How to Approach Melodic Variation - Trad School with Shannon Heaton - Video 07
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- Here's a bite-sized approach to the big topic of variation! Hope this can help illuminate the vast and FUN, creative world of melodic invention.
I’m working through a list of Trad School topics, so stay tuned for deep dives into ornamentation and breathing. These lessons are intended to help folks build comfort and confidence when playing Irish music.
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Mesmerized by the clarity of your teaching and the break down/explanations of technique. I'm having to rewire my playing/approach at the moment and your videos are a revelation!
Ha! Well, not sure it's mesmerizing; but really happy if any little nugget in this vid can be helpful. Best of luck on your musical renovations.
I'm learning so much with your videos. Thank you very much. ❤
oh, I'm SO glad. Thanks for learning along with all of us!
I'm 3 weeks into learning the tin whistle. It's going very well. I find that with all the ornaments and the speed, I can't discern and play by ear. So it's notation to start to at least know what the melody really is.
Very good !
Thank you
great that you enjoyed. thanks, Ivan!
Excellent demos!
This is a great way to work on a tune, would be very happy if I can progress this into my playing, variation is my new goal😀Thank you so much Shanon for the great tips, your videos are great help. Is there a video that tackles C and C# rolls ?
Variation is a good goal! Maybe it's another way of being flexible, and to be present with the tune.
As for C and C# rolls, I finger my C natural with L23. And when I come to a dotted quarter C, I will often avoid rolling (and play CBC or CEC instead). Or I'll do a very simple C roll by lifting my G finger and tapping both F# and E fingers. I kind of like the sound of this simpler "roll." But... there are more exact and pipey ways to approach the C roll, if you finger the C with bottom fingers covered. That's not my jam, though. You could check out Jem's ideas here: th-cam.com/video/erwzZmnRMi0/w-d-xo.html
Great video. Adding variations really challenges you to know a tune in a deeper, less robotic way. It makes you think of key notes and the overall shape of phrases. The first tune I added my own variations to was Swallowtail Jig, where I simply changed the opening GEE to GF#E. A small change, but it adds a little extra something, and I feel a bit of pride having come up with it on my own.
That's a nice move! And any other tunes that have GEE in them, you can try that. Love it.
"Variations" could be a great theme for a Irish Music Stories podcast episode. How many variations can you play before the song becomes something else? How freely should players come up with their own variations? What's the ettiquette at sessions for throwing in variations?
Good video. I guess it's all about finding variantion that doesn't clash with the overall rhythmic structure, at least too much anyway. Have you uploaded any videos about rhythm? Your sense of rhythm seems always to be spot on, but my own and other players I've listened to, is often either a bit "off" or "flatish". Any tips regarding the esoterics of rhythm?
Stay well and keep these wonderful videos coming :)
Way to HEAR that pulse in the music, Jim. Hearing it and listening to good, rhythmic players is the best way to internalize that upbeat LIFT. (And if you can hear it, it'll be easier to play it.) I've talked about pulse in a number of individual Tune of the Month Videos. Maybe start with a few polkas, like
* Tripping to the Well: th-cam.com/video/hfYrvesMx8Q/w-d-xo.html
* Top of Maol: th-cam.com/video/sHLVgG-zj3Y/w-d-xo.html
Hope that helps!
@@ShannonHeatonMusic Thanks for the reply Shannon. I'll check out those links.
I love this approach! I've taught a few variation workshops where we picked apart multiple phrases, but haven't tried approaching multiple tunes with a similar rhythmic motif and extending the variation methods across each. Reinforces the ideas nicely!
Yeah! I think it makes us more aware of the process? Then we can author our own moves from there... Let me know how it goes for you!
Great video great tuition thank you👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻.
Whee! Thanks a lot. Fun to try to break down a HUGE topic like this.
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