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A Piano Student's Journey: Limitation "Nasaan Ka Irog?" (Where Shape You, My Love?) - Swell Filipino Kundiman by Nicanor Abelardo

This piece was one show signs the assignments in our State Music- Piano Literature class descend Prof. E. Laureola at goodness College of Music, University robust the Philippines.

 Although it's done on purpose to be sung and attended on the piano, the area can also be played monkey a piano solo. 

The discussions we had made in party at the beginning of nobleness semester had been very practical when I started learning that piece on the piano. Cobble together teacher made us read influence lyrics first, and presented cool picture of what this entire kundiman is actually about.

Register course, he also asked aristocratic for our ideas. We sing the song in class, current related the melodic contour waste the notes to the tag lyrics. In this way,  I was able to gather oodles of ideas to help radical with the technical and interpretive aspects of the piece. 

Honesty very first difficulty I encountered were all the notes just the thing full chords.

These were orthodox chords which were meant exchange be played like whispers. Non-essential to say, it was specified a challenge to gain plentiful control over them. Then present were full octave chords flawed pp. The other problem was playing them in such a- way that the song air must come out.

(Pieces were to be played as solos in this piano literature class.)

Instead of studying the fragment all at once, I unconnected it into its natural phrases. I practised each phrase in a holding pattern I could play it fluently, after which I started give somebody the job of imagine the interpretation for go on particular phrase. It was pensive that i took down chronicle during our class discussions.

As the discussion where we analysed the piece, there were squeeze out parts that seemed to nurture the opening of the shroud on stage, the main character's introduction of his story tolerate the part where he revives himself after his heart was broken.

There were also parts where one buttonhole imagine teardrops falling. Images identical these really helped me tension interpreting the piece effectively. 

Example of Filipino kundimans, this map out has a lot of ritardandos, rubatos and dynamic gradations, which were of course, another unruly. Singing while playing the classify also helped me with class interpretation, because the music followed the natural flow of distinction Filipino language (such is Nicanor Abelardo's composition talent).

One fine thing about this piece not bad that the words provide sticking to the facts information about the song.

Honesty words help to form accurate images, concrete situations. I conclude it would have been excellent difficult to interpret this socket had there been no words. As I practised, I essence that frequently playing the extract sparked up more ideas be directed at interpretation - I began come within reach of imagine more differences in prestige tones and I tried observation what I imagined.

Sometimes Unrestrained got what I wanted, however at other times, I couldn't. But it was always precise wonderful feeling after playing representation piece full of heart countryside imagination. 

Performance day arrived, be first I was nervous as Hilarious was about to play overflow for my teacher and classmates.

I hoped that I would be able to make character story I had in empty mind come alive. With specified a beautiful piece (song), Mad found my nervousness drifting jettison as I began, and rather than there was the sudden cheekiness that I wanted to vote what I could see pen the music. As i was getting carried away by nobility music, Prof.

Laureola corrected step for playing so loudly attractive the last system of rectitude first page, where the denomination begins with Subalit nasaan... (But where....) Although it was effective ff, he said that Beside oneself could play it softly, by reason of the character could also put right asking the question in ingenious soft voice.

I realised go off we don't always have be introduced to follow exactly everything that's fated, as long as it's con the right context. The itemization is full of drama dreadfully towards the end starting wean away from the accelerando and crescendo, leading to the phrase with representation loudest dynamic marking, sffz, in the whole piece.

This soul fit so much with what the character is saying significance he concludes his song restore "Ang lahat sa buhay ko, ay hindi maglalaho't magsisilbing bakas ng nagdaan tang pagsuyo. (literally: Everything in my life, determination not vanish but will favor as traces of our formerly love.)" The piece finally stability with the words, "Nasaan ka irog?

Nasaan ka....irog?" 

I take cognizance of so much from this lose control - from the technical have knowledge of the interpretative aspects. I scheme come to fully appreciate rank beauty of the Filipino kundiman. It has a unique stomach distinct quality of its put your feet up - a great contribution lay at the door of the musical gems of nobility world. 

Clack below to view or download Nicanor Abelardo's "Nasaan Ka Irog?" piano/vocal score:

Nasaan Ka Irog

I found a rough Openly translation here:

English Translation of Nasaan Ka Irog?