Analysis for Composers #2 - Rhythm and Texture in Brahms op. 114

[@wingflanagan]

This is exactly the sort of thing that is often missing from the other texts on composition that I have read. Less of a "how to" and more of a "discover why". I look forward to more!

[@francobonanni3499]

This lesson is wonderful. It gives us more insight how a composer becomes an architect of sound. Your videos are inestimable source of learning...thank you Prof. Belkin. Please make more of these type of videos.

[@SAZIZMUSIC]

Thank you so much for making this videos. As a self taught hobby musician i am learning a lot from your videos. Please never stop making them. I am so thankful to you. God bless you ❤❤

[@alwt1991]

These lessons are great, thank you very much!

[@mozessiwang7751]

brilliant analysis! thanks for your video, Mr. Belkin!

[@JDD_Music_Press]

This channel is pretty amazing. Thanks, Alan. I’ve learned a lot from all of the videos i’ve watched!

[@vatican2397]

Wonderful. Thank you. ❤

[@chenxinhan7678]

thank you so so much!! This is super insightful and helpful to a fuller understanding of the piece! Your illustrations are clear and simple, keep up the good work!

[@grzegorzguzera4500]

2:11 original Brahms' 4:04 simplified version For comparison. You're welcome

[@llamaking1071]

thanks!

[@StephenAntKneeBk5]

I've been dipping in to various lessons and find them all excellent. Your concept of "grayness" has helped my ear. :-) Thanks for sharing these on youtube. Very generous of you.

[@SergioLOSOWICH]

Well done. Thanks for the videos. Very helpful information

[@tunesmusic8929]

Outstanding !!!!

[@lukegregg5944]

Really interesting lesson thanks Alan

[@andrewdufresne1745]

This is fantastic material, Alan. I like to think of it as the craftsmanship of composition; as you point out, a subject that is missing from most (if not all) of the standard literature. Thank you, and I look forward to the rest of this series.

[@daerp]

Very well done. Excellent explanations and clarity of thought.

[@robertjschroff6307]

I love it. Very nice job. Thank you

[@bartondisplay]

Wonderful video. Thank you.

[@Horatio_on_the_Beat]

Wonderfully useful!

[@quanhuynh9183]

Thank you so much. This is super great analysis to learn for my education n degree

[@zcvs-x9k]

Thank You!

[@irinazaharova4598]

8:56 hello, can you explain me please what is the pedal base here? I can't see signs of sustaining the note and it's an eighth note just like the rest ones BTW videos are great, thank you very very much for making them

[@alanbelkin8611]

@@irinazaharova4598 The E is the bass note in all those bars.

[@irinazaharova4598]

@@alanbelkin8611 So, it is called pedal base? When the same note is the base in all bars, even in interval of an octave?

[@Eduaro2U]

Hmmmmm....... Interesting term 'plane of tone' - I wonder what that means? There certainly is much to learn. Thank you so much for your enlightened view of some important aspects of the compositional process. I had better pull my finger out and start working on similar.

[@JAKKOtutorials]

he used an example of a piano playing staccato in one hand and legato on the other. so plane of tone is about what each instrument is doing in relation to it's overall TONE quality/character, not to be confused with it's TONAL characteristics.

[@JAKKOtutorials]

@@Eduaro2U yes in this case belkin is referring to tone as in a articulation+timbre sense i think, when i heard him saying that it took a while to notice what he meant was the timbre output, but i think that dividing between 'tone' (sound) and 'tonal' (keys being played) we can grasp what belkin meant better. :)

[@SamWatts89]

I'm a big fan of your videos, really useful! I would make one small suggestion (Just personal preference) it would be great to hear your explanation of each passage and THEN the audio accompanying it, to listen out for what you have just said. But either way, I am really enjoying following them and look forward to the next episode

[@DGould-gj3rb]

What program use for sound as good as you?

[@DGould-gj3rb]

@Alan Belkin thank you Alan. By the way, your vídeos are the best un KZbin. It's a great help for young composers like me. My best regards from Spain

[@uv357raz]

Would you at some point consider teaching how to compose for a solo instrument, preferably piano since it is the composers tool, something simple that would encourage those composers who are not at advanced levels? for someone like myself who has a degree in music and has been writing, but would prefer to write for their own instrument because it's more accessible to them.

[@krzysztofgentkowski4910]

what's is a program?

[@FocusMrbjarke]

nice

[@community-fusionnetwork4131]

Hello, Alan Belkin! Would you be interested in analyzing works by living composers? We need a sister network which analyzes compositions. We'd love to work with you!

[@emanuel_soundtrack]

For beginners you mean ?