Group 1
Welcome to the NEW TWO WEEK INTENSIVE on tonebase!
Improving your Lyricism (feat Chopin)
Post your progress with videos and written commentary on how things are going for you!
- Course Period: June 26 - July 10th
- Class Size: ALL are welcome!
- Optional check-In via Zoom: July 2nd at 11am PT
- ZOOM MEETING Recording!
- https://youtu.be/Fl-ExGT9aZY
Assignment #1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQpw6fZBOlE
- Pick a short piece (Mazurka, Nocturne, Prelude) or excerpt of a longer piece (Ballade, Polonaise, Scherzo, Sonata, Concerto). Focus on lyrical/slow sections.
- Learn bass carefully, labelling all chords and cadences.
- SING melodic line. Practice singing until your voice can identify the melody instantly.
- Submit a video: playing the Bass while singing the Soprano.
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Assignment #2
https://youtu.be/ri2UD1z8sKE?si=w36XWzqb_rao3RAu
-Label all breathing points with an apostrophe between phrase markings. Practice deep breaths between significant points or use a regular breath for phrase changes.
-Sing Bass notes of all chords while playing Soprano melody.
-Submit a video: playing hands together (performance).
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Hello All!
Here's my assignment two for the TWI. This was a great exercise in keeping the motion of the melody line moving forward for me. I hope to record a progress video today. I am admittedly struggling with my interpretation of the B section of the nocturne, which feels a little more like a Polonaise to me. I am attempting to keep it in character, but with enough contrast so that it sparks real interest without becoming too march-like. Maybe I am way off base. At any rate, here's this morning's video. -
Hi!!!
I hope you're having a great day!! :D
I'll upload my video of this week assignment.
But I must say it has been very challenging for me. What I realize during this assignment is that if I start singing the base...
I start loosing the melody and...
Instead of making the melody stand out. I start highlighting the base which is not only wrong but my brain starts thinking that the melody is in the base.
So...
What I did is hum part of the base and part of the melody.
A mixture of both voices.
I hope you enjoy my interpretation of the piece. Is slower than it's usually played.
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Now, singing is not my favorite subject (last part is missing, was to complicated) , but I have realized, that I can take more time in such beautiful melodies and have to breath while I am playing. https://youtu.be/IPbaJcouwt4?si=U6fB-nFAqAkdamhC