What are good piano music and pure music?
Croatian RhapsodyNo. 1-Maksim Mrvica
Croatian Rhapsody comes from the album Piano Player. The music describes the ruins of Croatia's ashes after the war, and the sunset is reflected in the blood and tears, with a bright rhythm and a tragic picture.
The performer of Croatian Rhapsody is Maksim Mrvica from Croatia. Judging from his appearance, probably no one will believe that he is a talented classical piano player. Standing 2.07 meters tall, he has a handsome face, the charm of a typical Eastern European man, an evil but cynical smile, dyed his hair, dressed in casual clothes, earrings, necklaces and tattoos, and looks like an idol pop singer. But he must meditate for a long time before playing the piano, and then sit in front of the piano and tap the keys like running water. Only in this way can people forget his appearance impression-Maxim in front of the piano is a brilliant performer.
Croatian Rhapsody is Maksim Mrvica's number one work, which was specially written by Tong Qi Hujic for Maxim, and it is a must-have for Maksim Mrvica's concerts. The melody of this work is warm and stable, and it also shows Maksim Mrvica's love and attachment to his own nation. (video version)
Second place: gypsy dance-David Garrett.
A violin version of gypsy dance music, written by half-blood prodigy David Garrett. He wrote a series of legendary stories when he was a teenager, which was praised as "already legendary" by BBC. The first cross-border album "Freedom" caused waves around the world. After the album was revised to "Virtuoso", it successfully entered the British pop charts with 17. Looking at today's music scene, David Garrett is the only super violinist who can kill both classical charts and pop charts. Don't neglect his talent because of his handsome appearance. When Manuel was alive, he praised his piano skills as "extraordinary".
The Third Love Story Meets Life-Jon Schmidt
If you like Taylor Swift, you will find this song so familiar, where have you heard it ... This song is dedicated by john schmidt to his 7-year-old daughter Sarah, who likes Taylor Swift's love story. Once the father and daughter were listening in the car, the little girl said with great appreciation that the favorite and most touching part was that the boy seemed to be scared away by his fierce father and never came back. The girl was sad and lonely. At this critical moment, the boy suddenly ran back and said, hey, I talked to your father. Go find a white dress and let's get married!
What mentality! This story is bad for children! The pianist's father listened quickly. It just occurred to him that his daughter suddenly changed a song and became Viva Lavida of coldplay. ...
The lovely creative background contributed to the main melody of this cello. Accompanied by the piano, "Love Story Meets Viva La Vida", the pianist is a hardcore rock head, the loving father casually wears T-shirts and rotten jeans, plays the piano like a strong man embroiders, but comes out with regular and even affectionate phrases, and the cellist is a gentle glasses uncle. Their tastes are flawless and they have been fascinated several times. (video version)
The fourth place is beyond-william joseph
It is included in william joseph's second album "Beyond". William joseph is one of the most famous international pianists and composers in the United States. From 2004, in just four years, he quickly became the hottest piano "star" in America. His superb playing skills and handsome appearance made his musical myth.
William joseph, a cross-border pianist who once taught piano at school, was discovered by david fuster, a super producer of heavyweight singers such as celine dion and josh groban, at a charity concert. In 2004, he was the opening performer of josh groban's "Intimate Journey" concert, and in the same year, he released his first solo album "Inside". His album Beyond, released in 2008, also won the eighth place on the Billboard cross-border charts.
Fifth place psyche-Chris Spheeris
Included in the album EROS. Chris Spheeris's music mainly focuses on guitar and keyboard. Compared with Yanni's pianos and electronic synthesizers, it is indeed a little weak in creating a majestic music atmosphere suitable for the scene, but it is lighter and more peaceful, like a touch of Wei Yun on the horizon, long and comfortable. Listening to his music is like walking in the early morning in a medieval European town. There are few pedestrians and no horses and chariots. With the notes walking without starting point and ending point, everything seems so clear and ancient.
