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The Scroll Ensemble Classical Music Improvisation
Netherlands
Приєднався 23 січ 2014
The Scroll Ensemble brings to live the music of the past by improvising in the foot steps of our heroes, like Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. These masters now known for their amazing written works, were famous in their time for their amazing ability to 'extemporise', to make up music on the spot. Our channel brings together our own recordings and ideas as well as resources from all over UA-cam to provide for anyone an immersing experience of improvisation in classical music.
Fischer Saves The Day with a Prelude
A Mr. Fischer (I couldn't find out which one exactly) first makes trouble by improvising a prelude, but then saves the day with another prelude.
Spohr also quotes this moment in his autobiography, so clearly it was memorable enough for him to still remember!
The music you hear is an imagined version of what happened and is only based on the facts shared in the article.
Link to the AMZ article:
digipress.digitale-sammlungen.de/view/bsb10527960_00417_u001?page=4,5
Link to Spohr autobiography
www.gutenberg.org/files/45997/45997-h/45997-h.htm
Other improvisation stories:
ua-cam.com/play/PL8Zph-SkKedzThoGjESGsFO5wRVGC8uXy.html
============ Courses and Support ============
ONLINE BAROQUE ORNAMENTATION COURSE - learn to improvise baroque ornaments inspired by Quantz's fascinating pedagogy:
www.thescrollensemble.com/en/baroque-ornamentation-with-quantz/
IMPROVISE A BAROQUE SOLO - Preludes according to Hotteterre:
www.thescrollensemble.com/en/improvise-your-own-solo/
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Spohr also quotes this moment in his autobiography, so clearly it was memorable enough for him to still remember!
The music you hear is an imagined version of what happened and is only based on the facts shared in the article.
Link to the AMZ article:
digipress.digitale-sammlungen.de/view/bsb10527960_00417_u001?page=4,5
Link to Spohr autobiography
www.gutenberg.org/files/45997/45997-h/45997-h.htm
Other improvisation stories:
ua-cam.com/play/PL8Zph-SkKedzThoGjESGsFO5wRVGC8uXy.html
============ Courses and Support ============
ONLINE BAROQUE ORNAMENTATION COURSE - learn to improvise baroque ornaments inspired by Quantz's fascinating pedagogy:
www.thescrollensemble.com/en/baroque-ornamentation-with-quantz/
IMPROVISE A BAROQUE SOLO - Preludes according to Hotteterre:
www.thescrollensemble.com/en/improvise-your-own-solo/
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Who are we?
www.thescrollensemble.com
Support us on Patreon:
www.patreon.com/thescrollensemble
Support us with a 5€ one-off gift:
www.robertdebree.nl/product/scroll-ensemble-support/
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How to transpose - 10 approaches
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Transposition is very useful for learning to improvise and there are many methods out there. I believe there is not necessarily one, best method, but that it depends on the person and situation, and that you might want to try a few and combine some. So in this video I try to talk about as many ideas I can think of. Links: Playlist with the challenges ua-cam.com/play/PL8Zph-SkKedwLZS1_jTKNt65K_F...
Ornamentation in the Cello method by J Alexander - 19th century ornamentation
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In this video I want to look at Alexanders Anweisung zum Violoncellspiel. It’s not an earth-shatering method in terms of improvisation information, but I think it will be interesting to share as many of the bits that I find, like a sort of research log, so you can come to your own conclusions, find what is interesting for your instrument or the period you are interested in, and finally, put tog...
Baroque Improvisation in the Summer | Course description & Playlist
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Lots of improvisation courses happening this summer! Hopefully you would like to join for one of them. More information and enrolment form are here: www.thescrollensemble.com/summer Baroque Improvisation Playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PL8Zph-SkKedw9RhIClFRaR_CVG82M0OAC.html Beginners Improvisation Playlist: ua-cam.com/play/PL8Zph-SkKedy-s4mtVKQbk3eJItVc_VUz.html Tarantella improvisation video: ua-ca...
