Improvise Puccini´s "E Lucevan le Stelle" on Piano

Improvise Puccini´s "E Lucevan le Stelle" on Piano, available at $39.99, has an average rating of 4.67, with 16 lectures, based on 6 reviews, and has 198 subscribers.

You will learn about You learn to use the three different minor scales. You learn to construct chords onto a given scale. You learn concepts of harmonic analysis of music pieces You learn to use the Roman Numeral Notation for the ease of transposing songs. You learn to understand the chord progression of one outstanding classical masterpiece. You learn about the correlation between chord progression and emotions. You learn how to construct musical forms and how to re-compose a musical piece. You learn how to improve your improvisational skills This course is ideal for individuals who are Lovers of classical AND modern popular music who wish to improve their understanding of music or Music enthusiasts who want to learn the classic and modern western harmonic framework or Musicians who want to compose own and personal songs or Piano players who want to to enhance their skills and motivation or Intermediate and advanced piano players finding "holes" in their improvisational and songwriting skills or Music teachers who want to know new approaches for a motivating music class It is particularly useful for Lovers of classical AND modern popular music who wish to improve their understanding of music or Music enthusiasts who want to learn the classic and modern western harmonic framework or Musicians who want to compose own and personal songs or Piano players who want to to enhance their skills and motivation or Intermediate and advanced piano players finding "holes" in their improvisational and songwriting skills or Music teachers who want to know new approaches for a motivating music class.

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Title: Improvise Puccini´s "E Lucevan le Stelle" on Piano

Price: $39.99

Average Rating: 4.67

Number of Lectures: 16

Number of Published Lectures: 16

Number of Curriculum Items: 16

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 16

Original Price: $19.99

Quality Status: approved

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What You Will Learn

You learn to use the three different minor scales.
You learn to construct chords onto a given scale.
You learn concepts of harmonic analysis of music pieces
You learn to use the Roman Numeral Notation for the ease of transposing songs.
You learn to understand the chord progression of one outstanding classical masterpiece.
You learn about the correlation between chord progression and emotions.
You learn how to construct musical forms and how to re-compose a musical piece.
You learn how to improve your improvisational skills

Who Should Attend

Lovers of classical AND modern popular music who wish to improve their understanding of music
Music enthusiasts who want to learn the classic and modern western harmonic framework
Musicians who want to compose own and personal songs
Piano players who want to to enhance their skills and motivation
Intermediate and advanced piano players finding "holes" in their improvisational and songwriting skills
Music teachers who want to know new approaches for a motivating music class

Target Audiences

Lovers of classical AND modern popular music who wish to improve their understanding of music
Music enthusiasts who want to learn the classic and modern western harmonic framework
Musicians who want to compose own and personal songs
Piano players who want to to enhance their skills and motivation
Intermediate and advanced piano players finding "holes" in their improvisational and songwriting skills
Music teachers who want to know new approaches for a motivating music class

Harmony is the basis of composition and improvisation, band-playing, songwriting, musical interpretation and understanding the emotions of music.

Analyze, play and Improvise the most famous dramatic Tosca aria “And The Stars Were Shining” (E Lucevan le Stelle) of the great Opera Composer Giacomo Puccini.
Learn scales, chords and notations, progressions and their emotional repercussions, music structure and improvising techniques, all in one.
Derive your own music from classical musical material.

The course shows you step by step the whole compositional process from the harmonic analysis of Puccini´s dramatic aria “And the Stars were Shining” through to your own personal improvised interpretation.

Th aria is well known for its induction of strong emotions. The aria´s chord progression which is shown in full detail during the course explains in depth these parts of high emotional arousal.

To meet the needs also of the advanced beginner there are introductory videos about the concepts of scales and chord-construction.

This course is designed especially for the enthusiast of classical and modern music who wants to improve his harmony knowledge and who wants to learn compositional and improvisational techniques.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Basic Facts And Literature Review

Lecture 2: Handout – Section I

Chapter 2: Analyzing Puccini´s "E Lucevan le Stelle" Harmony

Lecture 1: The Minor Scales

Lecture 2: The Minor Chords

Lecture 3: Puccini´s Chord Progression

Lecture 4: Puccini´s Aria: Score + Chords

Lecture 5: Puccini Chords in Roman Numeral Notation

Lecture 6: Handout – Section II

Chapter 3: From Scales and Chords to Emotions

Lecture 1: Harmonic Expectancy And Emotions

Lecture 2: Handout – Section III

Chapter 4: Re-Composing the Original

Lecture 1: Develop a New Musical Form

Lecture 2: Improvise New Melodies

Lecture 3: Let´s Improvise Together

Lecture 4: Handout – Section IV

Chapter 5: Epilogue

Lecture 1: Copyright and Derivative Works

Lecture 2: Here Comes Your Special Gift . . .

Instructors

Peter Janzen
Physicist, Music Pedagogue

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