I love to colour. The mindless rhythmic motion as you fill in the\u00a0white spaces\u00a0with a rainbow of hues is satisfying and calming. You know when you go to a restaurant and the wait staff gives\u00a0your kids\u00a0a page to colour and a handful of crayons to keep them busy while they wait for their meals? Well, I am the one who ends up colouring.\u00a0I do have to say that I find it frustrating when they give you a package with nothing but the three primary colours. \u00a0How can you colour a half decent picture with only red, blue and yellow?!\u00a0How can you colour a tree with that? How can you show the whisps of purple and pink and orange in a sunset? The same is true when making music. It is important to use the whole spectrum of colour when playing. Red, blue and yellow just won’t cut it. I need the whole box of crayons.<\/p>\n
In any piece of music you will find dynamic markings. These are\u00a0added to direct the performer to increase or decrease\u00a0volume, alter tone, or to lean on one voice or the other.\u00a0 They are like the composer’s pencil crayons. The melody and rhythm create a black and white sketch\u00a0 and all of the other markings help the performer to add a rainbow of colour to the picture.<\/p>\n
Imagine then, that each dynamic marking is a different coloured pencil crayon;\u00a0forte – blue\u00a0\u00a0 piano – pink\u00a0\u00a0 mf – green\u00a0 mp-\u00a0orange\u00a0 fortissimo- purple\u00a0 pianissimo-yellow. The variety of colours can\u00a0take a piece of music from sounding alright to\u00a0making your hair stand on\u00a0end\u00a0beautiful!<\/p>\n
Sometimes, however, a piece will have little in the way of markings, leaving the artistry to the performer. There may be 4 lines that are\u00a0marked forte. Should all four lines of music be played “blue” ? \u00a0I challenge my students to dig deeper into the “pencil case”. How many different shades of blue are there? Each of those shades represent a different sound in the spectrum that is “forte”. A two line forte section of music doesn’t mean that it should all sound the same. You could have a royal blue, peacock blue and periwinkle blue all within the first two bars. By changing the weight of your fingers, arms and shoulders and back you can create differing tones that pull your listener in and begin to paint a picture- tell a story.<\/p>\n
Colour your music beautiful.\u00a0 Create a music rainbow and turn your pieces into works of art.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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