Sharp and flat notes can indicate a unique sense of expression for the music itself, creating suspense or releasing the tension in a piece. Pianos are not the only instrument that can play both sharps and flats Many other instruments can play these notes as well, such as the guitar,...
One fascinating aspect of the program that Bell and Haywood are playing in Boulder is the way it illustrates the changing character of music for violin and piano over about a century, including a shift in the relationship between the two players. When Mozart wrote his Sonata in B-flat major ...
Known mostly as a composer of songs and choral music, Finzi also wrote concertos for clarinet and cello, aGrand Fantasia and Toccatafor piano and orchestra, and other instrumental pieces. The Clarinet Concerto was written in 1949 for the Three Choirs Festival located in turn in the English citi...
Over the course of years I've come to the conclusion that the first instrument a person learns sets the cognitive pattern for how he think about the layout of scales. I learned on a piano and so I visualize in a linear fashion using the keys in my mind's eye. Especially true when fi...
Known mostly as a composer of songs and choral music, Finzi also wrote concertos for clarinet and cello, aGrand Fantasia and Toccatafor piano and orchestra, and other instrumental pieces. The Clarinet Concerto was written in 1949 for the Three Choirs Festival located in turn in the English citi...