Rhythm MP

🥳🎉 Celebrate Make Music Day! 🎶🎻
String ensemble score and parts https://ABRSM.org/partnerships
The arrangements, of Southeast Asia folk songs, are by three composers who took part in ABRSM Composer Mentoring Programme – Writing for Music Education – Southeast Asia 2024 – Meet The Composers 📖✍️ https://ABRSM.org/blog/meet-the-composers-part-1

🎻 Suriram is an Indonesian/Malaysian folk song arranged by Indian composer Santosh Baynes. 🇮🇳 https://YouTube.com/watch?v=Fny0NqBnmxc

🎻 Chan Mali Chan is a Malaysian folk song arranged by Malaysian composer Ten Xiao Qin. 🇲🇾 https://YouTube.com/watch?v=IrZd2uJnWH0

🎻 Burung Kakaktua – Indonesian folk song arranged by Malaysian composer Sebastian Ooi Wei Chern. 🇲🇾 https://YouTube.com/watch?v=3yagktUYci0

🎹 Piano Learning | Every piece has a story to tell.
🇲🇾 When playing ‘Sneaky Surprise’ by Malaysian composer Sebastian Ooi Wei Chern it is helpful to think about the QUALITIES in the music which give the piece its CHARACTER: quiet dynamics and light staccato touch sound sneaky, and the surprise is heard in the loud dynamics and accents. Exaggerate the contrasts to make the STORYTELLING really exciting and engaging. 🎹 ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces 2027 & 2028, Grade 2 · C1 https://YouTube.com/watch?v=eZHyagvnOhs

🎹 Piano Learning https://ABRSM.org/for-learners/piano-learning

Meet The Composers 📖✍️ https://ABRSM.org/blog/meet-the-composers-part-3

Creative Musicianship https://ABRSM.org/creative-musicianship

🇨🇳 Zhu Jian'er (朱践耳) ‘An Offering of Intimacy’ (No. 1 from Two Preludes, Op. 4) from ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces 2027 & 2028, Grade 8 🎹 https://YouTube.com/watch?v=T9ZRNceFWYQ

🎶❤️👂🎨 Zhu Jian'er didn't just copy tradition; he absorbed it and used it creatively. Now it's your turn. Let's try two creative tasks based on this piece.

📖✍️ First, improvisation. Take the piece’s simple, conversational motif and, at the piano, use it to have your own musical conversation. Play it softly, and answer loudly. Be questioning, then be certain. You are not playing Zhu Jian'er's notes anymore; you're using his musical language to speak your own mind.

📖✍️ Second, composition. Embrace the Chinese 'linear conception'. Write a simple, single-line melody using a pentatonic scale with just the black keys on the piano. It instantly gives a Chinese flavour. Now add a second, independent line in the bass. Don't think about Western chords; think of two voices flowing together, like two streams, occasionally meeting to create harmony naturally.

This is exactly what Zhu Jian'er did: he took the essence of Chinese music and found new ways to express it. So, go ahead: be a musician, a performer, and finally, a creator.

Piano Learning www.ABRSM.org/for-learners/piano-learning

Creative Musicianship www.ABRSM.org/creative-musicianship