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  4 күн бұрын

  this is helpful but not in the way i was expecting i for myself however as i said it is helpful nonetheless

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  @darthmase9 күн бұрын

  What's the title of the piece playing at the beginning of the video (title card)?

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  @alanbelkin86119 күн бұрын

  That is the beginning of my 5th symphony

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  @darthmase9 күн бұрын

  @@alanbelkin8611 Thank you for the reply! It's such a strong and interestingly orchestrated opening, I can't wait to hear the whole thing now!

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  @alanbelkin86119 күн бұрын

  @@darthmase it's here on KZread, just look for Alan Belkin symphony #5.

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  @HrHTeam9 күн бұрын

  Interesting. Does this use some kind of a series at the start or is it 12 tone?

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  @alanbelkin86119 күн бұрын

  I don't write serial music, ever.

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  @HrHTeam9 күн бұрын

  @@alanbelkin8611 Does the first movement follow a particular harmonic idiom/pattern/style?

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  @alanbelkin86119 күн бұрын

  ​@@HrHTeam Simply my own harmonic style. It's tonal but not in a classical way, lots of linear harmony.

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  @reginaldobudai433010 күн бұрын

  Thanks !!!!!

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  @rubenmolino38611 күн бұрын

  excelent !!

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  @aristidemoari11 күн бұрын

  Thanks

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  @HumbleNewMusic12 күн бұрын

  👍

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  @FelipeVieira198312 күн бұрын

  Thanks!

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  @curtpiazza168815 күн бұрын

  Looks intriguing! 😊

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  @Tritone7718 күн бұрын

  Greatttt

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  @jeanrobillard863018 күн бұрын

  Je ne m'attendais pas à entendre une fugue d'un tel type après tant de sonorités jazzifiantes dans le prélude. Toute une surprise et tout un contraste! 🤗

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  @coreylapinas100018 күн бұрын

  Beautiful

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  @jcrouse746118 күн бұрын

  Love this! 💚

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  @Marmusca19 күн бұрын

  Merci pour cette leçon sur le métier de compositeur

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  @bradencutright-head662922 күн бұрын

  Thank you for posting this! As a budding composer myself with my own KZread channel and pieces, originality is something I struggle with. I’ve often been accused of sounding too much like Mozart or Beethoven. However, I blend 18th-19th century western formal and harmonic practices with African rhythms and vocal techniques and hints of heavy metal, and have had other people say I have a unique sound.

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  @johnpcomposer23 күн бұрын

  This is a really good video about one of the most important subjects for the time in which we now compose, where originality is confused with novelty...where innovation is valued over idiom.

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  @HrHTeam23 күн бұрын

  What's the music/piece in the intro?

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  @alanbelkin861123 күн бұрын

  That is the beginning of my 5th symphony

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  @TamsinJones24 күн бұрын

  Thank you for a highly stimulating video. For me it throws up a number of issues. First, it's not always easy to recognise originality-sometimes it takes quite a subtle form that is hard to appreciate because one has not encountered such ideas before. Your example from Beethoven's 5th shows that well. Second, perhaps originality is fetishised too much. Rather than constant novelty, I believe what is really important is the sense of a composer having something to say. So, in the case of Bach and his fugues, it's not so much the language (which is relatively conservative) as the message that's important. One might come up with something original as a means of saying one's message, but novelty alone is empty, as you show with the "v-oil-lin" example. Emotional intensity, intellectual aspiration, obsession, playfulness can all be compelling things to express. So, ultimately, I would argue that it comes down to that: is one expressing something or not? And that, incidentally, is why we should not yet be worried about generative AI. Until it becomes indisputably sentient, it cannot have a creative will to express-but that is the thing that makes the best human music what it is.

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  @johnpcomposer23 күн бұрын

  Tamsin, You always have your feet on the ground and such good sense....finding your own idiom is the most important thing...to find your own voice is the greatest innovation your can achieve because in sounding not quite like anybody else you have made it new.

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  @richardmillingtonmusic24 күн бұрын

  Thanks for another thought-provoking video, Alan. I recall your use of the example from Beethoven's 5th in your book (which I'm currently re-reading!). Looking forward to your lesson on Sibelius!

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  @seleniticdawn25 күн бұрын

  Can't wait for the Sibelius video! His second symphony was the first symphony I ever listened to in full and my introduction to the genre, outside of snippets I had heard from other composers. Since then he has remained my favourite orchestral composer.

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  @muserik26 күн бұрын

  Hi Alan, nice work ty. So you accept hidden fifths between outer parts? (third spieces 3 part penultimate meas.) I will be teaching counterpoint next year at conservatoire and have not made up my mind yet with details as such....

