"A rest is never a wrong note." - Charles Villiers Stanford
@marnixpeeters26754 жыл бұрын
Silence in music greatly reminds me of telling stories by a campfire. The way you use silence in those kinds of stories is very similar in effect. Maybe a good working tip is to imagine whatever your musical material to be like it's being "told" to a small audience, and how you'd apply silence to evoke any effect through talking in a certain manner.
@robertross74914 жыл бұрын
Imagine in your first example - a film starts 5 secs of a man walking in the countryside then black - then five secs of a woman at a typewriter typing then black - then say a child playing in the dirt leading to more continuous action ; the snapshots you see are the materials of the film, perhaps the child grows into the man or woman. As such this laying down of materials is a valid approach and while the semi regular train of 8ths make the stop abrupt it can still work - like looking at ingredients in a kitchen before the meal is ready. Not mainstream but not poor composition if thoroughly 'used'. And when you use silence in your symphony, it's not silence but decay - we hear the cymbals diminish in vibration and depending on the listening hall the reverberation continues. Silence is useful to prepare the quality of attention the listener can give you; it's fine to stress them a little! And directions to the performers to remain poised can alleviate false endings in spacious works. (I'm subscribed; great channel; but I had to say...)
@nonenoneonenonenone4 жыл бұрын
The silence before the climactic chord created the expectation that the piece would go on.
@MrVasko064 жыл бұрын
Great video as always! It is so interesting how you cover aspects of the music which are often overlooked. Could you do a video on how to achieve a good ending?
@andrewdufresne17454 жыл бұрын
I guess the corollary here is the often repeated phrase about performance: "It's not the notes you play, it's the notes you don't play." (Miles Davis) As always, a great video; essential information, explained in a way that even I can understand it!
@qwaqwa19603 жыл бұрын
I recall attending a Weber symphony with a deceptive ending. Half the audience (me included) started to clap before it was over!
@robertlangslet91084 жыл бұрын
This was great Alan, and that coda is beautiful. I'm getting a lot out of these videos. For anyone else wanting to dig into the idea more, I can definitely recommend "Musical Form and Musical Performance" by Edward T. Cone. The subject of silence as frame is explored a great deal.
@luizfernandohauck40004 жыл бұрын
Great Alan, thank you! It was very fruitful.
@ssmith50484 жыл бұрын
Excellent as always!
@giovannilombardicompositor884 жыл бұрын
Very good
@DerekWilliamsMusic4 жыл бұрын
Great, thanks, Alan!
@dibblethwaite4 жыл бұрын
The next time I hear an audience clap too early, I shall think "Hmm. An inept composer who's unable to write a convincing ending" ;)
@Karish634 жыл бұрын
6:10 You're a sorcerer Harry...
@conforzo4 жыл бұрын
"Doesn't create suspense" because of too much of a cadence. Thinks immediately about Tristan opening and the silences succeeding the ambiguous 7th chords.
@wingflanagan4 жыл бұрын
Excellent example with your 8th symphony. The final notes are wonderful. In my opinion, another skillful use of silence is Siegfried's death and Funeral march from Wagner's Götterdämmerung.
@Bushwhacker-so4yk3 жыл бұрын
One thing you’re wrong about: I have gone to a restaurant just for the music before. To be fair, it was a live performance, not just a set of pieces piped through the radio.
@alejandrom.4680 Жыл бұрын
There is your difference lol. Of course, if it's live music of a band/ensamble you like, you will go both for the dinner and the music, I think that isn't worth mentioning at all hahahaha.