Challenge in measure 7 and 8.
Hi everyone,
I'm currently involved in a project featuring a wonderful Ukrainian song. I'm a Cuban-Canadian who studied in Kyiv, Ukraine, over 40 years ago.
Now, with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, all my memories are coming back to those younger years, and this song deeply motivates me.
I began learning piano a year ago, and my skills are still developing. Using MuseScore, I’ve been entering the piece measure by measure, guided by the video in the Google Drive folder I’ve shared below.
My biggest challenge has been measures 7 and 8. In the video score, it appears that two voices are being used (I’ve marked them green and black in my project). When I play back my MuseScore version, it sounds a bit different—actually, quite a lot different.
If you have the time and feel motivated to help, could you please modify these two measures in a separate MIDI file and send it to me?
I would greatly appreciate any help you can offer.
Folder link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-7z-938Ka8ktn6e6WM2LxCuodPnpcXw…
Mosescore project(.mscz):
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18RBdeL2aXL3xoZ-zVAG0OjT7aDRAGA_b/view?…
Video with the sound and score of the ukranian song How "I can't not love you, my Kiev?"(.mp4)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xvy55FXIAJxl9Mj1_-xcueegaToipDGT/view?…
There is a group of images with the scores, if you want to use individually click on folder link.
Comments
Actually, Ruben Remus gave me a tip that might make a difference in how the sound is perceived in measure 7 — just by changing the D natural to a D♭. See the attached image.
In reply to Actually, Ruben Remus gave… by solersilver
Not really. I´ve told you D and both E natural.
In reply to Not really. I´ve told you D… by Ruben Remus
Correct. Thanks.
Are you trying to copy the piano part as played in the video? The notes in green aren't in the video, for the most part. In general, the piano part in the video is much simpler than in your score. It can make a difference because a simpler piano part won't distract from the melody and the message of the lyrics.
Just my thought.
In reply to Are you trying to copy the… by bobjp
Hi bobjp,
Sorry, but now I'm a bit confused.
You said: "Are you trying to copy the piano part as played in the video?"
I said: "I was building the measures from the video one-to-one, as displayed in the video-scores." I don't understand where the confusion is.
You said: "The notes in green aren't in the video."
I said: "My notes in green are in the video — I think they're shown in brown, measure 7 and 8. It's a second voice."
You said: "In general, the piano part in the video is much simpler than in your score..."
I said: "I'm assuming that what I hear is what's displayed in the video’s score. When I play my piano version at a slower tempo (around 70–80 bpm), it sounds very similar to what I hear in the video."
I'm still an early piano student, so my goal for the coming weeks is to learn to play this using a combination of MuseScore and Synthesia.
Wish me luck — and thank you, bobjp, for your comments!
— Silver
In reply to Hi bobjp, Sorry, but now I'm… by solersilver
My turn to be confused.
I opened your mscz file. This looks to be the same as all the separate score files in the main folder. The first file is labeled "Song and score". There is no score as such in that video. Just simplified keyboard diagrams of the chords in the song. All I'm saying is that what I see in the score is not what I hear in the video. That may, or may not be important.
Any way, I 'm trying to be confusing. It's just that my music ed training makes me listen very closely.
Good luck.
In reply to My turn to be confused. I… by bobjp
Hey bobjp, is my fault, sorry, "Song and score" is the wrong file that I copied to my drive.
The correct one is "Following the Pentagram" in the link below.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GaACBP0a7U8zdfzwXaNO0zexo0Elim_D/view?…