Gareth
Commodore of Water Music
I am doing a music assignment on analyzing repertoire and how music has influenced me as a musician, and the song that I have chosen to do is da da da dummmm.....Fantaisie Impromtu op66 by Chopin.
Here is my speech (and the audio file), it is still a rough draft so it might be a bit scrappy, if anyone wants to add terminology or ways to explain things, feel free to suggest.....
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Good (morning/afternoon) Mrs. Ullman and fellow classmates.
I have given you the privilage to view the first page to have an idea what the sound looks like.
I have chosen to do the Analyzing repertoire task on a song called Fantasie Impromptu by Frederick Chopin who was Polish, born in 1810 and passed away in 1849 in France.
I assure most of you that this was one of the most complicated songs composed by Chopin and not the most complicated created. According to people, Chopin wanted this piece of music burned as he didnt perfect it or something along those lines.
Although I am sure some of you dont like this music style ..this song has influenced me to believe that not everything in music is impossible, and the sky is the limit, music has no boundaries, although people may call various styles of music not music ..I believe that music is everywhere, from a dog barking to something dropped on the floor, the pitch is still there. Perhaps a collection of Chromatic scales all molded into one?? Music has influenced me that every song tells a story, vocals or none vocals.
Classical songs such as this one had to be written down on manuscript, there wasnt the technology that we have today to create music therefore it was harder for people to create music like this, but in a way it was easier, as they didnt have 30 styles of music that we have today as a result of the multiculturalism that has spread around the world.
Rhythm: The song contains an irregular beat as well as a time signature of 2/2, with semiquavers grouped in 6s profoundly a sextuplet, which is 6 quavers in the time of a beat, (basically two groups of triplets put into one but without accenting the start of the second group of triplets or 6 quavers in this case as the same value of 4 quavers) as of the time signature is probably why Chopin did that instead of triplets; the tempo is Allegro agitato, which means Lively and fast in a restless, agitated style.
The texture of the song is light - medium, although it is a 2 part piece there is still quite a bit of sound going on at once.
The form in this song is Sonata and uses the order of these sections A b a c b c a (coda)
The timbre of the song is sharp in some places as of the accents throughout the piece and the beginning of the coda but smooth and relaxing in the B section which modulated into D flat major.
The dynamics-The volume at the beginning was Forte, and the volume changes throughout to suit the different moods that this piece portrays.
The song at times can be all gentle and laid back; this is where the volume and slurring come into play.
The style: Fantaisie Impromptu was composed in 1835, during the romantic period which is the style after the classical period where great composers such as Beethoven and Mozart lived.
The melody of this song consists of ascending and descending scales of minor and major and of different pitches to create the mysterious effect. This piece is in C# minor but ends in E major, another addition to make it mysterious as of the modulations and key changes throughout which contributes to the mood of the piece, it kind of throws you about. It creates the feeling on which way to go almost like a person who is lost and doesnt know the direction that they are meant to be going in.
I have seen someone play about 10 seconds of this song, and you all knew him too Mr Stout.
The coda of my presentation ends with a thank you for listening to my speech and remember that music is everywhere hope you enjoyed listening to it.
(not part of the speech)
Gareth.
[edit: attachment removed / corno]
Here is my speech (and the audio file), it is still a rough draft so it might be a bit scrappy, if anyone wants to add terminology or ways to explain things, feel free to suggest.....
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Good (morning/afternoon) Mrs. Ullman and fellow classmates.
I have given you the privilage to view the first page to have an idea what the sound looks like.
I have chosen to do the Analyzing repertoire task on a song called Fantasie Impromptu by Frederick Chopin who was Polish, born in 1810 and passed away in 1849 in France.
I assure most of you that this was one of the most complicated songs composed by Chopin and not the most complicated created. According to people, Chopin wanted this piece of music burned as he didnt perfect it or something along those lines.
Although I am sure some of you dont like this music style ..this song has influenced me to believe that not everything in music is impossible, and the sky is the limit, music has no boundaries, although people may call various styles of music not music ..I believe that music is everywhere, from a dog barking to something dropped on the floor, the pitch is still there. Perhaps a collection of Chromatic scales all molded into one?? Music has influenced me that every song tells a story, vocals or none vocals.
Classical songs such as this one had to be written down on manuscript, there wasnt the technology that we have today to create music therefore it was harder for people to create music like this, but in a way it was easier, as they didnt have 30 styles of music that we have today as a result of the multiculturalism that has spread around the world.
Rhythm: The song contains an irregular beat as well as a time signature of 2/2, with semiquavers grouped in 6s profoundly a sextuplet, which is 6 quavers in the time of a beat, (basically two groups of triplets put into one but without accenting the start of the second group of triplets or 6 quavers in this case as the same value of 4 quavers) as of the time signature is probably why Chopin did that instead of triplets; the tempo is Allegro agitato, which means Lively and fast in a restless, agitated style.
The texture of the song is light - medium, although it is a 2 part piece there is still quite a bit of sound going on at once.
The form in this song is Sonata and uses the order of these sections A b a c b c a (coda)
The timbre of the song is sharp in some places as of the accents throughout the piece and the beginning of the coda but smooth and relaxing in the B section which modulated into D flat major.
The dynamics-The volume at the beginning was Forte, and the volume changes throughout to suit the different moods that this piece portrays.
The song at times can be all gentle and laid back; this is where the volume and slurring come into play.
The style: Fantaisie Impromptu was composed in 1835, during the romantic period which is the style after the classical period where great composers such as Beethoven and Mozart lived.
The melody of this song consists of ascending and descending scales of minor and major and of different pitches to create the mysterious effect. This piece is in C# minor but ends in E major, another addition to make it mysterious as of the modulations and key changes throughout which contributes to the mood of the piece, it kind of throws you about. It creates the feeling on which way to go almost like a person who is lost and doesnt know the direction that they are meant to be going in.
I have seen someone play about 10 seconds of this song, and you all knew him too Mr Stout.
The coda of my presentation ends with a thank you for listening to my speech and remember that music is everywhere hope you enjoyed listening to it.
Gareth.
[edit: attachment removed / corno]
