In this question, I will talk about the Seaside Impressions for Horn and Piano by Franz Strauss.
Sound
This piece was written for horn and piano. The title for this piece is German – Empfindungen am meere, means the feeling of the ocean (Seaside Impressions). Because of the horn has beautiful and warn sound, when horn …show more content…
Growth
This piece is a continuous ternary form (A-B-A’). Because the end of A section does not back to the authentic cadence of the tonic key, it changed dominant key directly. The phrase length is four bars antecedent/consequent. Growth is indicated by the melody moving into a higher tessitura and added more fast articulation note, like eighth notes changed to sixteen notes and back to eighth notes to tense/release the mood of this piece.
Plan of the SHMRG Performance
Because of SHMRG system, I can analyze piece particularly. When I get a new piece, I can use the Sound system to realize the music idea that composer wants to tell us and the dynamic will be seem very clearly. Using the Harmony system, to analyze the layers and chord in this piece. It is easier to figure out the style of the piece. The Melody part, I can see the music lines and get the direction of the piece. The Rhythm system, we can though the beats to figure out the articulation and the mood changing in this piece. Using Growth system can help us to understand the whole music style and the form. Each of SHMRG system is related. I do these systems in my own practicing and also will teach my students this system to provide the easy way to analyze the piece when they first get