Improvisation in the 18th Century - Quantz autobiography
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What are Quantz's own thoughts about improvisation-related topics? In his autobiography we find out, with some commentary from yours truly of course :).. Other improvisation stories: ua-cam.com/play/PL8Zph-SkKedzThoGjESGsFO5wRVGC8uXy.html Courses and Support ONLINE IMPROVISATION SUMMER COURSE - Folia, games, counterpoint, Telemann, lectures and more!!! www.thescrollensemble.com/summer ONLINE BA...
The Art of Preluding - Improvise your own baroque solo | Course Overview
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In this video I explain what my prelude improvisation course is all about with some examples from the actual course! Enroll here: www.thescrollensemble.com/prelude
Learning to improvise a capriccio- 5 minutes/ 1 hour / 10 hours challenge
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Learning to improvise a capriccio- 5 minutes/ 1 hour / 10 hours challenge
Improvising Cadenzas according to Johann Joachim Quantz
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Improvising Cadenzas according to Johann Joachim Quantz
Improvising Preludes on Melody instruments in the 18th Century | L'Art de Preluder
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Improvising Preludes on Melody instruments in the 18th Century | L'Art de Preluder
Pauliina Haustein | Ensemble improvisation, Cello, Audience research and more | Interview
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Pauliina Haustein | Ensemble improvisation, Cello, Audience research and more | Interview
Improvisation in a 19th C Orchestra according to Louis Spohr's Autobiography
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Improvisation in a 19th C Orchestra according to Louis Spohr's Autobiography
Tutorial: Improvise on Saint-Saëns Dance Macabre
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Tutorial: Improvise on Saint-Saëns Dance Macabre
Berlioz is Angry at an improvising oboist | Improvisation Stories
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Berlioz is Angry at an improvising oboist | Improvisation Stories
Composing for learning improvisers | Dumuzid the ancient Sumerian shepherd God
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Composing for learning improvisers | Dumuzid the ancient Sumerian shepherd God
Justyna Niznik Interview | Violin, Looper, Dance, Improvisation
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Justyna Niznik Interview | Violin, Looper, Dance, Improvisation
Inner Musician, Improvisation Games and August Evaluation
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Inner Musician, Improvisation Games and August Evaluation
Improvisation with the Audience: The CD Edit
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Improvisation with the Audience: The CD Edit
Tutorial: Improvise an Echo Fantasy inspired by Jacob Van Eyck
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Tutorial: Improvise an Echo Fantasy inspired by Jacob Van Eyck
Improvised Variations on a theme by Grétry | Game of Themes
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Improvised Variations on a theme by Grétry | Game of Themes
Learning Continuo Figures from Scratch Level 1 415
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Learning Continuo Figures from Scratch Level 1 415
Basso Continuo Figures | Basic explanation
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Basso Continuo Figures | Basic explanation
Basso Continuo Figures for Dummies - Level 1 440
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Basso Continuo Figures for Dummies - Level 1 440
Trio sonata experiment with Iason Marmaras
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Trio sonata experiment with Iason Marmaras
I love this, it doesn't limit - it expands.
A method to correctly transpose in under 10 seconds regardless of starting or destination key:: Step 1. Place capo on guitar neck. Step 2. There is no Step 2. It is already done. Reference my future video, likely to be titled, "Reasons Guitar is Not Allowed for Study in Academia Due to Jealousy of the Superior Instrument".
my transpose button is quicker on my yamaha piano 👹
@@michaelperkins8078 oh you wanna bring Digital into the arena, hmm?
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@@TheScrollEnsemble cheers for these videos mate !
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woooow!
If you wanted to transpose something from C major to G major it might be helpful to add a key signature. It will save a lot of problems going forward.
