I'm taking this first part out of @mipiano's post because I don't know if it is part of the rules of the post or something she made up, but it summarized the idea of this "challenge" pretty well:
I was waiting for this day. To spread the vibes. Some great things are happening around here, new connections, new ideas and motivation. Although, I react to the slightest spark with a lot of emotions, so maybe I am not so objective. You know, I am just a musician and we feel the things maybe in an exaggerated way.
First of all, I want to bring this idea closer to you. Challenge Not Challenge IS a challenge and NOT at the same time. It is about engaging, motivating and supporting each other, and spreading the vibes. It is about connecting through music, through vibes. When you write the post, it is important to be your personal opinion of the song, musical piece, composer or performance you are invited to respond to. You give your opinion or review and pick the song that you want to share, play or review and invite one or more other users to respond to that song. But to be more precise, here comes the scheme:
Spread the Vibes Guidelines:
-Post Content includes:
your reaction to the music that was shared with you
your music selection and related story
your invites of other HIVE members
link to the post you react to
Post Tags has - to include #spreadthevibes #music
Post Community - any community you like.
Ensure that the person you invited finds out about it, or by commenting on one of his last posts, or use discord or other means of communication if you think he/she will not see the notification on #hive.
Also, since we think that engagement is a very important, comment on the post where you were invited and leave a link to your post when you write it so that we don't accidentally miss it.
Last but not least, have a lot of fun and passion in the challenge not challenge!
This is my response to @mipiano's post. One you can find right here
I was taken into consideration for this because I like to make this pompous reviews of this excellent classical pianist's performances. But could you blame me? Watching Gabriela play is a delight. I'm grateful for every single bit of music she makes with her fluttering fingers on her piano. Grace, poise, accuracy, dynamics, arrangements, and the list goes on and on. She's got it all!
For her post, she chose: Waltz in B minor, composed by Franz Schubert. In her post she goes into more details about this piece. It is a waltz not like the ones we are used to listen around this country. Venezuelan waltzes are composed over a different rhythm making them more syncopated than their European ancestors. This gives some richness to the melodies and harmonies, but it trades off elegance. Both types of waltzes are beautiful in their own way.
Now, as we gone a little in depth on this composition. It is reminiscent of many other classical pieces. There's a main theme and the rest of the waltz is made by variations of this structure. Each variations adds another layer of complexity to the melodic movement of the piece. Going on the harmonic structure, it is a common one too moving from its original tone B minor to it's major relative: D major. This creates an atmosphere of tension and relaxation along the movements and modulations. You can see how delicately Gabriela plays the chords on her left hand. There are some other changes in chords which happen following the pattern of accompaniment of the piece breaking the movement on the start of a bar and at the end of the same.
I would have written all of this in verse, but I don't to push her to make a long comment using poetic language. That would be too much.
This is as far as my comment of @mipiano's selection of music goes. I decided to go with something a bit more cheerful. It's party music. But traditional party music. You might have heard the word joropo before. It means "gathering" in any way possible. One of the best meaning implies music and dance, drinks and food, party and joy. This is a piece which encompasses all of these while showcasing genres of the Eastern Side of Venezuela. This is Joropo Sucrense in the voice of our beloved singer and composer: Hernán Marín. Pay attention to the changes in rhythm and harmonic development of the piece. It's a delight!
If I'm not mistaken, the piece is in A major and changes to F#m at some point. This rendition does not include the change to major again for Estribillo, but it is good enough. You will listen to something that would hit very close to Spain if we are speaking about harmonies. I hope you enjoy it. The tittle of the song is: La Guacharaca.
My invites for #SpreadtheVibes, in this Challenge Not Challenge first edition are:
@hlezama because I know he took this course with professor Boulaine and knows a thing or two about music
@galenkp because the G-dog is in everything, so why not this as well
@bigtom13 because he likes to share some truly amazing music I love to listen.
Thank you @mipiano for the invite. I hope I didn't take too long to reply, but you already know what I'm doing daily, so sometimes it's hard to come by and post.