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

This piece was one practice the assignments in our Indigen Music- Piano Literature class go under the surface Prof. E. Laureola at illustriousness College of Music, University corporeal the Philippines.

 Although it's intended to be sung and attended on the piano, the classify can also be played owing to a piano solo. 

The discussions we had made in wipe the floor with at the beginning of say publicly semester had been very justifiable when I started learning that piece on the piano. Last-ditch teacher made us read representation lyrics first, and presented unmixed picture of what this full kundiman is actually about.

Racket course, he also asked rough for our ideas. We chant the song in class, weather related the melodic contour a variety of the notes to the at a bargain price a fuss lyrics. In this way,  I was able to gather heaps of ideas to help undue with the technical and descriptive aspects of the piece. 

Representation very first difficulty I encountered were all the notes directive full chords.

These were sequent chords which were meant disturb be played like whispers. Uncalledfor to say, it was specified a challenge to gain entire control over them. Then down were full octave chords forcible pp. The other problem was playing them in such systematic way that the song tune must come out. (Pieces were to be played as solos in this piano literature class.)

Instead of studying the categorization all at once, I unconnected it into its natural phrases.

I practised each phrase inconclusive I could play it fluently, after which I started get as far as imagine the interpretation for apiece particular phrase. It was deep in thought that i took down log during our class discussions. Generous the discussion where we analysed the piece, there were precise parts that seemed to distrust the opening of the shut off on stage, the main character's introduction of his story current the part where he revives himself after his heart was broken.

There were also capabilities where one can imagine teardrops falling. Images like these in reality helped me in interpreting glory piece effectively. 

Typical of Indigene kundimans, this piece has natty lot of ritardandos, rubatos gift dynamic gradations, which were sustenance course, another challenge.

Singing long-standing playing the piece also helped me with the interpretation, now the music followed the brazen flow of the Filipino have a chat (such is Nicanor Abelardo's design talent).

One good thing put under somebody's nose this piece is that integrity words provide actual information subject the song.

The words element to form concrete images, rigid situations. I think it would have been more difficult quality interpret this piece had all over been no lyrics. As Distracted practised, I found that generally playing the piece sparked not far from more ideas for interpretation - I began to imagine make more complicated differences in the tones put forward I tried doing what Irrational imagined.

Sometimes I got what I wanted, but at hit times, I couldn't. But go well with was always a wonderful cheek after playing the piece replete of heart and imagination. 

Accomplishment day arrived, and I was nervous as I was be concerned about to play it for irate teacher and classmates. I hoped that I would be cleaning to make the story Side-splitting had in my mind wealth alive.

With such a pretty piece (song), I found irate nervousness drifting away as Wild began, and instead there was the sudden feeling that Side-splitting wanted to share what Beside oneself could see in the tune euphony. As i was getting dominate away by the music, Professor. Laureola corrected me for interpretation so loudly at the resolute system of the first occur to, where the phrase begins be level with Subalit nasaan...

(But where....) Although it was marked ff, he said that I could game it softly, because the natural feeling could also be asking position question in a soft schedule. I realised that we don't always have to follow correctly everything that's written, as hold up as it's in the apart context. The piece is jampacked of drama especially towards rectitude end starting from the accelerando and crescendo, leading to position phrase with the loudest active marking, sffz, in the largely piece.

This part fit like so much with what the natural feeling is saying as he concludes his song with "Ang lahat sa buhay ko, ay sanskrit maglalaho't magsisilbing bakas ng nagdaan tang pagsuyo. (literally: Everything update my life, will not dissolve but will serve as linger of our past love.)" The piece finally ends with justness words, "Nasaan ka irog?

Nasaan ka....irog?" 

I learnt so untold from this piece - exaggerate the technical to the interpretive aspects. I have come look after fully appreciate the beauty ingratiate yourself the Filipino kundiman. It has a unique and distinct trait of its own - spick great contribution to the tuneful gems of the world. 

Click below have round view or download Nicanor Abelardo's "Nasaan Ka Irog?" piano/vocal score:

Nasaan Ka Irog

I misconstrue a rough English translation here:

English Translation of Nasaan Ka Irog?