A shocking message from my mom yesterday night. My one of my musical tutor, Uncle Benny Ng just passed away. It was a very shocking news, three days back i just called him up and talked to him regarding the woodwind performance during the Christmas. Two weeks back we were still talking to each other in the church camp at port dickson. He looked very healthy. This is such a sudden breaking news.
He is my tutor on clarinet. He plays clarinet and alto saxophone in big band. He has a plenty of precious big band orchestration scores, bought in during the 50's or 60's, if i'm not mistaken. A soloist on jazz for both of his instruments too. He then did some research on the way all those orchestration instruments goes harmony and sounds nice. Having all sort of information, knowledge and experience in big band orchestration (anything, from woodwind tenor sax to brass trombone to string violins), he is one of the rare musician in this country.
During the classes with him, he actually taught me how to appreciate music, especially the classical and big band orchestration style music. And why is emotion in music so important. If not, i may still stop at the level, "technique good means music good".
So, he always tell me to reinforce the church band. He said just chords will not serve well, must put in some harmony and feel or emotion (spiritually). Actually, harmony is a much deeper knowledge then mere chords. In fact, the major and minor chords, although is the main building blocks of music, it was already outdated before baroque music. It was used during the renaissance period. We, usually, don't see any harmony on piano as the purely major or minor straight forward three notes 1-3-5 chords. at least it'll be inversions. Harmony is much harder. But it's just too hard for me, i'm still finding a way to arrange even a simple duets, not to say a orchesration...
Hope that god will be with his family to comfort them..
Rest in peace, Uncle Benny!
He is my tutor on clarinet. He plays clarinet and alto saxophone in big band. He has a plenty of precious big band orchestration scores, bought in during the 50's or 60's, if i'm not mistaken. A soloist on jazz for both of his instruments too. He then did some research on the way all those orchestration instruments goes harmony and sounds nice. Having all sort of information, knowledge and experience in big band orchestration (anything, from woodwind tenor sax to brass trombone to string violins), he is one of the rare musician in this country.
During the classes with him, he actually taught me how to appreciate music, especially the classical and big band orchestration style music. And why is emotion in music so important. If not, i may still stop at the level, "technique good means music good".
So, he always tell me to reinforce the church band. He said just chords will not serve well, must put in some harmony and feel or emotion (spiritually). Actually, harmony is a much deeper knowledge then mere chords. In fact, the major and minor chords, although is the main building blocks of music, it was already outdated before baroque music. It was used during the renaissance period. We, usually, don't see any harmony on piano as the purely major or minor straight forward three notes 1-3-5 chords. at least it'll be inversions. Harmony is much harder. But it's just too hard for me, i'm still finding a way to arrange even a simple duets, not to say a orchesration...
Hope that god will be with his family to comfort them..
Rest in peace, Uncle Benny!
1 comment:
I think Benny has accomplished our mission on earth, that's y, Lord called him.
so , have we accomplished our mission? or, do we know what our mission is?
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