Classical Music and Jazz Improvisation
a great piece would be his rendition of twinkle, twinkle, little star.
the art of the jazz remix can be traced all the way back to the 1700's, where classical pianists used "variations" on their peers' great melodies and progressions.
but anyway,
mozart completely disassembles the song, and puts it back together. he incorporates his own riffs, classical phrases and rythms, and eventually near the end, does some interesting reharmonization(considering it was the classical period).
now how would this help improvisation?
definately playing his notes one by one would help some, but listening and defining the ideas he used is much more helpful.
jazz improvisation is impromptu use of a variety of scales, licks, and melodic reworking.
i imagine mozart approached twinkle, twinkle, little star in the same way that jazz pianists approach improvising over the chord changes of jazz standards.
1. we know how the melody goes
2. lets rework the rythms
3. incorporate genre-specific riffs
4. reharmonization
i greatly advocate listening to the midi of mozart's rendition of twinkle, twinkle, little star with the above points in mind to help with improvising.
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question: why doesn't anybody perform classical music this way anymore? if the object of classical performance is to reproduce the music the way the composer intended, perhaps that should include an element of improvisation for composers like mozart, if the original intent was to include some improvisation in the performance? i think it would make an interesting concert.
im studying beethoven variations in my classical piano at the moment and it is very similar in the way he breaks up a simple tune and turns it into a really intresting piece of music.
still prefur jazz though!!
god, that's pompous. but it's what i think nevertheless.
sid
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