Ludwig Van Beethoven and his song

             Hey,guys !! I'm back again :D . Now, I will describe about " Ludwig Van Beethoven and his song " . O yeah, now in every week, we will always meet (yeeee \(^^)/... ) !! Ok, let's start ;) !

            Ludwig van Beethoven was born in Germany on December 16, 1770

       He since childhood, was introduced to music by his father. Although initially forced, his father could see the musical talent present in his children. Beethoven's father wanted his son to be like Mozart (a great musician and well-known in that time).

       At 5 years old , Beethoven began to composition and the age of six he began to surround Europe. After his mother died from tuberculosis, Beethoven had to endure and deal with siblings who are still small. Because his father drunk and spend money for alcohol, fortunately, Beethoven continued to receive a steady income by giving piano lessons to a noble family.

        Early 1794, Beethoven studied composition at the Johann Georg Alberchtsberger and Antonio Salieri. Beethoven began his career as a pianist in Vienna. Since then, he began to be known a lot of people. But at the height of his career, he suffered total of deaf due to otoslerosis. Initially he felt insecure and depressed, but fortunately recovered his spirits and can performance with an outstanding although his ears can not hear.

      His creation of the famous song until now titled Fur Elise 
      This is one sheet of some sheets about Fur Elise :

      Overview of the Fur Elise, meaning of  Fur Elise was a woman named Elise can be seen and heard from melody opener Für Elise showing the initials of the woman who is loved Beethoven. The melody begins with a tone E - E ♭ - E, read E - Es - E, letter to the tune of the name EliSE.

       Ok,This is the song ! :D Enjoy it ^^


       Okeee,that's all about my blog now :D ! Hope it's useful and all of you can enjoy it ^^ !
       Thank you for visit , and see you . Gbu :)

Fable :)

     Hello,guys! Nice to meet you again ^^..In this post, I will not discuss about “Piano”, but I will discuss about fable! Hope you enjoy it :D

The story is about “The Monkey and The Chicken”.

• ·         Orientation

1. Who/what   : The Monkey , the Chicken and the Crab

2. Where        :  In the forest near the beach

3. When         :  In the night

•   Complication 

     >>  What happened one day?

      There is a friendship between the monkey and the chicken. But one day,the monkey hungry     at night, so he wanted to eat the chicken for dinner.

•     Resolution 

     >> What happened then?

      The chicken run away from the monkey,it headed home a crab that is not far from there, it told all what he has experienced caused the monkey, his best friend.

•  Complication 

           >>  And then..?
        Both of them plan something for the monkey, because it has betrayed the meaning of friendship. They were preparing strategies to trick the Monkey. They finally agreed to invite the Monkey to go sailing to the island across the full fruits.

• Resolution 

            >>  What happened next?
         They make a boat out of clay, and they invited the monkey to sail together.

•  Re-orentation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
  >> What is the end of the story?
     When the boat started to walk , the chicken was pecking the boat. So, the boat was leaking and they were drowned. The Crab dive straight into the ocean floor,  the Chicken easily fly into the ground. But the Monkey cried for help because he could not swim. Finally he sank with the boat.

             >> How is the ending? Happy or sad?
          Sad ending.
 

          Ok, that’s all about “The Monkey and The Chicken”, hope it is useful and all of you can enjoy it ! See you at the next post . Gbu ;)

Richard Clayderman and his song

         Hey guys ! In this part I want to tell you about Richard Clayderman and his song. I like his song,because his song are so romantic and soulful. :) Ok,let's start ! :D

         This picture is Richard Clayderman

       
   
         Richard Clayderman was born in France,  28 December 1953 . Previously, he was known with the name Philippe. His father teached him about music since he was child . At the age of twelve, Conservatoire of Music accept him as a student. And he received the first award as a pianist at the age of sixteen years old. His playing is so great,so don't be  wonder,if he is more famous than his. producers ( Olivier Toussaint and her partner Paul de Senneville ) . 

         Richard Clayderman's song genre semi-classic .  One of the songs he played with amazing is Ballade Pour Adeline ( it mean : Ballad for Adeline ) . This song composed by Paul de Senneville and Olivier Toussaint in 1976. Paul de Senneville compiled as part of a tribute to newborn daughter, Adeline . And the others song are : Mariage de Amour , Aline , Lady di , Love song in Winter , etc.

         This is Ballade Pour Adeline's song,enjoy it :) !

        

        This is Love Song in Winter's song :
      
         

          Thank you for watching my blog. I hope you like it ! :D . See you and Gbu :)

Piano in a variety of musical genres

In the world of piano,there is a variety of musical genres, because the soul of the music contained within each person is different.
Some musical genres are:
 
1.Classic
In this genre, it takes skill and technique are high. To play this genre, could not be changed according to the will of its own. So, it should follow the sheet music,and it is in contrast to other musical genres (jazz, pop, etc). Many of the composers who composed the classic songs like Beethoven,Johann Sebastian Bach, etc.. There is also a kind of semi-classic song that is more easily digested and enjoyed by ordinary people, such as songs from Richard Clayderman (Ballade Pour Adelline).

