing? I have seen you do a lot of feats, but I have never seen you sing.
captainsunder009 7 months ago
@captainsunder009 sing.
lol.
lol.
lol.
if you would like a concert without any attendance i'm your man
Zorsy 7 months ago 3
@Zorsy I am sure you wouldn't be that bad. I would attend that concert hehe. Just as long as I get some snacks I don't give a damn about the quality. Heck, I could sit through the transformers dsom movie because of that reason and you couldn't be as bad as that. Still working on my jokes as you can see, but seriously that movie was terrible.
captainsunder009 7 months ago
@Zorsy Totally agree as well. I used to play Clarinet and Piano (both classically) before I got too busy to do so, and the thing I regret the most was not doing any jazz. Although when I see the music the jazz band play at my school, it seems like they require even more music theory than I used in classical music!
besides the point of classically trained v.s. jazz trained, i forgot to praise you on your piece. Great job zorsy!
TheJuicyTangerine 7 months ago
@TheJuicyTangerine I agree and understand what you are saying as that is what I believe as well. However there are musicians who just have these weird talents outside of classical training. I knew one person like that in high school and it always got me mad, but yes I believe the classically trained musician should have MORE refined technique. Every musician should have some form of classical training in my opinion. It is important and can help you as a musician.
captainsunder009 7 months ago
@Zorsy
I may not be the one who asked the question, but I gotta tell you that this help me too. Very encouraging! Amazing job, Zorsy <3
JezzAngel 7 months ago
@kaputasri I also understood a lot more things theoretically and stylistically. Classical music is so broad with the many different composers, and thus there is a lot to learn from their methods of creating music. It generally helps in getting a good background to the concepts of music: pitch, duration, harmony, rhythms, structure, etc.
But having said that, there are video game music pieces and modern pieces which incorporate or are based from classical music. Even pop music these days.
Zorsy 7 months ago
first. And you're awesome
MrUltimadude 7 months ago