Including analysis and history with repertoire on PS ?

[m1469]

Well, this might be a crazy idea (I have had those before... he he), but I am wondering if there is a way to include (in the future) an optional download of analysis and/or history for the pieces we have in our sheet music section on PS ?

What I am thinking is along the lines of allowing people to work on these things individually or in group as projects as they please, and then submitting them to be included as an aspect of the repertoire collection.  I understand there would be issues of accuracey and so on, so somebody would need to check out what is submitted but maybe that could be dealt with somehow.

Just an idea.



m1469 

[rosana]

I think this is a wonderful idea. I second it.

[Bob]

You can include an analysis now.  Just make a thread (in the repertoire section I guess) and include pictures of any writing or the music.

The accuracy would be as good as the author.  I'm sure someone will bark if there are mistakes and the piece is popular enough.

There just aren't links from the sheet music part to those analyses though.

The rest of an anlysis could be done with text.  That can get really dry to read without the score -- hence the pics inserted into the thread post. 

So I think it can be done now.  The question is -- who will be willing to put the work into the analysis and the effort into creating a post (esp a clean, easy to read post)?

Aren't there analyses on here?  Bach preludes somewhere?  Surely something by Bernhard?

[m1469]

Well, that's one of the things I have thought about.  Sure, I suppose there is no reason one could not do it now.  Believe it or not, there are some people who would like to do this kind of work, like me, for example.  I really need the practice and having something like this to give me focus is appealing to me.  I would suppose there may be somebody else out there who might want to do this as well... NO ? 

Anyway, sure, I will start doing some as I please.  But, just keeping it to threads will allow them to sink and be lost.  I know there are some analysis on the forum for some pieces already (but where ?  That's part of the point).  But, there are certainly many, many more which can be analyzed.

I think that including analysis with the pieces in the Sheet music section of the forum would be valuable in the future (provided the analysis is accurate).  Imagine being able to download a score, recording, analysis, history... "it's heaven in a forum", she says (he he).... for some piece you are working on.  Or, you are wanting to learn more about analysis in general and would like an example to help you out.  I just think it could be really educational, that's all.

Also, I don't think we can just post the pieces with the analysis on the threads because of copyrights.  Correct ?


m1469

[keyofc]

m1469,
I think that is a fantastic idea - I hope it happens!  I could use help with analysis.
I think it would be so helpful to have musicians that worked together like that and help each other
And I think that if it is not kept in a separate box/post a lot of good work would be lost.
I am reading this 8 months after the post, so I hope it's still something you're interested in.

[keyofc]

We could do it on different levels,
the more complicated pieces that we are working on,
and we could take method books and do them too, for people who are not used to doing analysis and want to get into it.

[RealPianist]

or, if the administrator can give us new page, for example,
now in piano forum we can divide into two:
1. Piano Board
a. Performance
b. Repertoire
c. Teaching
*add one again* d. Analysis
e. etc
2. NON PIANO BOARD
a. The PF website
b. etc

so, in analysis site, we only may give the title of the piece. It'll be easier then now I think.

[rimv2]

or, if the administrator can give us new page, for example,
now in piano forum we can divide into two:
1. Piano Board
a. Performance
b. Repertoire
c. Teaching
*add one again* d. Analysis
e. etc
2. NON PIANO BOARD
a. The PF website
b. etc

so, in analysis site, we only may give the title of the piece. It'll be easier then now I think.

Ah think the repertoire thread was meant to be about analysis.