Ideas Test
I think this "Language of Music" idea is helping me understand music. I have no intention of carving out some "great theory" like people seem to enjoy producing, but it seems that there are things to be discovered, and here I am discovering them.
Ideas come bit by bit and it's very helpful to test them out by writing them down or explaining them to somebody. So today I can say "thank you!" to you for enduring this trial-by-blog. I hope it's not too trying!
There are some concerto exams happening at a nearby music college with "Academy" in the name, so I have been going over there to play several orchestral arrangements. They normally require re-arrangement because they are always so horribly difficult and also sometimes miss out important notes but include bad ones, in the wrong place. To make a generalisation, the old Peters editions on the whole have more playable arrangements (old-style transcription still being in force here), while the new Henle Urtext ones are basically a bit more logical with respect to reproducing the notes of the original, as well as being a bit easier so more people can play them. I hope that's of some use to somebody somewhere.
I am also glad to report the return of the sunshine!!
I don't know how we have survived without it. Now I am requesting more heat, please.
I'm sure it will come when it's ready. Perhaps it needs a bit of encouragement though?
Ideas come bit by bit and it's very helpful to test them out by writing them down or explaining them to somebody. So today I can say "thank you!" to you for enduring this trial-by-blog. I hope it's not too trying!
There are some concerto exams happening at a nearby music college with "Academy" in the name, so I have been going over there to play several orchestral arrangements. They normally require re-arrangement because they are always so horribly difficult and also sometimes miss out important notes but include bad ones, in the wrong place. To make a generalisation, the old Peters editions on the whole have more playable arrangements (old-style transcription still being in force here), while the new Henle Urtext ones are basically a bit more logical with respect to reproducing the notes of the original, as well as being a bit easier so more people can play them. I hope that's of some use to somebody somewhere.
I am also glad to report the return of the sunshine!!
I don't know how we have survived without it. Now I am requesting more heat, please.
I'm sure it will come when it's ready. Perhaps it needs a bit of encouragement though?
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