ELITE MUSIC - Bouzouki Tip 2 - The Quintuplet Trill

Tasos Issaakidis teaches Bouzouki at Elite Music Academy in Toronto's Greek town. Elite music offers music lessons on a variety of instruments with professional instructors. If you have any questions in regards to this video feel free to contact Tasos at Elite, 416 406 5355. He can also be reached by email: tasos@elitemusic.ca.
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[bouzoukikid63]

Quintuplets are a group of 5 notes played EVENLY within a beat. The songs you are demonstrating are not using quintuplets. They are a combination of sixteenth and eighth notes.

[EliteMusicTO]

Hello,

I think that you might have misunderstood me. The examples that I gave in the video have quintuplet trills in them. They are not completely composed of quintuplets. If you check out the first example, (high mou), it starts with the quintuplet trill. If you have any questions or more comments and would like to discuss this in further detail, you can also call me at the front desk.

Take Care

[bouzoukikid63]

Thanks Taso for your reply. I don't think I misunderstood. There are a variety of ways you can play "xai mou". I play it the way as I described 16th's and 8th's (or 32nd's and 16th's, depending on the beat). The grouping is 32nd x 2 and 16th x 3. So I guess we can agree to disagree on this one.

But I commend you for taking time out to teach and help others.

Best regards.

[EliteMusicTO]

Hello,

I am aware that there are a variety of ways that the song can be performed in (this is true with all songs). I was just giving a couple of examples of how a quintuplet trill can be used in certain songs.

I however, would like to hear your version of the song. If you want and it is not too much, trouble see if you can upload it. I am interested to hear it.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Take Care

Tasos

[bouzoukikid63]

I have uploaded a simple sequence to demonstrate quintuplet notation and how they sound. Everything has been quantized so there is no human feel on my demo. Thanks.

[EliteMusicTO]

Nicely Done

Thank for the video. I see now what you are talking about and I had this dilemma initially. Now, I know the human factor is not there when a midi file or a written score is involved which reminds me of some words that my professor used to say, one can not fully transfer sound on paper. Initially thought to explain this grouping as you did I just felt that I did not want to hear that second last sixteenth accented so

[EliteMusicTO]

I picked this group as a quintuplet (down, up down, up, down) and accented only the first note.

Thank you for your responses, if you are in the Toronto area, drop by the school.

Take Care

[NikosWRF]

very good

[bouzoukikid63]

I 100% agree. I'm not a big fan of notation and even though I can read, at the end of the day it's about human feel. Also there is no way you can put into notation one of Zervas, Koros or Saleas solos. Notation helps us understand rhythm ect, but it needs to be interpreted.

Regards.

[TheMusicisnature]

Tasos rules! Im loving the bouzouki by the way Ive been playing it since Ive got home! I'll email you soon!