May 30th, 2009 by Reb
Sorry for the lateness in uploading this week’s recordings.
So here are my lovely Wednesday student’s “homeworks” =)
Jodi
Tammy
Have fun playing and enjoy your vacation Tammy! =)
May 26th, 2009 by Reb
This is one of the pieces I played for my grade 10 RCM examination. (List E 20th century)
Clair de lune, composed by one of the widely known 20th century composer, Debussy. The title in english means, “Moonlight”. Don’t confuse it with Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata =p
I find his music very interesting. People either LOVE, or HATE his works. I remember my theory teacher telling me once that he absolutely hates his music, because it drives so far away from the beautifully aligned Classical and the wonderfully melodic Romantic. I guess a lot of people haven’t gotten used to the “free-style” style of the 20th century music just yet. I myself am slowly, slowly adjusting to it at the moment, considering my favorites are largely grouped into the Baroque and Classical era.
Well, I’ve only come in contact with two of his pieces so far. This piece, and Arabesque, which I am self-teaching myself right now. It is also absolutely fantastic by the way =)
Enjoy!
PS: This piece could be a little challenging, considering it is one of the pieces listed for grade 10 piano. But I’m sure there are people out there looking for this piece so I’m posting it here!
#4 Clair de Lune
Download the complete Clair de Lune in .pdf format
May 24th, 2009 by Reb
This week I’ve only got two recordings for Sharon.
#1
#2 And now,
For the ultimate THE ENTERTAINER (aka. the ice-cream track song)
This must be the funniest song for kids to play =) Check it out, don’t be asking me for ice-cream!
Enjoy~~~
May 21st, 2009 by Reb
[Drum roll]
TODAY, LittleMusicNote marks its one month since its first post on April 20th 2009.
Thanks for all the support and great ideas from a special someone. Also for the plugins, wordpress/iphone theme, and all those crazy technical stuff that I’m not good at =)
And especially thank the Lord for giving me this wonderful site to write about Music — one of the greatest gift He has given me.
Let my words and music be a blessing.
Let all nations praise Your name.
My Heart, Your Home – Dwelling Place
Come and make my heart Your home
Come and be everything I am and all I know
Search me through and through
‘Till my heart becomes a home for You
CHORUS
A home for You, Lord
A home for You, Lord
Let everything I do open up
A door for You to come through
And that my heart would be a place
Where You want to be…
CHORUS
You are my portion, filling up everything
You are the fortune, that’s causing my heart to sing
That it’s amazing…
That You could make Yourself at home with me
May 21st, 2009 by Reb
Here are the newest recordings for my lovely students.
Jodi [UPDATED]
Tammy (There are 2 inside one recording)
Have fun and enjoying playing =)
May 21st, 2009 by Reb
#3. River Flows in You – Yiruma
And now, for the one song that you have to listen and learn! Again, this is one of my favorite piece on the piano.
Download the complete River Flows in You in .pdf format.
May 19th, 2009 by Reb
This is the 2nd post in the “Listen and Play” Series.
#2. Kiss the Rain — Yiruma (Album “From the Yellow Room”)
Here’s the one I promised to post. I shouldn’t have to say too much about this one, it speaks for itself =)
This is one of the most widely played piece on the piano for quite some time now.
For those of you that writes/plays your own music by ear, I envy you. However, I believe this is from the original sheet music of Yiruma’s album.
Enjoy =)
[Listen] Kiss the Rain — Yiruma
Download the complete Kiss the Rain sheet music in .pdf format
May 18th, 2009 by Reb
Welcome to the “Listen and Play” series. I’ve always enjoyed collecting sheet music from different sources. Recently, I’ve fell for this incredible musician’s piano works — Yiruma. So I’ve collected a bunch of his music in .pdf format. Now I will be sharing these with all of you out there, along with the other music sheets I’ve collected over the years.
I believe it’s always important to listen to a piece before going ahead to play it, no matter what instrument you play.
So I’ll be posting the .mp3, first page of the music along with download link of the actual sheet music together to get you a good sense of the song. The first page of the sheet music is to give you the idea of the difficulty of the song, and the mp3 is so you can always come back and listen to the recording while practicing!
I’ll be updating the “Listen and Play” SheetMusic category, so come back for more! =)
#1 Love Me — Yiruma (”First Love” Album)
This has been my all time favorite along with Kiss the Rain, which I will be uploading in later posts.
Hope his music will move you the same way it moved me =)
Love Me — Yiruma
Download the complete Love Me in .pdf format.
May 18th, 2009 by Reb
Throughout history, art has had many features in implicating different aspects of society. One of the important roles of art in society is its ability in transforming the audiences. This can be seen in many art disciplines, such as dance, music, visual art etc.
When traditional ballet’s role started to shift in Western culture, much is changed in its rigid formality. The representation of female’s image and status shifted from vulnerable, dependent and emotional to independent and self-constructive shown in modern dances. This change has brought to society the need to reform and reshape the ideas of female images in society. Similarly, music has the same application towards its audiences.
When Igor Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring first premiered in 1913, it received a huge amount of controversial feedbacks. The traditional ballet form was radically changed by this piece, where dancers were no longer following the rigid form of ballet. Instead, they danced by stumping their feet, throwing arms up and down and so on. The graceful gestures of traditional ballet is no longer presented by this early piece of 20th century art work. On top of that, the audiences at that time were not used to hearing music in this form, and the timbre it uses is completely new for the listeners of that era. As time passed, people started to accept this kind of music, and the notion of noise become more and more popular as musicians start to be interested in this movement of new music. Other disciplines and artists also has a role in transforming the audiences, such as the painting of Jackson Pollock, and works by Marcel Duchamp, all plays a part in changing the inherence of traditional art.
Marcel Duchamp’s L.H.O.O.Q. (1919) Which phonetically means:
“elle a chaud au cul” or “She’s got a hot ass.”
This is one of the famous works of Marcel Duchamp. Imagine what it is like if we are still living in the Dada movement. What do you think of the radical change of art throughout history?
May 14th, 2009 by Reb
Another week have passed. And here are the newest recordings for my lovely piano students.
I hope you guys have a great practice this week!
Jodi [UPDATED]
Tammy
