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Cross-string ornamentation, romanticizing early music, tone color
[cyberninja]Sat, 2008-04-05 21:33:
Dear Mr. Russell,
As one of your fans in Vancouver (Canada) I am happy to have a chance to talk to you. I have couple of questions and hope to hear your ideas.
1. Your cross-string ornamentation for the early music is very impressive. I have taken a master class in which I was encouraged to use finger P on the final keynote to make it stronger. However, my feel is that all the fingers are independent and can be equivalent in usage, i.e. it doesn't matter which finger is used on the leading note or keynote because the keynote can be emphasized by any finger. I wonder, when you play cross-string ornamentation, do you make the final keynote stronger by using finger p, or just play stronger by any finger?
2. Your tone is fabulous, and I noticed that many fourth generation guitarists follows or copies your round and bold tone. From videos I saw your rarely use rest-stroke (I know playing polyphonic pieces usually requires 99% free stroke) in almost all pieces, is that true?
3. Could you share some idea on tone color? I noticed that, unlike Segovia, Parkening, Bream, many fourth guitarists rarely use it.
4. For the early music, especially for those Baroque pieces, I noticed you use many rubato or even sway. For me, it seems you are romanticizing Baroque pieces like Segovia. (it actually sounds really nice for me) However, some other guitarists follow the tempo strictly. What do you think? Also, I noticed that for some slow pieces in the early music, since there are too many ornamentation, the stable tempo is not actually maintained.
Now we have a classical guitar society in Vancouver (Canada) (http://www.vancouverclassicguitarsociety.org/), I hope you have a chance to visit Vancouver in the near future.
Many thanks!
M
[David Russell]2008-04-05 22:04:
Dear Ming
I'll answer what I can and hope it helps you.
1. I often end the trills on the thumb but there are many ocasions that you need a base note on the last note. In that case you have to end the trill with a finger. There are times that the p is too strong and thumps the last note. I agree that the fingers and thumb should be all independant and we should be able to accent whichever note is necesary with any finger.
2. I probably use much more rest-stroke than some people think. The thing is that I do it without much change in hand position so it is not so noticable. To be a complete guitarist I think you need to be able to use most of the techniques available and apply them as the music requires.
3. Again, I change the tone all the time, sometimes to balance the guitar, but not so much "in your face" changes. It's all a matter of taste and we each use what we like to make our music.
4. There is a big difference between using baroque phrasing and romanticizing like Segovia.
Best wishes, David
[我翻译一下]
跨弦装饰法, 早期音乐的浪漫主义化, 音色变化
-- cyberninja:
罗先生,
作为你的粉丝, 我很高兴能有机会和你交流, 我有一些问题想听听你的意见.
1. 你在早期音乐中使用的跨弦装饰法令人印象深刻. 在某个大师班中, 我曾被告知尽量使用右手拇指演奏最后的主音使之强化. 但我自己的感觉是所有的手指应该是独立而且平等的,就是说, 右手任何一个手指都应该可以用于导音和主音 - 只要用于主音的那个手指加强力度就可以了. 我想知道, 当你使用跨弦装饰法时, 你是使用拇指还是可以使用任何一个手指演奏最后的主音?
2. 你的音色非常出色, 我也注意到很多第四代演奏家学习和模仿你的圆润有厚度的音色. 从录像上看, 你很少使用靠弦弹法, 是这样吗? (当然, 演奏复调音乐时一般99%都不得不使用不靠弦弹法)
3. 你能谈谈你对音色变化的看法吗? 我注意到, 和塞戈维亚, 帕肯宁, 布里姆不同, 很多第四代演奏家很少使用音色变化了. 或者, 大家现在更趋向与把古典吉他当成键盘乐器而不是弦乐器来演奏?
4. 就早期音乐来说, 特别是巴罗克音乐, 我注意到你在处理中使用了rubato和sway. 我觉得这有点象塞戈维亚那样把巴罗克音乐浪漫主义化(我个人觉得不错). 然而, 另外一些吉他演奏家严格地按节奏来弹奏, 你的意见如何呢? 此外, 我也注意到由于大量的装饰音, 早期音乐的缓慢乐曲中, 稳定的节奏并没有被保持.
我们也有自己吉他协会了, 希望你在不远的将来来玩.
多谢.
M.
-- David Russell:
M,
我尽力回答一些问题, 希望对你有帮助.
1. 我常常用拇指结束装饰音, 不过有很多情况下最后的主音伴随着低音, 这时你不得不用别的手指结束装饰音. 有时候拇指结束装饰音会变得过强. 我同意你的观点: 拇指和其他手指应当独立, 每个手指都应当能加强任何一个音符.
2. 我使用靠弦弹法的频率可能比某些人想象得多得多, 给一些人造成我不用靠弦弹法的错觉的原因是: 我使用靠弦弹法时右手变化很小所以不容易被看出来. 作为一个真正的吉他演奏家, 我认为你应该根据乐曲需要使用大部分业已存在的技术.
3. 我其实一直在处理音色变化, 有时候是为了使音色平衡, 但一般不是你说的那种明显的变化. 这是一种个人喜好, 我门可以根据我们自己的喜好来处理我们自己的音乐.
4. 其实, 巴罗克音乐的乐句划分处理和塞戈维亚的浪漫主义化是很不一样的.
祝好运,
大卫.
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