This is an example of the music for the classic genre :



2.Pop 
To playing this musical genres,should not be too theoretical and rigid, dam needed creations.
Usually, people who do not know music theory or people who have a natural talent more easily play these musical genres, being able to play the piano for free (according to the feelings) and full of creativity.

There is an example of the music for the pop genre :
 

3.Jazz
Usually played by people who have a high mental turmoil as those who need freedom / independence from oppression. For example, black people are often oppressed by white people. Mental turmoil they shared when they were playing piano / other musical instruments. There are also included in the family of jazz, such as bossanova, swing, country, etc. This musical genres match when played in a pub or cafe.

That is an example of the music for the jazz genre :



4.Samba
This musical genres impressed with the cheerful and happy song. Usually to accompany the dance people This is an example of the music for the samba genre :

Symbols and Articulation

   

       Playing the piano is not the same as when we typed using the keyboard, although to do these things using 10 fingers. The piano was played by using benefits of, while typing do not need articulation.
What is the benefits of articulations?
The benefit is : When we play a song, not audible flat / monotonous. So the song seemed to be like a "live" and have stories, because it played by a full inspiration and feelings embodied in articulation.
Those of us who heard it also seemed like a "go" in the song,and able to feel what is perceived by the pianist.

 The Articulation involved  accent (pressure), staccato (where the notes are played by snapped), legato / slur (The notes to be played as if such "swing", so there are no broken voice of its), tuneto .. etc.

And no less important is symbols. It can also affect the way we play the piano.
That stuff (in general) involved :
 1.ppp (Pianississimo)
   It's mean we played the notes with extremely soft.

2. pp (Pianissimo)
  It's mean very soft  to  play the notes.

3. mp (mezzo piano)
  It's mean the notes to be played with moderate(bit) soft

4. p (piano)
  It's mean played with soft

5. mf (mezzo forte) 
  It's mean played with a rather loud

6.  f (forte)
  It's mean played with loud

7.  ff (fortissimo)
  It's mean played very loudly

8. fff (fortississimo)
  It's mean played with extremely loud

9. < (crescendo)
   It's mean a gradual increase in volume (getting more and more loud)

10. >  (diminuendo)
   It's mean a gradual decrease in volume (getting more and more soft)


   So,if we want to play piano with perfect. We must pay attention to many things (like a symbols,articulation,etc). Because the value of piano located there. As we know,in a piano competition , many people are master when play piano. But many of them fail to became a winner or not included in the category of champions,because many of them less aware of the importance of inspiration in playing music.

Ok,that's all about symbols and articulation. Hope it can be useful for you all.. :D
See you at the next blog.. ;)
Gbu !

Harmony of Piano ( Melody and Chord )

Melody is the tone of a song. 
The tone can be the major and minor.
Minor tones are usually found on the sad songs .. like De'Amour, A Comme Amour, etc .

This song is example for the minor tones :



But, major tone, usually found on the merry songs or happy songs such as polka, La paloma, etc.

This song is example for the major tone :



Feels less than perfect when the melody is played without harmony. Therefore, for the harmony, we need to add a chord as a retinue.
For example chord C major, A minor, etc.
Chord is generally composed of three tones played simultaneously.
We can know the chords, if we already know about the scales.
scales is a sequence of scales starting from the basic tone (in 1 octave),

This picture indicate space in SCALES . 
So if we want to play the scales ,it must be played with space : 
1 – 1 – ½ - 1 – 1 – 1 – ½  ,example:
when we use the basic tone C major (do = c), the scale:
C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C (the chord tones are derived from 1,3,5 -> C-E-G)
when we use tones D major (do = d) the scale:
D-E-F#-G-A-B-C#-D (the chord tones are derived from 1,3,5 -> D-F#-A)

and so on ...

So, with the combination of melody and chord. There is a harmony track as we heard (either classic, jazz, etc) of the piano. :D

Ok, that's all about harmony of piano. Hope it be useful for you all ! :D
See you at the next post. ;)

History of the Piano

Hallo,I'm back..^^

Now, I will describe you about history of the piano..

The Piano was invented by Bartolomeus Cristofori (1655-1731) in 1720.

The idea to make a piano,started from his wanted to unite the tones of clavichord with the power of harpshicord. At first,Piano was called  keyboard with soft and loud sound by his friend.

String tension of his piano isn't strong as now. Frame of his piano made from wood and String tension made from wood too,consequently the sound isn't loud as now and String tension of his piano isn't strong as now .

This is picture about his piano :

That's why,many piano German makers,made design to produce better piano. There is a square form,the string made from metal,etc. In the year of 1800, Joseph Smith from England made piano from metal entirely. Consequently,his piano afford sound more loud and better.

In development, before it has 88 keys as now, the piano has five octaves and 62 keys. It equipped with pedals too. But,first pedal was used with the knee,now using foot. Firstly string tension of 16 tons,now 30 tons. Because that,piano modern afford the great sound which can make us carried away by the beautiful voice. In the 20th century,there is an electronic piano or is called electric piano

This is the picture of  modern piano(there are piano from electricity and piano regular) :

Ok,that's all history about piano.

See you ,at the next post ;)