Time stamps: 01:10 Inner ear / motoric skill: the use of transposition for improvisation 01:35 What is transposition? 02:24 1: Just do it 04:20 2: Hand positions 05:14 3: From writing to doing 06:28 4: By interval, vertically 08:06 5: By interval, horizontally 08:58 6: Sighting 10:17 7: Imagine a different clef 11:47 7b: Practise writing and sight-reading in different clefs 12:38 8: Imagine playing a different instrument 13:15 9: Melodic function / solmisation 15:55 10: Actively think note names
"Now mostly LOST" 😢😭
Yes so sad! Are you an improviser too?
hahah! Nice to see you here :-)
Amazing video thanks!!!!!
thank you ! That is very kind :) glad you liked it !
Time stamps: 01:38 About the method and writer 02:17 What is ornamentation used for? 03:24 Two types of ornamentation 03:31 How do you know how to add ornamentation? 03:58 Disappointing etude 04:43 Trills, Pralltriller (half trill), Doppelschlag with pralltriller, Schneller
Another idea. Record the vamp and listen to it for a bit. Sing along sporadically as you do the housework or work out or whatever. Record this rambling. Repeat for a few days. LIsten to the recording a few times and decide that which you like and that which does not work. Play by ear on your instrument the bits you really liked that you sang (this is THE most important bit). Play some of these spontaneous ideas from your vocalising on your instrument along with the recording. Notice and try an close the huge gulf between what you really want to play and what your fingers deliver. All the rest is busy work and goes nowhere, it sells books and allows you to grade on paper exercises. It might be fun to dress up as someone from the eighteenth century and to go and take part in courtly dancing. It will however not help you to express yourself in the light of ALL of the music which informs you have loved ear and which is actually creates the real musical you. Unfortunately anyone who thinks that the only dancing worth doing is done in eighteenth century garb is likely to try and use snobbery as a stick to hit you with as they peddle out horrid pastiche with the confidence ot the talentless entitled. A bonus however is this, if you do the above you will master all styles and bring incredible insight into the interpretation of narrowly defined idioms.
Thanks guys, such a relief from the fast talking hucksters youtube is pushing now or the ressussitation of the dead end of partimento as a way of selling busy work without freedom. I'm really looking forward to checking out more of your videos. If you are at all interested there is a fantasia on my channel I recorded a few weeks ago. It very much follows the model you outline at 3 mins :)
To be a good improviser you need to listen to a lot of music and attempt it by ear. This parrallells Stephen Kings advice on writing, 'your first job is to read'. Everything else can be ahem 'taught' ...
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This is original music composed in the style of Bach (and played from memory)?
@@dbadagna hi! This is somewhere in between improvisation and composition. After exploring several options and discussing problems this was a version that we managed to improvise, but as said, with much prior exploration.
Link to the autobiography: vmirror.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/4/43/IMSLP570031-PMLP918671-quantz_autobiography_marpurg_Historisch-kritische_Beytr%C3%A4ge_1.3.pdf
Time stamps: 01:14 Why talk about Quantz's autobiography at all? 01:51 Autobiographies in the 18th century 02:49 Quantz's falls in love with music 03:31 Quantz plays a lot of instruments 04:27 Learning from other composers 05:15 More than just the notes 05:51 Learning the true art of the Adagio from Pisendel 06:37 Famous singers and how they sing the adagio (Senesino, Farinelli, Lotti, Cuzzoni & Faustina) 08:50 Finding your own voice
The hero the world needs...
