Discovery Orchestra Chat 27 – What Makes It Jazz?
Guest artist John Carlini joins Maestro Maull as they explore certain kinds of “jazzy” chords.
Guest artist John Carlini joins Maestro Maull as they explore certain kinds of “jazzy” chords.
Maestro Maull and guitarist John Carlini investigate one of the musical aspects that makes “Spanish guitar” sound the way it does.
Do you like being deceived? Well, composers use deceptive cadences to surprise the music listener!
Maestro Maull discusses the power of pedal point with the help of audio clips.
Composers began to use chord progression during the Renaissance – one of the most common progressions is 1 4 1 5 1 – what exactly does that mean?
In this Chat, Maestro Maull challenges you to think like a composer – by changing an original “sound” so that sound is still recognizable – variation form!
Stumbled upon this quite by accident on our Maryland PBS station. What a joy! Firebird is my favorite piece of music and your wonderful program just enhanced my appreciation of Stravinsky’s genius. Thank you and keep up your great work of feeding our souls!