Chris's music is music that can be used to ease the mood and relax. The music flowing like water covers your whole body smoothly like mercury, and the beating notes dance in Chris's hands, and the music is not very ups and downs. Guitar is also the best musical instrument in Chris Spheeris. Chris's guitar is full of spirituality. He can think but can't hear, he can hear but can't fathom. This is his guitar. It's really hard to describe it in words. Maybe it's best to experience it yourself. Influenced by the Orthodox Church and the Aegean civilization of ancient Greece, Chris Spheeris's works convey a heavy sense of history and the unique mysterious charm of religious music from time to time.
Sixth still water-Maksim Mrvica
Still Water is a song in Maksim Mrvica's piano album New World (New Century). At the beginning of the music, the thin rain falls, and then, the slender fingers beat the keys, and the notes keep hovering in an elegant posture, like pigeons flying around the sky and soaring in the clear water, like a baptism of the soul, listening to the inner feelings. We used to be naive, and we used to be as clear and transparent as water in the mirror. The faint melody makes you want to cry unconsciously. I feel that every note is pounding your heart. Listen, listen to the transparent melody ...
Concerto No.7-Richard Clayderman
You may not be familiar with the name Richard Clayderman, but you must have heard of The Ballad of Adeline. Starry Sky moved me even more, because at the beginning of the prelude, I thought it would be a hasty and brisk music. After that, the piano slowly slowed down and changed constantly. It is a note that can awaken memories, a melody that will make people live in the past, and a melody that seems to miss the whole soul. Crying after madness will gradually calm down, and then it will tear your heart and calm down. ...
Eighth place Oriental Sunset-Mahdi
It is included in the Odyssey of Instrumental Music. When listening to this album, we can't help but feel that these fascinating music creations are inspired by God. These music are a huge adventure journey, accompanied by various cultural and spiritual feelings. From an artist's perspective, this album is a beautiful interpretation of the sweetest memories and deepest feelings in life. By combining the versatility and range of the electronic structure with the strength and solemnity of the symphony orchestra, a brand-new sound is created, which is specially designed for audiences all over the world.
The author Mehdi is one of the most popular musicians in contemporary record industry. He is good at using all kinds of instrumental ensemble, which shortens the gap between contemporary instrumental music and all kinds of music. His gold-selling album has won him worldwide recognition. He is a musical genius in records and concerts.
Let go of my wish-Edelis
The music of Edelis, a new Russian orchestra in the new century, is elegant, free and dreamy. The mysterious and charming electronic music interwoven in the new century brings people into the mysterious realm, as if to interpret the mysterious and unknown space, and the works are filled with inspirational predictions. Vladimir Volodin1981,the core composer and producer of the orchestra, was born in Pokrovsk, a small town in saratov, the former Soviet Union, and then moved to Melovoye, a quiet town far from the noise with his parents, where he has lived ever since. Vladimir began to compose music at an early age, and his training and study in the Conservatory of Music made him understand that he could use music to spread his world view. Vladimir revealed that "Edelis" is a mythical town, and many new albums created by Vladimir constitute the life of this town.
Exodus-Maksim Mrvica
Exodus tells the bitter history of Israel's founding, which is magnificent and has a tragic sense of history. The most famous MTV about this piano piece is piano master Maksim Mrvica, the European neoclassical prince from Croatia. "In this song, Maxim fully demonstrated his magical deductive talent and filled the music with infinite surprises." (video version)
This handsome 36-year-old man, with fashionable clothes, deep and frightening eyes and unique playing style, is completely different from our previous understanding of piano playing. From his performance, we can feel the radiant passion, surging heat and ubiquitous sense of rhythm. No wonder some people call him "the Ricky Martin of piano".
