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Jinnigan
Feb 12, 2007

We shall pay him a visit. There will be a picnic. Tea shall be served.
Can you guys recommend me some classical music that's good for ear training and theory training?

I understand that good classical pieces always have a lot going on, but something like "listen to the chord progression in THIS part of the song" would be really helpful for me.

I have a pretty basic understanding of theory (intervals, chords, scales, chord progressions) but past that I haven't got much, and I don't have much ear training either. Anything you guys suggest would be helpful! I'm learning to play the piano, if that affects anything.

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Jinnigan
Feb 12, 2007

We shall pay him a visit. There will be a picnic. Tea shall be served.
I've been listening to a lot, a lot of Piazzolla. This might apply to a lot of artists (?) perhaps but I really enjoy his mix of melody and dissonance as well as his fun sense of timing and tempo. I also listen to some classically-inspired metal if that helps at all.

Anyways I was hoping for some more recommendations along this line? The Rachmaninoff posted earlier was really good. If someone could make a few specific recommendations of Rachmaninoff's work, that'd be great - dude just has a huge body of work and I don't know where to start! Same for Stravinsky - I've got Rites of Spring, but other than that I'm lost.

Jinnigan
Feb 12, 2007

We shall pay him a visit. There will be a picnic. Tea shall be served.
just wanted to throw out these videos because i loving love these things!! hell yeah visual representations of music that aren't just a score (as great as a traditional score is it's just not the same)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhXHMzSOK5c

these videos are basically orgasms on demand. imo

Jinnigan fucked around with this message at 01:47 on Jul 27, 2011

Jinnigan
Feb 12, 2007

We shall pay him a visit. There will be a picnic. Tea shall be served.
And now, for something probably a little different:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHUMT9EvVbo

What kind of music starts at 6:30 into this video? It feels very tango or latin to me. Where do I go to find out more? I have been listening to an enormous amount of Piazzolla, if that shows you where my tastes are.

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