Last Tuesday (4/10/16) Miss Dixon gave a very in-depth introduction to Balkan folk music and we listened to two different versions of Ajde Jano. One by Nigel Kennedy and one by Vasilija Radojcic. Both versions of the song had similar characteristics such as their time signature (7/8), tempo and the words that were sung, but the actual instrumentation was very different. The rendition by Vasilija Radojcic sounded much more traditional and sounded like something you would find in Serbia. The instruments used in her version were: vocals, accordion, bass, violin, and a wood sounding percussion. In Nigel Kennedy's version, there is a very Turkish feel to the song. There is a larger emphasis on the accordion and on the bass and a flute has been added to the instrumentation. This completely changed the feel of the song as it felt more modern and fast paced.
After watching both videos, we had a go at performing them ourselves, once with clapping and once with our actual instruments.
After this lesson I realized that I really like this style of music, and when I perform my own, I want to incorporate vocals, percussion and a fast paced tempo.
On Monday (10/10/16) a Romanian Folk band, called Vardos, came and performed for us. Although I missed the first little bit of the lesson I didn't miss out on much. They performed a range of different songs from all over Romania and Hungary, and had a really good performance presence. The lead violinist, in particular, made the performance quite enjoyable (almost comedic) as she was constantly making faces and moving around and talking in a way that made it interesting. There was also a violin/bass player and viola/accordion player in the band. All these instruments sounded so good together and I really enjoyed the performance.
Although their perspective of Folk music is not my most favourite genre, I would like to incorporate their amazing performance skills to make my performance enjoyable.
After watching both videos, we had a go at performing them ourselves, once with clapping and once with our actual instruments.
After this lesson I realized that I really like this style of music, and when I perform my own, I want to incorporate vocals, percussion and a fast paced tempo.
On Monday (10/10/16) a Romanian Folk band, called Vardos, came and performed for us. Although I missed the first little bit of the lesson I didn't miss out on much. They performed a range of different songs from all over Romania and Hungary, and had a really good performance presence. The lead violinist, in particular, made the performance quite enjoyable (almost comedic) as she was constantly making faces and moving around and talking in a way that made it interesting. There was also a violin/bass player and viola/accordion player in the band. All these instruments sounded so good together and I really enjoyed the performance.
Although their perspective of Folk music is not my most favourite genre, I would like to incorporate their amazing performance skills to make my performance enjoyable.