What piano music are there?
prologue
Small instrumental music. /kloc-before the 0/7th century, the prelude refers to the introduction accompanied by an ancient piano in front of the original music. /kloc-At the beginning of the 0/7th century, the prelude became an independent ditty, but it was arranged before other tunes and kept as an introduction. /kloc-the prelude of the 0/8th century really became an independent small instrumental music, mainly composed by improvisation, among which piano music was the majority. Chopin wrote 24 independent piano sketches-prelude in 24 major and prelude in minor, which are quite famous. Many composers often name some short instrumental music works with the same emotion and style but independent structure as prelude.
concerto
Formerly known as "Competitive Music", it is a technically difficult large-scale music played by solo instruments and bands, and its form and structure were established by Mozart. Concerto is usually divided into three movements: the first movement is sonata-like and full of drama; The second movement is mostly lyric adagio, full of singing; The third movement is usually Rondo or Sonata; In the second and third chapters, there are sometimes short cadenza passages: there are also concertos with one movement beginning with two piano concertos by Liszt. There are also concertos written for two or three solo instruments, such as Beethoven's concertos for piano, violin and cello. In addition, there are concertos written by combining vocals with bands, such as Greer's vocal concerto.
sonata
Sonata16th century to17th century refers to all instrumental music. /kloc-after the 0/7th century, sonatas refer to music similar to ancient sonatas. /kloc-the sonata of the 0/8th century refers to an instrumental solo composed of three or four distinctive movements, such as a piano sonata. It also includes instrumental music accompanied by solo instruments and pianos, such as violin sonatas. Sonatas after Haydn and Mozart are generally composed of three or four movements, and the basic characteristics and forms of each movement are as follows: the first movement is Allegro sonata, the second movement is Adagio, Sonata, Three-stage or Variations, the third movement (sometimes omitted) is minuet or scherzo, and the fourth movement is Allegro or Allegro, Sonata or Rondo, as well as variations.
The piano sonatas of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and even Schubert have eternal value in the world piano literature.
ballad
Narrative poetry is a kind of lyrical narrative, usually with folk legend style, in Europe in 12 and 13 centuries. /kloc-since the 0/9th century, people have written a solo accompanied by piano with narrative poems as lyrics, which is called a "narrative song". For example, Schubert's Devil and Chopin's first four piano ballads have been adopted by Liszt and Brahms since then, and their contents are often narrative and dramatic, and some are based on literary works or folklore.
Polonaise dance
The name is French transliteration, also called polish dance music, which originally belonged to court dance music. Since the 8th century, Bologna has become an independent instrumental music. In the creation of piano composer Chopin, Bologna has become a work of art with world significance. The structure is a complex three-stage structure, magnificent, and often ends in the third beat.
capriccio
Refers to the western 17 and 18 century keyboard music created by imitating counterpoint. Reality is a fugue with free structure, similar to fantasia at that time. Often refers to imaginative improvisational instrumental music, such as Mendelssohn and Brahms' piano capriccio. Some capriccios (such as Tchaikovsky's Italian capriccios) are not strictly different from fantasia.
capriccio
An instrumental music with technical difficulty and fantastic nature. Most rhapsody, based on slowly declining folk songs, interweaves with fast-moving folk dance music through variation and theme development, resulting in a climax and ending the whole song. Most rhapsodies are piano solos, such as Liszt's hungarian rhapsody 19, which is an epic instrumental music that began after the 9th century. The former 15 belongs to a group, and the latter 4 belongs to a group. But every song has a different personality.
invent
Piano sketches with polyphonic structure. Similar to prelude or fugue, the German composer Bach began to use this name, and composed 15 two-part and three-part "creation songs", which are widely used as piano teaching materials in many countries. Bach used a variety of writing techniques in his three songs, such as imitation, cannon, double counterpoint and even approximate fugue. Theme and counterpoint contain different materials and have different musical characteristics. They appear and develop in different voices, resulting in the ups and downs of phrases and their own independent rhythm characteristics.
humoresque
Also known as scherzo. Triple-beat instrumental music with bright rhythm and fast speed. Complex trilogy is generally used. Since Beethoven, scherzo has been added to sonatas, symphonies and quartets, replacing minuets as the third movement. /kloc-Since the 20th century, Chopin's three piano scherzos are instrumental music of independent works, with larger length and structure and stronger contrast between paragraphs.
