The ‘Chamber Music’ course team focuses on a series of chamber music works in forms such as Piano Four-Hands,Piano Duet,Chamber Music for Piano and Strings, etc.They provide professional technical explanations and demonstration training in aspects such as score research, music analysis, chamber music performance and collaborative art, helping everyone improve their piano and string performance skills and team collaboration ability, enhance everyone’s piano chamber music training skills, balance and musical expressiveness, and comprehensively improve everyone’s stage interaction and performance practice ability. This course introduces Chinese piano chamber music works with Sichuan regional culture, such as ‘Autumn Reflections in Chengdu’ and ‘China in the Sound of the Piano’, allowing students to deeply experience traditional Chinese music, promote national culture, and cultivate innovative artistic talents with a sense of home and global vision. Whether you are a piano and string major student in a professional music academy, or a general music student, music practitioner, and music lover, you can carry out standardized and professional learning in this course and improve your artistic literacy.
Overview
Syllabus
- Prologue: Overview of Piano Chamber Music-Piano Ensemble
- Chapter One: Establishing the Foundation for Cooperation in Chamber Music-Piano Ensemble
- 1.1 Things You Should Know Before Playing Piano Four-Hands
- 1.2 How to Have a Good Start in Piano Four-Hands (Part 1)
- 1.3 How to Have a Good Start in Piano Four-Hands (Part 2)
- 1.4 Techniques for Speed and Style Changes in Piano Four-Hands
- 1.5 rubato in Piano Four-Hands
- 1.6 Achieving Balance in Volume for Piano Four-Hands
- 1.7 Piano Four-Hands 'Bolero' (Part 1)
- 1.8 Piano Four-Hands 'Bolero' (Part 2)
- 1.9 Differences Between Piano Duet and Piano Four-Hands
- 1.10 Call and Response Piano Duet
- 1.11 Piano Duet 'Sounds of China' (Part 1)
- 1.12 Piano Duet 'Sounds of China' (Part 2）
- 1.13 Understanding String Instruments in Chamber Music
- Chapter Two: The Rhythmic Aesthetics of Piano and Strings
- 2.1 Stylistic Characteristics of Common Rhythmic Patterns in Ensemble Instruments
- 2.2 Performance Essentials for Common Rhythmic Patterns in Ensemble Instruments
- 2.3 Coordination Techniques for Common Rhythmic Patterns in Ensemble Instruments
- Chapter Three: The Auditory Aesthetics of Piano and Strings
- 3.1 The Importance of Ornamentation in Chamber Music Performance for Piano and Strings
- 3.2 Mastery of Common Terms and Expressive Notations in Instrumental Performance
- 3.3 Distinct Timbre Characteristics, Mutual Complementarity, and Fusion of Piano and Western String Instruments
- Chapter Four: The Art of Musical Dialogue between Piano and Strings
- 4.1 Understanding and Training for Speed in Polyphonic Works
- 4.2 Essentials for Practicing Dynamics and Tempo in Polyphonic Works
- 4.3 Understanding Musical Lines and Expressing Hierarchies
- 4.4 Piano and String Quartet 'Autumn Reflections on Rongcheng'
Taught by
Yan Zhou, Xue Huang, Yake Liu, Lan Jiang, and Fei Wang
