Saturday, June 11, 2005
Texture
The music dimension of Week Two is Texture - basically the number of musical lines and how they interact with each other. As usual, we were split into 5 random groups and asked to rehearse a fragment which showcased qualities of various stages of complexity of sounds such as monophonic, duophonic, polyphonic and unison (rhythmic).
10.06.05 - the actual performance. My group, Jamming Production Studios, aptly performed an improvised piece, "Texture with a Jazzy Twist". It started with a solo monophonic texture of the bass guitar, built up duophonically with the keyboard, resulting in a homophonic mix of the sounds of bass guitar, keyboard, Chinese flute, acoustic guitar, snare drums and clapping. Present in the piece was also the textural quality of octave unison and rhythmic unison. Overall, none of the groups prominently featured the polyphonic texture in their pieces. Then again, our lecturer Michael reminded us that most pop songs (around 90%) featured homophonic textures. The only downfall of my group's piece, besides the lack of polyphonic textures, was the low volume of the keyboard I was playing (with Yan Xi). I initially thought that the high volume of the keyboard would overpower the rest of the instruments (especially the guitar) - so I lowered the volume intentionally. Once the piece started, I realised my mistake - but it was too late to turn up the volume - well actually I could if I stopped playing for a while and adjusted it higher, but that would be awkward because we were being filmed on camera.
11:46 am *
Saturday, June 11, 2005
Texture
The music dimension of Week Two is Texture - basically the number of musical lines and how they interact with each other. As usual, we were split into 5 random groups and asked to rehearse a fragment which showcased qualities of various stages of complexity of sounds such as monophonic, duophonic, polyphonic and unison (rhythmic).
10.06.05 - the actual performance. My group, Jamming Production Studios, aptly performed an improvised piece, "Texture with a Jazzy Twist". It started with a solo monophonic texture of the bass guitar, built up duophonically with the keyboard, resulting in a homophonic mix of the sounds of bass guitar, keyboard, Chinese flute, acoustic guitar, snare drums and clapping. Present in the piece was also the textural quality of octave unison and rhythmic unison. Overall, none of the groups prominently featured the polyphonic texture in their pieces. Then again, our lecturer Michael reminded us that most pop songs (around 90%) featured homophonic textures. The only downfall of my group's piece, besides the lack of polyphonic textures, was the low volume of the keyboard I was playing (with Yan Xi). I initially thought that the high volume of the keyboard would overpower the rest of the instruments (especially the guitar) - so I lowered the volume intentionally. Once the piece started, I realised my mistake - but it was too late to turn up the volume - well actually I could if I stopped playing for a while and adjusted it higher, but that would be awkward because we were being filmed on camera.
11:46 am *
- Name: niwdehot
- Location: Singapore
Music has always been an integral part of Edwin’s life since the tender age of 4. The top graduate from the pioneer batch of the Diploma in Music & Audio Technology (Singapore Polytechnic), Edwin achieved the Media Development Authority Gold Medal (Course Medal) & DBS Bank Award.
An avid performer, Edwin plays at corporate and private functions, cafes, weddings, musicals, and community and charity events throughout the year. In Singapore Polytechnic’s “Superstar: The Pop Musical” (2006), he took on multiple roles of Cast Member (Chorus), Rehearsal Pianist and Baritone Section Leader. Edwin was also the second keyboardist in the incidental music band of Young NTUC’s May Day 2007 musical, “A Labour of Love”. He has appeared regularly at music festivals (Singapore Street Festival 2009, MoonFest @ Esplanade 2009) and charity events (Charity Fiesta 2006 @ South West, Music For Hope 2008, Blackout @ Emily 2009).
His artistic passion continues to grow, as does his hope to inspire others through his expressive music.
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My Goals:
-Long Term: To become well-trained in all aspects of music
-Medium Term: To improve my sight-reading and keyboard skills to another level
-Short Term: To brush up on my basic music theory after stopping for 5 years+
Special Skill Set:
Improvisation, Playing-by-ear
Repertoire includes (to be updated):
*Pending (practice in progress)
Electone Organ pieces:
Piano pieces:
Piano/choral arrangements:
(They Long To Be) Close To You - Burt Bacharach
Walk On A Rainbow Trail - Berta & Sonja Poorman
Laudate Dominum - Sherri Porterfield
When You Believe - Stephen Schwartz
*Joyful, Joyful - Beethoven (arr. Mervyn Warren)
*Because He Lives - Sally DeFord
Original compositions:
Vivid Dreams (theme: hope)
And any other tune/piece that I know well (play-by-ear)...
This performance journal was created as part of an ongoing assignment of the DMAT module "Performance".