Mazurka
/kloc-one of polish dance music in the 0/8th century. Later, it gradually swept all over Europe. Its rhythm is very obvious, the triple beat and stress fall on any beat of the bar, and the ending chord often ends on the second beat. The mood is warm, and the speed can range from medium speed to extreme speed. /kloc-Mazzuca dance music in the 0/9th century is very popular in many countries, as formal dance music and works of art performed in concerts. Chopin, a Polish piano composer, has composed 52 Mazuka piano solos for this genre.
nocturne
Three-part instrumental music popular in19th century, composed by Irish composer Field. It is a short musical instrument, free in form, elegant in style and full of romance, usually piano, and occasionally ensemble or acoustic music. The first and third paragraphs are slow or medium speed, and the melody is calm, lyrical, dreamy and thoughtful; The second paragraph becomes exciting, imaginative, passionate and fast-paced. Chopin, a piano poet, wrote 19 serenades, which were played by the piano. He developed all kinds of music by means of symphony, which made the small genre of nocturne have profound psychological connotation and raised it to a high artistic level. It doesn't agree with serenade.
impromptu
Lyric music with improvisation. Improvisation is characterized by complete structure, concise form, beautiful and exquisite tunes, and profound and touching lyricism. Improvisation is mostly the name of piano solo, which was first created by Schubert and Chopin. In the history of modern music, many pianists and composers are outstanding in piano improvisation.
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Waltz, also known as waltz, is also a kind of dance music in triple time. A folk dance originated in Austria. At first, it was popular in Vienna, and it was popular in Europe in19th century. Strauss's masterpiece The Blue Danube is the most famous. There are two kinds of it: brisk walking and slow walking. Unlike Mazzuca, which has three beats, its stress usually falls on the first beat of the bar. It is also different from the minuet with three beats. Waltz is characterized by lively rhythm and smooth melody, not as soft as minuet. However, it must be clear that music is neither mathematical nor logical, and this difference is only general, not absolute.
What are the tips for piano practice?
Break up practice.
Many people practice with their hands from the beginning. Remember: any piece of music should be practiced alone at the beginning. Even if it is a simple etude or waltz, the left and right hands have different tasks and functions. Players, especially students, tend to focus on the parts with more notes. As we all know, many times, it is often the "few" notes that are easily overlooked, which is precisely the soul of music. Not only in the initial stage of getting familiar with music, but also in the whole process of preparing for the concert, even if the understanding, mastery and handling of music tend to be mature, the practice of breaking up should be interspersed at any time.
Practice in different parts.
We should get into the habit of practicing each voice and level separately in music. Sometimes a voice, a line and a level are not in one hand. Sometimes one hand has to play several different parts, lines or levels; Sometimes the sounds cross each other; Sometimes different levels need to be played with different timbres. These are all very important issues in music performance. To make each voice, line and level different in timbre, or sound different, or embody their own independent meanings, only by practicing in different voices and levels can we achieve it. It is generally believed that voices are only needed when practicing polyphonic music. This is not correct. Even in tonic music, sometimes a voice or a line actually contains several different levels. Every hidden level should be perfectly connected through the practice of partial sound.
Practice with different phrases.