Time stamps: 00:34 Who was Jacques Hotteterre 01:17 Other improvisation-related sources by Hotteterre 02:38 Overview of L'Art de Préluder 03:53 Hotteterre's Preface, Rousseau and composed vs. improvised preludes 06:05 Another typology: measured vs non-measured 09:11 Trait: etude or prototype capriccio 12:01 Examples of Traits 13:18 Prelude caprice / fantaisie 15:20 Chapter 1: Degrees of the scale and how to start and end 17:36 Chapter 2: Basic concepts and variations - Canvas 1 18:29 Chapter 2: Variation 1 21:33 Chapter 2: Variation 2 & 3 22:43 Chapter 2: Variation 4 23:58 Chapter 2: Canvas 2 24:35 A comparison with drawing methods 25:26 Chapter 3-6: Examples of Preludes and Traits 26:41 Course description 27:08 Chapter 7: The leading tone 28:06 Chapter 7: The 6th and 7th degrees in minor 28:41 Chapter 7: An example of modulating in a prelude (5th and 4th degree) 30:48 Chapter 8: The perfect cadence 32:00 Chapter 8: The imperfect cadence 33:45 Chapter 8: Typical modulation patterns 34:17 Chapter 9: How to recognise the key of piece or how to make the key of your prelude abundantly clear 38:18 Chapter 10: Transposition 39:05 Chapter 11: Meter
Looking forward to another challenge 😊
Sorry it took a while, here it is and more are coming this week! ua-cam.com/users/shortsEVSK-bsKl58?si=DhJZKorBfJRNUb1p
So your 5 minute impro sounds like what would take me probably 5 days 😅
Well, to be fair, i have been working on solo baroque improvisation for many years :). So then there is a big basis to start from. And I was vice versa surprised by my problems with the modulations. Luckily there is always more to learn in the world ❤️
By the way! What instrument do you play? Can we hear some of your improvisations?
I'm playing piano but I haven't published anything. I improvise very freely or more exactly chaotic 😅 No one will listen to it, it's more a therapy and relaxation for myself 😂
By the way, why is it a problem if you end up in another key? I thought it didn't matter as long as you get back to the theme?
@@AmeeliaK this is amazing! I improvise a lot on the piano in this way. Especially when I was a teenager it was super important for me in the way you describe it too: therapeutical, I likened it to writing in a diary. I wanted to make a video about this aspect as well, but not sure yet how.. any ideas? :)
I think that’s the way improv always turns out for me. It’s hard to internalise material well enough for it to emerge in true improvisation. Usually takes me about six months lol
Yes you are right I think. I did improvise some things I was working on 6 months ago, which I thought were lost to the 'debris of my failing brain'. haha :) Thanks for your reactions!
Thanks for documenting your process, very useful. enjoyed the dramatic reconstruction haha.
00:49 What I learned after 5 minutes 01:26 What I sounded like after 5 minutes 03:21 What I thought I sounded like after 5 minutes 04:00 What I learned after 1 hour 05:24 What I sounded like after 1 hour 06:46 What I thought I sounded like after 5 minutes 07:36 What I learned after 10 hours 09:29 What I sounded like after 10 hours 11:15 What I thought I sounded like after 10 hours and final evaluation
D major
Hello! Did you mean this as an answer to the Hotteterre short? In that case you are right :)
Thanks! It's really nice you're sharing this knowledge for everyone :D
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00:53 Cadenza - disambiguation of the word 02:32 When did the cadenza come into use? 05:58 Where should one add a cadenza? 08:35 Why add a cadenza? 09:22 Relation to the original piece 10:36 How to approach a cadenza (invention, fluency, disorganised and modulation) 12:20 Melodic variation vs coherence 15:00 Different types of Cadenzas (minor, allegro, melancholy, wind/singers vs the rest) 16:46 Which modulations do we use in Cadenzas? (none, subdominant, subdominant and dominant) 18:06 How to modulate 20:00 Sometimes even good musicians don’t improvise good cadenzas
Wow what a privilege to have found somebody you can improvise with so harmoniously
Thank you for this thorough video!
You are welcome! Thank you for your kind comment!
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Sounds a lot like J.S. Bach's sonatas, pretty amazing stuff!
