Writing a theme or a melody for a piece for me is an intellectual work, a lot of analysis. I think of a theme as of a person and search for a better way to describe its character. In music for that we have three basic tools: Melody. Harmony. Rhythm. Where the second one can be seen as a […]
read moreET Eelmisel nädalal mu väiksed heliloojad-esinejad õpilased mängisid oma teise kontserdi. Jällegi soe vastuvõt publiku poolt. Vanemad väga õnnelikud! Mõtlen käivitada oma kontserdisarja. RU На прошлой неделе мои маленькие композиторы-исполнители сыграли свой второй концерт. Опять тепло принимается зрителями. Родители очень счастливы! Думаю о запуске нашей собственной серии концертов. EN Last week my little composers-performers students […]
read moreWhen I teach composition to my small and big students I always spend some extra time and repeat again how important it is to have a form: beginning, middle part and ending. How to arrange them, so that they work. It’s like a cake: when all the ingredients are mixed without a clear logic, without […]
read moreI was always impressed how someone can come on stage and create an instant piece of music. “The Köln Concert” called is an album by pianist Keith Jarrett, when he was touring Europe playing improvised concerts. That’s a good example, I think. Also, now and then I hear “classical” guitarists doing something close to that […]
read moreMost of the composers want to go further in developing their style and language (musical, harmonic). It is important to do it and be armed with a couple of facts. What I have noticed while analyzing pieces of other composers (comparing their pieces from early periods of life till latest) is that in most of […]
read moreAlready for a several weeks I struggle with one of the parts from one of my suites of chamber music. I like the method of first writing a story, “libretto”, and then composing music to it. Yet at times it doesn’t work. Let’s say a story has romantic calm ending, so I intend to write […]
read moreToday I was given the honor to be one of the juries of the Composition Concert/Competition, during which students of the Old Town College ( where I currently teach guitar and composition) will play their own music. So next Tuesday hope to vote for as much first prizes as possible! 🙂
read moreYesterday’s concert in Kuusalu – “Creating music” – was another proof that audience like to participate actively in a concert. The last “audience” piece came out different compared to the previous one, cause there were some older students in the audience, who used their knowledge and invention very skillfully to complete the task. So, me […]
read moreToday’s concert in Rakvere passed according to its title – “Creating music”. The last piece was composed directly at end of the concert by the audience (kids, parents, students – all who came) and performed by Estonian guitarist Vahur Kubja and me. It sounded nice! The piece is all written down, well preserved and now […]
read moreWithin a 7-notes scale there is really a lot of different harmonies and chords hidden. Choose one of the notes and spin around it like a planet around the Sun. Jump on another planet and watch the rest six notes spinning, passing by, each with its own pace. Seems like it can continue endlessly: it […]
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