Daily Beethoven and Bassoon Multiphonics
Jonathan Biss. Photo Credit: J. Katz for EMI Classics.
During this moment, many artists are creating engaging online content. Here are two projects that artists’ post videos to daily! #DailyBeethoven offers a daily comfort and #DailyMultiphonics teaches us something new every day!
Celebrated pianist Jonathan Biss shares his lifelong engagement with the Beethoven Sonatas by posting #DailyBeethoven videos to his Facebook fan page. 2020 marks the celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birthday, which is being celebrated worldwide.
Ben Roidl-Ward. Photo credit: Lynn Lane.
What is a multiphonic? Bassoons have them? Bassoonist Ben Roidl-Ward shares a different bassoon multiphonic every day on his Youtube channel. A multiphonic is an extended technique on a monophonic musical instrument in which several notes are produced at once. Whether you’re a composer wishing to deepen your knowledge about the bassoon or simply curious what this all sounds like, check out his channel!