Wow what a compliment! Thank you :)
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Robert! Thx for this 💥🫂🎺
In the variation onscreen at 23:58, I would have thought that Hotteterre looked at the 3rd beat as outlining G, since a trill was almost always begun from above the written note, almost always with an appogiatura length at the start. performing the ornaments in that manner would make beat 3 sound as a melodic G, which matches your outline nicely.
Hi! Wow, thanks for such attentive watching. Personally I see appoggiaturas as ornamental notes, whatever their lengths. Some writers (from about 30 years ago) even argue that an appoggiatura is added because you could not have officially written that note. I don’t think that’s true, but it does indicate the special status of the appoggiatura. On top of that, for me, the d major outline is very clear and the g major outline harder to detect, and I think if possible simple solutions are best. However, having said all of that, all of this is up for interpretation and one of my main principles is that my way in no way is necessarily the only or better way. So I think your idea could definitely work! Thanks again for your comment: interesting idea!!
@@TheScrollEnsemble Thanks for the response! I suppose the thinking on how fundamental the dissonant note in a trill is to the melody probably varies by composer and region. Most of my experience (not research, notably) comes from french baroque music like Marais, where he's very explicit about his signs and ornamentation. It seems to me that the upper note of a trill or tremblement so often sounds like an integral part of the melody, especially when the trill follows a downward leap of a third; it drives me up a wall when people (students) trill from the bottom note!
These composer videos are wonderful....
Thank you for your support! :-)
What an interesting, informative and enlightening video!
Thank you!! :)
fantastic video, thank you!
Thank you for your kind comment :)
So helpful 💙
Thanks so much for your comment :)
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Variações simples mas que causam um bom efeito ao ouvir. Parabéns!! 👏👏👏 🎹🎼🎵🎶🎵🎶
Look at the original Bassano publication: vmirror.imslp.org/files/imglnks/usimg/d/d6/IMSLP60626-PMLP124175-003bassano.pdf Do our challenge on ornamentation from the same period, but by Banchieri! ua-cam.com/play/PL8Zph-SkKedyd4lp2mdgeE8FMxBiFgHYW.html&si=nraHYfUqPZ-QHfiB Do our challenge with later ornamentation ideas from the famous Tartini: ua-cam.com/play/PL8Zph-SkKedwBDJ_bXrJwqzIj-ISG2j45.html&si=2DfGFPF1agTwXOub More about ornamentation: ua-cam.com/play/PL8Zph-SkKedy26AMoqVxABn5yNCLgy3wt.html&si=91RZrXaYLhohkFk7
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Amazing!
This is so cursed
WILL YOOU MARRY ME???
yes he will :)
Very educational mate.
Hele goede video ik ben zelf een beginner in improvisatie , het is soms wat moeilijk maar nooit opgeven 👍😁
Vean por curiocidad a la pianista y compositora clasica Gabriela Montero
She is absolutely amazing!
00:13 Who is Pauliina 00:55 Move to America and first recital with improvisation 02:34 Meeting David Dolan 03:32 Improvisation lessons 04:52 What is your function as a cellist in improvisation 07:48 Orchestral musicians improvising 08:17 How do you practice improvisation 10:30 Hurdles in learning, learning about harmony as a melodic player 13:06 First step in learning to become a harmonically aware player 14:36 Benefits and challenges of ensemble improvisation 19:01 Positive physical effects of improvising on the musicians 21:25 Can you play written compositions/passages that are meant to imitate improvisatory playing if you don’t know what that’s like?
The video is a little spooky, haha! But very interesting!
I’m using this excerpt often in talks about romantic performance practice and Rossini/Italian music, I should probably start using this video 😂😂😂
Straight from the horse’s mouth 🤣. I love this excerpt! Are there any recordings / written forms of your talks I could watch / read? I’m very interested!
@@TheScrollEnsemble I appreciate the interest! There's one from a workshop with Concerto Köln: ua-cam.com/video/MxHSD4kXXfM/v-deo.html The Spohr excerpt is featured around the 1:01:00 mark :)