What's This Song?

Symph said:
I love it too, it's been a while since I listened but I used to have Tchaikovsky, Beehtoven, and Edvard Grieg playing all the time in my house.
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Yeah, I like mostly Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Haydn, with some Bach and Mozart in there too!
 
GafferGames said:
Haha true that :p I suppose it would've been awkward if it was "Beethoven's 5th Symphony - Smackin' ******* and Taking Names"
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Hahahaha It's the Symphony #3 in E-minor titled in Latin E plurinem opus sequidor which in english roughly translates to "Pimpin, Oh Pimpin, I be Pimpin, like a Pimp"
 
GafferGames said:
Yeah, I like mostly Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Haydn, with some Bach and Mozart in there too!
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Bach can be cool but he's a little bit too... stuffy or like... rigid sounding to me, and Mozart is too tame for me. I like the composers who really make huge creciendos and do epically fantastic things, and what I've heard of mozart was mostly very tame calming pleasant simple violin pieces that just weren't the epic cinematic journey's people like Beethoven take you on.
 
Symph said:
Bach can be cool but he's a little bit too... stuffy or like... rigid sounding to me, and Mozart is too tame for me. I like the composers who really make huge creciendos and do epically fantastic things, and what I've heard of mozart was mostly very tame calming pleasant simple violin pieces that just weren't the epic cinematic journey's people like Beethoven take you on.
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Well don't forget, Bach was still in the Baroque period, and Mozart was in the Classical, Beethoven was sort of the transition from Classical to Romantic, so his Symphonies will typically be more grand and full sounding!
 
GafferGames said:
Well don't forget, Bach was still in the Baroque period, and Mozart was in the Classical, Beethoven was sort of the transition from Classical to Romantic, so his Symphonies will typically be more grand and full sounding!
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See I don't know anything about the history of it, I just know what I hear but that's cool that it was because of music developing over time.
 
Symph said:
See I don't know anything about the history of it, I just know what I hear but that's cool that it was because of music developing over time.
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Yeah, I did music in school, so I know a bit about it. The main differences is the development of the orchestra, in the Baroque period there was no piano, and not many instruments, so everything sounded rather bland, as there'd not be much in it, plus everything was mostly stringed instruments. Instead of a piano, a harpsichord was used, and the harpsichord has a unique sounds and where a piano hits strings with a hammer, a harpsichord plucks them, giving a very empty sound. Then as it progressed towards the classical era, brass and woodwind instruments grew, and the strings sections doubled, giving a fuller sound. Also, the harpsichord was replaced by the piano over time, also contributing to the fuller sound. As we approached the romantic period, everything doubled in size again, and it became a lot "grander", as there were so man instruments in an orchestra. Plus, percussion really grew in this transition, giving birth to the use of things like timpani drums and cymbals, really giving a very dramatic and grand feel. Also, fun fact, but because in the Baroque period, strings were dominant, the string section didn't like seeing the other sections growing, as they liked being on top. This led to them coming up with more and more complicated string parts as they wanted to still be on top, which is the reason Beethoven's stuff sounds much grander than Bach's stuff, its was all a competition for dominance.[DOUBLEPOST=1403554124,1403554104][/DOUBLEPOST]Music Lesson 101 here :p
 
GafferGames said:
Yeah, I did music in school, so I know a bit about it. The main differences is the development of the orchestra, in the Baroque period there was no piano, and not many instruments, so everything sounded rather bland, as there'd not be much in it, plus everything was mostly stringed instruments. Instead of a piano, a harpsichord was used, and the harpsichord has a unique sounds and where a piano hits strings with a hammer, a harpsichord plucks them, giving a very empty sound. Then as it progressed towards the classical era, brass and woodwind instruments grew, and the strings sections doubled, giving a fuller sound. Also, the harpsichord was replaced by the piano over time, also contributing to the fuller sound. As we approached the romantic period, everything doubled in size again, and it became a lot "grander", as there were so man instruments in an orchestra. Plus, percussion really grew in this transition, giving birth to the use of things like timpani drums and cymbals, really giving a very dramatic and grand feel. Also, fun fact, but because in the Baroque period, strings were dominant, the string section didn't like seeing the other sections growing, as they liked being on top. This led to them coming up with more and more complicated string parts as they wanted to still be on top, which is the reason Beethoven's stuff sounds much grander than Bach's stuff, its was all a competition for dominance.[DOUBLEPOST=1403554124,1403554104][/DOUBLEPOST]Music Lesson 101 here :p
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That was one of the coolest things I've ever learned. It's amazing to me to think how like... its easy to think of instruments like the piano having always been around, but it's a surprisingly recent instrument... and knowing that like it wasn't a style thing, but simply the limitations at the time. We look at 60's music and go "yea it sounds small and kind of muffled but back then they didn't have unlimited tracks or precision microphones like we do" Never would I have thought "Yeah Bach's stuff relies too much on the harpsichord but there WAS NO PIANO BACK THEN" That... was mind blowing thanks.
 
Symph said:
That was one of the coolest things I've ever learned. It's amazing to me to think how like... its easy to think of instruments like the piano having always been around, but it's a surprisingly recent instrument... and knowing that like it wasn't a style thing, but simply the limitations at the time. We look at 60's music and go "yea it sounds small and kind of muffled but back then they didn't have unlimited tracks or precision microphones like we do" Never would I have thought "Yeah Bach's stuff relies too much on the harpsichord but there WAS NO PIANO BACK THEN" That... was mind blowing thanks.
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Haha no problem, that's what limited knowledge I have of the history of music :p But I agree, its also amazing to think that some movements would be an hour long, and played in one go, hence why you get 4 hour long Symphonies sometimes, cause the movements are so long!
If you haven't already, listen to Beethoven's 14th Sonata "Moonlight" its one of the most beautiful piano pieces I've ever heard!
 
GafferGames said:
Haha no problem, that's what limited knowledge I have of the history of music :p But I agree, its also amazing to think that some movements would be an hour long, and played in one go, hence why you get 4 hour long Symphonies sometimes, cause the movements are so long!
If you haven't already, listen to Beethoven's 14th Sonata "Moonlight" its one of the most beautiful piano pieces I've ever heard!
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oh I'm very familiar with almost everything he's done. I may not have dug into the history of classical music or shown THAT kind of interest, but I have devoured tons and tons of music by the big 3 I loved so much. My favorite Beethoven piece, I can never figure out how the names work. It's like Piano concerto 5 but it's like a movement within that concerto and I'm not sure what it's really called but it starts with a huge orchestra hit BOOOOOM and then the piano starts doing these fast complex walks up and down the keys until WHAM the orchestra hits again, and it does it for like 2 minutes and then the song begins. Not sure if you know what I'm talking about but.. wait.. better idea, I'll just find it and link it lol


I have heard this probably well over 100 times and can hum along to every part hehehe
 
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