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London WKMT Music Festival for Music Composers
If you are a composer or a beginner in writing music, attending the WKMT Music Festival in London on June 10th, 2023, can be an incredible opportunity for you to grow as an artist and expand your knowledge and skills. Firstly, the WKMT Music Festival is a gathering of musicians, composers, and music enthusiasts…
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What is a Canon? Differences with imitation
What is a Canon? Differences with imitation As music tutors, we know the answer very well, but I have heard these questions repeatedly from lots of my piano students. Firstly, we have to make a difference between imitation and canon. They are related, but not the same thing. We can define canon…
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What is the Fourth Species in Counterpoint?
https://www.piano-composer-teacher-london.co.uk/post/counterpoint-fourth-species Firstly, for all piano students out there studying Counterpoint, this is the easiest species to study. In general, Piano teachers don’t foster the study of Counterpoint to their students, and focus only on the technique, the expression and the stylistic approach of the pieces; but for the most advanced students, knowing the notes is not enough…
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THE IMPORTANCE TO STUDY COUNTERPOINT
The importance to study Counterpoint What is Counterpoint? For any student, but especially piano students, the Contrapuntal technique is, along with Harmony, the most important topic to study in order to grasp the concept of voice leading truly, and every Baroque piece was ever written! In our last post, we explained the difference and main topics…
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Counterpoint vs. Harmony
Counterpoint vs. Harmony Analysis. https://www.piano-composer-teacher-london.co.uk/post/two-part-counterpoint Why Should We Learn Counterpoint? The most common topic among piano students is to search for Harmony studies to understand the chords they are playing. For the piano tutors and composers, the study of Harmony is an advantageous approach either to sight-reading or to analyse the chord progressions of the…
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The Origin of Harmony: A Physics view
https://www.piano-composer-teacher-london.co.uk/post/overtone-series-harmonicity-and-anharmonicity-as-the-foundation-of-harmony I am quite sure that as a piano student you know very well what harmony is, you play chords every day! and as a piano teacher as well; in both cases the mastery of chords, broken chords and arpeggios is a must to claim some expertise in the instrument, but do you know from…
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The importance of knowing Key signatures and how to spot them
Key signatures are the symbol of the raw materials that a piece of music is constructed. This gives us valuable information to know which harmonic journey. Knowing in which key is a piece is especially useful for piano students as the instrument is essentially harmonic. It should be the responsibility of all piano tutors to…
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Natural Harmonics on the Cello
Natural Harmonics have been used for centuries for many purposes. Gisela Paterno analyses natural harmonics for WKMT. One of the first and most practical ones is to rapidly change position in the instrument, especially on the Cello, when the distances are much larger than other string instruments such as the Viola or the Violin. From…
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How melodies are written?
Tips for Writing Great Song Melodies on piano Have you ever wonder from where the melodies come? The usual answer is the inspiration of the composer. Still, truth be told, there are many aspects of songwriting that hide from the surface and composition students are certainly eager to know. This article covers this topic comprehensively. I examine the materials…
