September 21, 201015 yr Hey, I've created a quiz where you have to identify themes of the classical standard repertoire. On higher levels there will be some nice extras as bass lines or figured bass samples. The game is in German, but it's easy to understand: If you've recognized the piece, just enter the composer's surname (as it is written on the German wikipedia, e.g. Tschaikowski (instead of Tchaikovsky)) and the Opus number, with a few exceptions: for Mozart, use the K. number, for Schubert D. and for Bach BWV, Handel HWV. If your entry is correct, you'll pass to the next level. If you don't know further, you can enter your name into the highscore. If you reach a higher score, you'll be able to enter again and it will overwrite your old entry. Enjoy!
September 21, 201015 yr Author Ooooops, I'm such an idiot!!! http://www.dgsp-rheinland-pfalz.de/musikspiel/index.php
September 22, 201015 yr I think is too classical for me, I never listen Schubert Mozart etc, does the game have a section with Mahler, Bruckner, Shostakovich, Prokofiev etc ? How do I jump the Schubert stuff ? :D
September 23, 201015 yr seriously this is too hard, if you want us to type the exact opus numbver, etc... Playing an audio fragment would also greatly help identifying the song. What would be best (either way with/or without audio) is to make it multiple choice.
September 23, 201015 yr Author seriously this is too hard, if you want us to type the exact opus numbver, etc... Playing an audio fragment would also greatly help identifying the song. What would be best (either way with/or without audio) is to make it multiple choice. Come on, if you look at the Highscore, you can see that it is not too hard. It's difficult, but with some research and stylistic knowledge you can be successful even without know the pieces. If you got the piece, you can google the opus number, that's not the problem. If you think the first one is Mozart, you can easily find the correct piece. ;) You got the key and time signature, articulation (so that you can think of the instrument it's written for), ... Good luck! :) And don't give up too early! You can use this thread to give or ask for hints.
September 23, 201015 yr Author I think is too classical for me, I never listen Schubert Mozart etc, does the game have a section with Mahler, Bruckner, Shostakovich, Prokofiev etc ? How do I jump the Schubert stuff ? :D You can't jump anything, but there will be much Mahler, Bruckner, Shostakovich and Prokofiev! :) But you need some knowledge of the whole classical repertoire :)
September 24, 201015 yr I will keep saying that multiple choice qould attract more people. What's the point of googling for an answer...
September 24, 201015 yr Author I will keep saying that multiple choice qould attract more people. What's the point of googling for an answer... The point is that you should recognize the piece and then google the opus number, which is just the easiest method to check whether you really know the piece or just guessed. Multiple choice would be nonsense, as it would be far too easy and you could just try out all options until you've got the right...
September 25, 201015 yr You can make multiple choice as hard as you want. If I know a piece is by mozart, but the answers all consist of mozart but just differ in opus number, it still is hard. Moreover, if you want to have that level system, just make some1 go to level 1 again if he failed to answer a question correctly :P.
September 25, 201015 yr Author You can make multiple choice as hard as you want. If I know a piece is by mozart, but the answers all consist of mozart but just differ in opus number, it still is hard. Moreover, if you want to have that level system, just make some1 go to level 1 again if he failed to answer a question correctly :P. It would be easy, even now if you know the composer, you can quickly find out the piece by guessing. There are not so many works in e.g. Schumann's opus. Only composers with a lot of works like Mozart or Haydn could be a bit more tricky then, but then their works are so very famous that you shouldn't need multiple choice for them. Going to level 1 again after failing would not make much difference, as it would be just a matter of time then... Come on, guys, nobody before has complained about the difficulty.
September 26, 201015 yr Knowing pieces by Opus numbers is silly especially with composers with larger groups of works. Who honestly knows Mozart works by KV number?
September 26, 201015 yr Author Knowing pieces by Opus numbers is silly especially with composers with larger groups of works. Who honestly knows Mozart works by KV number? OMG, again, another time for you: It's about knowing the game and then checking the opus number by google. Who else shall I check whether you know the work? By entering the name? By checking whether you've entered one of thousend possibilities of spelling the name of a Mozart symphony?
September 26, 201015 yr OMG, again, another time for you: It's about knowing the game and then checking the opus number by google. Who else shall I check whether you know the work? By entering the name? By checking whether you've entered one of thousend possibilities of spelling the name of a Mozart symphony? :blink: Spellings of a Mozart symphony? Last I checked, in English, the only spelling for Symphony No. 41 would be "Symphony No. 41". It's not called "Cimfonee Nombuur Fortee Won".
September 26, 201015 yr You can't jump anything, but there will be much Mahler, Bruckner, Shostakovich and Prokofiev! But you need some knowledge of the whole classical repertoire That's why I did go to the conservatory :D and I'm afraid that will give me problems sooner or later
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