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#1000617 - 05/14/08 09:20 PM
Recital 10 -- May 15, 2008
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Registered: 08/10/05
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Loc: Lexington, Kentucky
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 PLEASE DO NOT POST IN THIS THREAD! USE THE DISCUSSION THREAD(S).[/b] I am delighted to introduce our tenth quarterly Adult Beginners' Forum Recital. So, pull up a chair and have a listen. I would like to take this opportunity to ask the audience to please refrain from commentary in this recital room. A separate room has been provided for the purposes of intermezzo discussion. Please take any and all comments to the General Discussion Room and all critical discussion to the Critical Discussion Room. Thank you. A template has been created for those who wish to provide individualized feedback: Response Template In addition to the zip files linked below, mahlzeit has added a feature to his program that creates an online streaming player. Just click on that link to hear all the recital pieces without having to download the zip files. For the convenience of forum members, mahlzeit's program has normalized the files for consistent volume and standardized the ID3 tags in a collection of zip files. This makes it easier to create personal CDs and playlists. These zip files have been posted at the following URLs: Recital 10 Zip 1 Recital 10 Zip 2 Recital 10 Zip 3 Recital 10 Zip 4 Recital 10 Zip 5 Recital 10 Zip 6 Recital 10 Zip 7 Recital 10 Zip 8 The zip files, along with past recitals, have also been uploaded to: http://www.esnips.com/web/PWRecitals Let me express my greatest thanks to five very special people: mr_super-hunky for coming up with the idea of our online recitals, which have proven to be more successful than any of us ever dreamed; Bob Muir for working out the technical details of pulling together the recital and doing so tirelessly for the first six, count 'em, six, recitals; LaValse for hosting the zip files and recital software on his server; Copper for also hosting the zip files and trouble-shooting help; and last but not least, mahlzeit for writing the absolutely fantastic web-based recital program that we are using. THANK YOU MAHLZEIT!!! AGAIN: DO NOT REPLY OR POST ON THIS THREAD!![/b]
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#1000618 - 05/14/08 09:44 PM
Re: Recital 10 -- May 15, 2008
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Registered: 08/10/05
Posts: 16857
Loc: Lexington, Kentucky
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| 01[/b] | | | Performer's name: | dannylux/Mel | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | 27 months after starting again. Lots as a kid. | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Etude de Valse, Op.83 | | Composer: | Charles Mayer | | Source of music: | Sheet music | | Instrument used: | Yamaha P140 | | Recording method: | Line-out to computer sound card line-in. Audacity. | | Critical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | Charles Mayer (1799-1862) was a composer, pianist, and teacher. I fell in love with his Op.83 Etude de Valse when I first saw the score. The Etude starts with a lively main theme in D flat, which transitions to a mysterious, almost brooding middle section in b flat minor. The D flat main theme returns, marked "furiously", in octaves with a lot of extra notes thrown in for accompaniment. The Coda has a couple of leggiero (light) right hand runs up and down the keyboard, followed by a pretty downward figure, a "furious" double arpeggio, and four rolled final chords (hammered). The 4th from the last chord is written as G flat major, but I think this is an engraving error. Harmonically, it just doesn't sound right, so I play a b flat minor chord instead. To my ears, it works perfectly. I hope you like this energetic, throughly delightful Waltz.
