NEW CONTRIBUTIONS OF DOCTORAL DISSERTATION *** Topic: Transcribing scholastic Piano works to popular music Piano works Major: Musicology Code: 62210201 Scholar: Nguyen Thi Phuong Hoa Instructor: Associate Prof People’s Teacher Hoang Cuong Institution: Ho Chi Minh Music Conservatory New contributions of doctoral dissertation Scientific aspect The thesis is a systematic, intensive research on scholastic piano works transcribed to popular music piano, on scholastic piano works that can be displayed in a new appearance The thesis surveys, combines elements and characteristics of piano transcription; Research on the process of approaching and operating the operational principles and aesthetics in the style of entertainment music - popular music from the scholastic Piano works in Classical and Romantic music passages From the systematization of published documents as well as the elements that can express musical characteristics, the thesis presented, the concept of converting the scholastic Piano work to the popular music piano, as a basis for the research and also as the matter of discussion of transcribed Piano works The thesis determines the role of popular music piano in popularizing and developing piano art in today's Vietnamese music, the role of Piano transcriptions in practice and performance of Piano in particular and popular music in general of the Department of Popular Music at the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music Bringing the feature of opening new points in the direction of Piano development in particular, Music Research in general The results of the thesis contributes to supplementing the theoretical basis in the training and performance of popular music piano in Vietnam Practical aspect Given the typical elements that define the scholastic piano works, after being compiled, they will have the characteristics of popular music piano works, belonging to popular music genres to help performers and learners easy access to this music genre Propose a system of linguistic and musical stylistic features of works to identify and identify popular musical Piano works adapted from scholastic Piano works through means of expression such as: melodies, rhythms, harmonies, typical work structures, etc., to help performers and students approach The system of technical issues related to performing piano transcriptions, providing technical requirements in performance, improving professionalism in performance and training, supporting performers and students to perform was composed by Piano transcriptions in the style of popular music The research results of the thesis confirm the role of popular music piano works in professional music performance and training today, contributing to supplement content in professional piano training and performance in Vietnam The thesis can be used as a reference to study music teaching, piano teaching and performance at professional music training institutions as well as art and culture schools in the country and for other countries works of similar interest to this research direction 3 The thesis has made contributions and conclusions: Research, identify and define a number of terms related to the topic from there, give concepts and views on popular music as well as on the translation of scholastic piano works for popular piano in order to orient the audience and the scope of the research, affirming the role of popular musical piano works in today's professional music performance and training Through the survey and analysis of transcriptions for popular piano from scholastic piano works, the thesis has systematized the features of musical language and musical style of these works; the system of translation methods has been applied to many scholastic works; The thesis has researched and analyzed the techniques of performing piano transcriptions, identifying and identifying popular musical piano works adapted from scholastic piano works Identify some basic techniques in piano transcriptions to provide technical requirements in expression (performance) in order to improve professionalism in performance and training Since then, the thesis has had a few ideas to contribute to the presentation and performance of the edited work by technical exercises In terms of technical analysis of performance difficulty in works for the training of performance skills for learners, the thesis proposes a number of solutions and suggestions for putting the translated works into the training system professional at the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music, specifically adding works to the curriculum at the intermediate level and the University majoring in Piano Music Feedback In the professional performing arts, soft music piano works, transcriptions for soft music piano from scholastic work are almost not appreciated, not given much attention The concept that transcriptions for piano soft music is an entertainment music genre, so in international competitions and international professional music awards, there is almost no full evaluation, not yet accepting the genre this However, through awards for albums, CDs and DVDs, video clips, as well as number of YouTube followers for the scholastic music re-edited for Piano in a new style by the performers famous as Richard Clayderman, Fazil Say, Matthew Entwistle, Ryan Zhu, Bernd Lhotzky the contribution as well as public acceptance of this genre in the musical life of countries around the world is undeniable as well as in Vietnam Thereby, it is necessary to have a fair and full assessment of the contribution of the genre of "piano transcriptions for popular music from scholastic piano works" as well as the contributions of composers, performers, and composers this genre of music in cultural and social life The search and creation of cultural and artistic products for human spiritual life is always a complicated and demanding job Therefore, "piano transcriptions for popular music from scholastic piano works" is also a separate direction, requiring more research, discovery and creativity, which is the task of the music industry in general This is not the only way to this and the introduction of this music genre also contributes to the music industry, serving the needs of healthy music enjoyment and entertainment needs of the majority of the public On the other hand, it should be recognized from "transforming scholastic piano works into popular music" that scholastic works and piano have been popularized and known to many people Through that, one can go deep, learn and come to scholastic music as well as to the piano From the above analysis, we boldly recommend: - Incorporating piano transcriptions for popular music from scholarly piano works into the curriculum is like exploiting a formal capital for training - Through performance techniques in scholastic piano works that have been adapted for popular music to arrange, introduce more works in the curriculum with specific performance techniques for each style - Through the Styles - genres of words in the piano transcriptions, systematized and added to the curriculum to practice expressing different styles and genres of music is the goal of our training majoring in Musical Piano at the Faculty of Jazz.Pop.Rock and Music Technology at the Conservatory of Ho Chi Minh City - In addition to the contributions as a reference for the music performance and piano training industry, the research results of the thesis are also a suggestion for the direction of composing and composing for the Transcription industry; 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