VIDEO: Jazzin' Giovanni
This is the second of two videos where we understand Beethoven's music from the inside out, using one of his famous keyboard pieces as a point of departure for composition and improvisation.
Links:
- Please click here to watch the first video, Guess the Mystery Piece by Creatively Exploring its Chords.
- Please click here to download the music for
Jazzin' Giovanni (166.06 kB), a jazzy variation of the theme from Beethoven'sWwO 70, Six Variations. (Beethoven himself found this theme in the opera, La Molinara, by Giovanni Paisiello.)
Click these links to find ideas for Improvisation and Composition Activities, All Materials and PDF Music Downloads:
Articles:- Mystery Piece 1 - Improvisation and Composition Activities
- Mystery Piece 1 - Teaching Strategies, Part 1
- Mystery Piece 1 - Teaching Strategies, Part 2
- Complete Variation of Mystery Piece, Full Arrangement
- Bass Line Exercises Demystify Jazzin' Giovanni
Music to Download:
1_Mystery_Chord_Progression (88.22 kB)
Variation on Paisiello's Melody, excerpt, blocked chords (109.36 kB)
Variation on Paisiello's Melody - full arrangement (181.95 kB)
Mystery Piece 1 - Six Variations, Theme (61.38 kB)
Jazzin' Giovanni, a jazzy variation (166.06 kB)