Sentence-by-sentence practice is a cliche that every teacher warns his students. Unfortunately, however, most students are still used to playing it repeatedly from beginning to end. From the perspective of practice, it is difficult to really improve this kind of repeated practice. To improve the performance level, the only effective way is to break down the music into phrases, concentrate on it and practice it sentence by sentence with maximum patience. Only in this way can the overall performance level be most effectively improved in the shortest time. Because, in the process of playing over and over again from beginning to end, countless details are ignored and taken away, and even many wrong habits that should not be formed. That's not just "haste makes waste", it's simply "the opposite direction". Only by truly understanding every detail of the correct playing habits can we cultivate them through numerous repeated exercises, and piano players can truly grasp the true meaning of "practicing the piano". It must be emphasized that practice is not equal to play, they are completely different things. You shouldn't play the piano like you do in practice. The purpose of practice is to overcome difficulties, cultivate correct playing habits, find the needed voices and fingers, and so on. And all this can only be achieved by practicing slowly, seriously and separately.
Practice your feelings smoothly.
The first and most basic goal of practice is not to run fast with your fingers, nor to add a lot of expressions blindly.
As the basis of practicing a piece of music, we must first straighten it out. The so-called straightening means that every note should be played well, without slipping, collapsing or drifting; Wrist and arm cooperate well, and the connection between all sounds is very smooth and symmetrical. For example, continuous sixteenth notes, uniformity is more important than speed. To this end, the following methods can be adopted:
Stick the keys with your low fingers.
Many teachers emphasize the practice of raising hands when teaching beginners. There is no doubt that moderate finger lifting is very important. This exercise method can make the third joint of the finger move actively and make the finger move quickly and forcefully. However, if one-sided emphasis is placed on finger lifting, it will cause problems such as lack of connection between sounds, rough sound quality, missing sound, fingers flying all over the sky but unable to concentrate on the keys. In order to overcome this disadvantage, it is necessary to adopt the practice method of sticking keys with low fingers. The advanced skill of fingers is not to hold high, fly fast and run fast, but to control each finger so that it can play sound firmly, powerfully, centrally and evenly only within a limited distance from the surface of the key to the bottom of the key, relying on tiny and precise movements. Fingers don't leave the keyboard surface at all, and all actions just alternate between the keyboard surface and the keyboard base. You can master and strengthen the action of the first joint of your fingers through long-term practice of sticking keys with low fingers. This is very important for obtaining concentrated and mellow excellent sound quality.
The speed and intensity of practice are moderate, neither fast nor slow, neither light nor quiet, and there is no need to push.
In most practice time, you should carefully check the sound quality of each tone with your ears and check the touch of each finger. In this case, do not use the pedal. Too much use of pedals in practice can easily lead to the illusion that sound reaches the ears, thus ignoring the subtle changes and differences of the most critical finger touch actions. Without pedals, the true quality of each timbre can be exposed without cover, and the ear can also be very sensitive to the difference in timbre caused by different keys. So you can adjust the finger touch by checking the sound quality, and adjust the sound by changing the finger touch. The purpose of using moderate I speed and dynamics is to make all phrases play clearly and accurately. As mentioned above, uniformity and fluency are the first and most basic requirements for practicing the piano. Apart from slow practice, this method of playing is neither too fast nor too slow, neither too light nor too loud, which is very conducive to playing the whole piece symmetrically. This is very important and practical for you to keep close control of every detail of the performance in a tense atmosphere and state when you really go on stage.
Variable speed practice.
Generally speaking, for fast music or fragments, we should gradually accelerate from slow speed to actual performance speed. For example, a piece of fast-running music with continuous sixteenth notes needs to reach the speed of J= 132. You can start at 100 and finally arrive at 120, 108,12, 1 16, 120 at different speeds. Then you can practice at the speed of 138, 144 or even 152, 160. Reverse gear again and return to a slower speed. This is a very effective method to overcome the difficulty of continuous operation of fingers. Generally speaking, this kind of music needs to master five speeds:
① Normal speed, such as 132.
② It is slightly slower than the normal speed, such as 126.
③ slightly faster than the normal speed, such as 138.
④ It is much slower than the normal speed, such as 120 or 1 16.
⑤ Much faster than normal speed, such as 144 or 152. If these five speeds can be played freely and strictly controlled, then accidents can be avoided because the speed is slightly faster or slower than the customary speed on the stage.