Classical corner

Tony Nathanson said:
Maybe in my younger years. :giggle: Lang Lang is 30 years younger than me. I don't have the hands I used to have. I can't play Liszt any more.
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Ah but you play beautifully.
I don't even know what notes the keys are.
My husband bought me a piano keyboard.
I tried to learn 'o holy night ' ( which I love) by sticking little numbers on all the keys lol.
 
Liz Adams said:
Ah but you play beautifully.
I don't even know what notes the keys are.
My husband bought me a piano keyboard.
I tried to learn 'o holy night ' ( which I love) by sticking little numbers on all the keys lol.
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Stick letters on the keys not numbers. The notes on the sheet music: lines for the melody are e,g,b,d,f=every, good, boy, does, fine .
spaces are F A C E.
on the white keys, the one to the left of the two black keys is C. Before the three black keys is F. Last sequential note is G and then you start over with A.
Sharps and flats (black keys) need more explanation but you can cheat and play by ear.
The dulcimer is a different kettle of fish.
 
Mary Stetler said:
Stick letters on the keys not numbers. The notes on the sheet music: lines for the melody are e,g,b,d,f=every, good, boy, does, fine .
spaces are F A C E.
on the white keys, the one to the left of the two black keys is C. Before the three black keys is F. Last sequential note is G and then you start over with A.
Sharps and flats (black keys) need more explanation but you can cheat and play by ear.
The dulcimer is a different kettle of fish.
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Good grief. Wish I'd have known all this a few years ago.
Wouldn't have made any difference though , I'm still rubbish.
I seriously would be a lot better playing "o holy night " on the kazoo :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:🥳:eek:
 
When I said earlier that I didn't like classical music, that doesn't mean that I don't recognize the classics as being great music. Like opera and some other genres, I might recognize something that is done amazingly well, but which I still don't enjoy listening to.
 
Ken Anderson said:
When I said earlier that I didn't like classical music, that doesn't mean that I don't recognize the classics as being great music. Like opera and some other genres, I might recognize something that is done amazingly well, but which I still don't enjoy listening to.
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Ditto. I can appreciate it but I don't like it. Same for opera, ballet, etc. I don't even like to watch old movies that are musicals.
 
Ken Anderson said:
When I said earlier that I didn't like classical music, that doesn't mean that I don't recognize the classics as being great music. Like opera and some other genres, I might recognize something that is done amazingly well, but which I still don't enjoy listening to.
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Music tastes are not the same for everyone - much like food preferences. For listening, I prefer pop music 80% of the time. I enjoy playing classical music more than listening to it.
 
I'm going to talk a bit about film themes as they feature heavily on classic fm and are real "classics".

American John Williams is absolutely amazing.
He has composed literally hundreds of themes / scores which include :

Star wars ~ Jaws ~ Indiana Jones ~ ET ~ Jurassic Park ~ Scindlers List ~ Home Alone .

Another film composer that I love is Italian Morricone.
Again, has composed hundreds which include :

The good ,the bad, the ugly ~ Once upon a time in the west ~ Once upon a time in America ~ A fistful of dollars ..
And my favourite , Gabriels Oboe from the mission.
 
Mary Stetler said:
So much fabulous music from movies that can border on classic. Last of the Mohicans?
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Gorgeous.
So much music from the movies.
Some more that I loved are ;

Dances with wolves
Out of Africa
And the beach scene from saving private Ryan.

One day I'll shock the forum, if not the world, and will have learnt how to put music on here.
I'm half way there with the help of @Shirley Martin ( thank you) , and I'm going to get hubby to try and physically show me on his days off .
 
I know nothing about classical or opera music, however I do enjoy listening to some of it. I do recognize some of the melodies but don't ask me to name it or who wrote it chances are I won't know. I am Limited in pieces I can identify.

There is one piece of Opera the melody haunts me, I've heard it sung by many artists.
For me and others the best was Luciano Pavarotti's performance of "Nessun Dorma". You can find this amazing performance on YouTube, and by the glow on Pavarotti's face at the end, he thought it was an exceptional performance that night.

It was 1958 or 59 I was 15 or 16 years old I purchased a record album called "Storm In Hi Fi". It was a classical compilation of music as a thematic subject. One of my favorite track was Rossini's William tell overture. In the beginning you could hear a Ping, then another and then a few more, this represented the raindrops, then you hear swirling wind and it develops to a full-blown storm and then settles down again. Some of the other tracks on the album were Beethoven's Symphony Number 6 Tempest and Storm, Sibelius The Storm, Hugo Alfven summer rain. I listen to that record often.

I have also purchased record albums, and CD' with a different take on classical music. One was David Rose swings classical music. He arranged these classical pieces to work with a swing band. I also had an album where they took Beatles music and arranged it in a classical fashion.

It was all enjoyable I guess that's my experience with classical and Opera music.
 
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