Improvise Puccini´s "E Lucevan le Stelle" on Piano
What you'll learn
- You learn to use the three different minor scales.
- You learn to construct chords onto a given scale.
- You learn concepts of harmonic analysis of music pieces
- You learn to use the Roman Numeral Notation for the ease of transposing songs.
- You learn to understand the chord progression of one outstanding classical masterpiece.
- You learn about the correlation between chord progression and emotions.
- You learn how to construct musical forms and how to re-compose a musical piece.
- You learn how to improve your improvisational skills
Requirements
- Basic knowledge of piano playing
- 15 minutes daily practice time
- A piano (or keyboard), minimum 49 keys, optimum 72 keys to 88 keys
- A laptop or tablet to put it beside or upon your instrument.
Description
Harmony is the basis of composition and improvisation, band-playing, songwriting, musical interpretation and understanding the emotions of music.
- Analyze, play and Improvise the most famous dramatic Tosca aria "And The Stars Were Shining" (E Lucevan le Stelle) of the great Opera Composer Giacomo Puccini.
- Learn scales, chords and notations, progressions and their emotional repercussions, music structure and improvising techniques, all in one.
- Derive your own music from classical musical material.
The course shows you step by step the whole compositional process from the harmonic analysis of Puccini´s dramatic aria “And the Stars were Shining" through to your own personal improvised interpretation.
Th aria is well known for its induction of strong emotions. The aria´s chord progression which is shown in full detail during the course explains in depth these parts of high emotional arousal.
To meet the needs also of the advanced beginner there are introductory videos about the concepts of scales and chord-construction.
This course is designed especially for the enthusiast of classical and modern music who wants to improve his harmony knowledge and who wants to learn compositional and improvisational techniques.
Who this course is for:
- Lovers of classical AND modern popular music who wish to improve their understanding of music
- Music enthusiasts who want to learn the classic and modern western harmonic framework
- Musicians who want to compose own and personal songs
- Piano players who want to to enhance their skills and motivation
- Intermediate and advanced piano players finding "holes" in their improvisational and songwriting skills
- Music teachers who want to know new approaches for a motivating music class
Course content
- Preview08:42
- 15 pagesHandout - Section I
Instructor
![Peter Janzen](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 64 64"%3E%3C/svg%3E){kind=avatar}
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Peter Janzen is Doctor in Physics (Univ. of Cologne, Germany) and Music-Pedagogue (Univ. of Siegen Germany).
After years working as university scientist he changed his area of activities and became Physics- and Music-Teacher in Germany and in Spain. He lived eight years in Mexico as principal of a big International School. Later he went to Cairo, Egypt as School Coordinator for the German Schools in Middle East.
The imparting of his knowledge has always been one of his main aims - in physics as well as in music.
The musical philosophy of Dr. Janzen, packed in three sentences, is: "Music forms the essence of life, for everybody – that´s a culture independent reality. But this musical essence of life will emerge and come to real bloom only, when you practice improvisation: Singing, dancing, playing improvised music will really free your mind and will unfold your musicality."
Today many persons in different parts of the world remember how they learned from him, practicing North American Minimal Music, German Folksongs, Indian Ragas, Top Twenty Pop Songs, and many other music styles. They began with him, without having had a previous musical education. Some of them are now successful musicians. Many of them practice music privately.
Now Dr. Janzen is Senior Consultant in Culture and Education and has begun to produce didactical videos about his areas of expertise.