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  @eightxasfuck27 күн бұрын

  Love from India 🇮🇳

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  @TheSteelDialgaАй бұрын

  I think you mean "good" as in "classically appropriate". I think it's unfair to put value judgements on tools and techniques. I really enjoy the sound of a flute and a trombone together, and I think having the flute play in it's low register adds an awkwardness that makes for an interesting effect. It's not rich, and it feels empty. It's a unique emotion. The example of good orchestration just seems really tame and bland, but smooth and rich for sure. It definitely gives a strong gloomy effect though, much better than the duo. Would love to see what it would sound like compared to a wind ensemble or even something like a percussion ensemble

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  @batboy5023Ай бұрын

  the pizz bass is where it really changed for me

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  @PlanetHOfficialАй бұрын

  I love it!

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  @felixbergman-composer626Ай бұрын

  This is a perfect example of a transition: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lZOTr8uHpqWtcps.html

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  @notime4toiАй бұрын

  What do u mean by serious in the description?

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  @FougarouBeАй бұрын

  It's about the "mood" of the Prelude, which sounds "with an earnest tone" and is not "playful" and "joyful" like the Fugue (if you see what I mean because I am not a native English speaker). ;)

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  @notime4toiАй бұрын

  @@FougarouBeI see, 🙏

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  @DeGuerreАй бұрын

  2:17 There's actually a real example of this. The R&B song "Girlfriend" by Alicia Keys has... uh... let's just say a very unusual moment, about 2/3 of the way through the song. You can decide for yourself if it sounds like a mistake. kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z4mglbuum9idn6w.html

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  @rodterrell304Ай бұрын

  Wish I had found this 6 years ago, oh well, better late than never. Thanks Mr. Belkin.

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  @robbes7rhАй бұрын

  A selection from Johann Sebastian Belkin’s Well Tempered pianoforte? I like the wide voicings and the use of familiar harmonies in what sounds like a higher dimension of tonality. The fugue was charming and succinct. There are occasions where even the esteemed counterpoint of J.S. Bach can strike my 21st century sensibilities as long-winded and turgid. Your fugue managed to avoid such pitfalls.

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  @alanbelkin8611Ай бұрын

  I'm glad you like it. There are 11 more to come!

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  @rubenmolino1480Ай бұрын

  In other words, you have to have common sense about the physical forces that operate in music.

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  @kovachitoАй бұрын

  Concepts and ideas to enhance the way of thinking about composing....One more of the great video collection created from Mr. Belkin. Thank you for sharing with all of us !! Grettings from Chile

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  @Contemporary_MusicАй бұрын

  This channel is like a mine of gems. One of the bests.

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  @rubenmolino1480Ай бұрын

  excelent ¡......tank you Master ¡¡

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  @peteraviss9352Ай бұрын

  Thank you Alan, you make such a lot of very good, thoughtful points.

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  @richardthomashillАй бұрын

  This is the best book on composition that I have read. I'm actually about to give it a second read.

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  @alexchristodoulouАй бұрын

  Once again, to the point in a simple and meaningful way. Thank you for the videos 🙏

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  @pauloluisdemoraespereirape9484Ай бұрын

  success.

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  @nightly522Ай бұрын

  this is helpful, thank you

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  @ssmith5048Ай бұрын

  Hauntingly beautiful, and your solution in the fugue for addressing the harmonic richness in the prelude was masterful.

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  @alanbelkin8611Ай бұрын

  Thank you so much, I am VERY glad you like it!

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  @laurajhballАй бұрын

  I love this, Alan. The Prelude has somewhat of an optimistic foreboding to it, if that's even possible. Went rather well with my casual coffee time.

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  @erichu2264Ай бұрын

  Will you release all of your preludes and fugues eventually? So far I love each of them

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  @jeanrobillard8630Ай бұрын

  Très intéressant. Je ne connaissais que le nom de Dallapiccola. Cette leçon m'a quelque peu réconcilié avec le sérialisme... quoique... En tous les cas, mercis!

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  @RodrigoRaezАй бұрын

  Great information. Thank you.

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  @ssmith5048Ай бұрын

  Another lovely lesson from you demonstrating (among other things) craft from a style -independent approach.

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  @mattwallis18932 ай бұрын

  I wish I could speak French!

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  @ramparts14452 ай бұрын

  Is the music at 2:20 from a particular song or did you write it solely for the sake of example? It's very beautiful.

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  @alanbelkin86112 ай бұрын

  Yes it's my own

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  @ramparts14452 ай бұрын

  @@alanbelkin8611 Might I ask what it's called

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  @alanbelkin86112 ай бұрын

  I just wrote it for that example

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  @ramparts1445Ай бұрын

  @@alanbelkin8611 Ah, I see.

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  @habib63622 ай бұрын

  wonderful

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  @HrHTeam2 ай бұрын

  What’s the piece at the start?

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  @alanbelkin86112 ай бұрын

  It's the last movement of my symphony #5. You can listen to it here on KZread.

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  @HrHTeam2 ай бұрын

  @@alanbelkin8611 it reminds me of the Berg three pieces for orchestra.

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  @ssmith50482 ай бұрын

  Wonderful prelude! The fugue is simply beautiful.