The public domain score is here http://www.mediafire.com/?zuzscst2nsz |
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#1000619 - 05/14/08 09:45 PM
Re: Recital 10 -- May 15, 2008
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Loc: Lexington, Kentucky
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| 02[/b] | | | Performer's name: | LisztAddict | | Experience: | lost count  | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Liebestraum No 3 | | Composer: | Liszt | | Source of music: | sheet music | | Instrument used: | Out-of-tune Pramberger grand piano | | Recording method: | Zoom H4 | | Critical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | The whole piece isn't terribly difficult. But the first cadenza, what the heck was Liszt thinking? |
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#1000620 - 05/14/08 09:46 PM
Re: Recital 10 -- May 15, 2008
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Registered: 08/10/05
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Loc: Lexington, Kentucky
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| 03[/b] | | | Performer's name: | Lisztener | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | As a boy 10-12 years old, self-taught on and off (mostly off) until stopping in 1990. Resumed playing August, 2006. Started lessons again late December 2006. No lessons for a year, now. | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Night and Day | | Composer: | Cole Porter | | Source of music: | Sheet music by Peter Nero | | Instrument used: | Steinway | | Recording method: | Zoom H4 using two Rode NT5 mics | | Critical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | This is the second entry of this song in the last two recitals. I hope you enjoy my version. |
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#1000621 - 05/14/08 09:47 PM
Re: Recital 10 -- May 15, 2008
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Registered: 08/10/05
Posts: 16857
Loc: Lexington, Kentucky
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| 04[/b] | | | Performer's name: | Triryche (Rich) | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | 2 years | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Departure | | Composer: | Taro Iwashiro | | Source of music: | Sheet Music transcribed by Althea Chia | | Instrument used: | Yamaha s90es | | Recording method: | analogue outs to PC | | Critical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | *The on-line streaming player plays slower than actual recording*
This is from the Japanese anime series Rurouni Kenshin. I do not know much about the series, I stumbled upon this while looking for an easy anime piece to learn. I am not certain, but I think it is played during the closing credits. |
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#1000622 - 05/14/08 09:47 PM
Re: Recital 10 -- May 15, 2008
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Registered: 08/10/05
Posts: 16857
Loc: Lexington, Kentucky
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| 05[/b] | | | Performer's name: | Orez Eno | | Experience: | I have owned my piano for 3 years, but I did not practice regularly until 6 months ago. | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Dark Eyes | | Composer: | Russian Folk Song (Composer Unknown) | | Source of music: | US School of Music Home Study Course, Lesson 24 | | Instrument used: | Yamaha CLP-230 | | Recording method: | Audacity | | Critical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | This is my first submission. Piano World is an inspiration for me to practice regularly. |
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#1000623 - 05/14/08 09:49 PM
Re: Recital 10 -- May 15, 2008
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Registered: 08/10/05
Posts: 16857
Loc: Lexington, Kentucky
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| 06[/b] | | | Performer's name: | Peyton | | Experience: | On and off for many years. | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Video link: | http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=hkbE51H0Usc | | Home page link: | http://www.peytonart.com | | Title of piece: | Nocturne in C# Minor Post. | | Composer: | Chopin | | Source of music: | Sheet music | | Instrument used: | Young Chang grand. | | Recording method: | Metro | | Critical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I thought I would go all the way and do a video recital. I did it a month ago and since then have decided that I played the nocturne way too fast. But now my piano is in the shop so I can't re-record. Thus my mp3 file is taken off the video as well. It's funny because I really had been practicing it quite slowly but for some reason when I started trying to record it I sped it up.
The nice thing about having it up on youtube is it gave my folks a chance to see me play. Their first comments were "Your piano sounds like hell" so one good thing that came out of this is that they are buying me a new set of hammers. It may not improve my playing but it should mellow out the sound of my Young Chang . |
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#1000624 - 05/14/08 09:50 PM
Re: Recital 10 -- May 15, 2008
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Registered: 08/10/05
Posts: 16857
Loc: Lexington, Kentucky
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| 07[/b] | | | Performer's name: | Mr Super-Hunky | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | Nearly 4 years of noodling | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Comptine d'un autre ete l'apres | | Composer: | yann Tiersen | | Source of music: | Improvised from original score | | Instrument used: | Roland KR-7 digital | | Recording method: | digital piano to audacity | | Critical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | Well, I tried very hard not to butcher this lovely piece too much!. While there is virtually very little of the original score left in its original form, I did try and keep the same melodies throughout the piece consistent with the melody from the original score.
Since I always play a piece the way I hear it in my head, I went with that concept on this one as well but somwhow the end of the piece turned into Bruce Hornsby and the range!!.
I'm not really sure how that could have possibly happened but it did so I kept it in; oh well.
This is a very beautiful piece and should be amongst the "staples" of beginner pieces to learn. There are some very good fingering techniques involved with this piece as well which makes it that much more worth the time to learn. |
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#1000625 - 05/14/08 09:51 PM
Re: Recital 10 -- May 15, 2008
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Registered: 08/10/05
Posts: 16857
Loc: Lexington, Kentucky
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| 08[/b] | | | Performer's name: | Paul Cast | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | Three years | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Sonatina in G - Moderato + Romanze | | Composer: | Beethoven | | Source of music: | Sonatina Album for the Piano, Alfred | | Instrument used: | Yamaha Clavinova CLP-230 | | Recording method: | Audacity | | Critical feedback wanted: | Yes |
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#1000626 - 05/14/08 09:54 PM
Re: Recital 10 -- May 15, 2008
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Registered: 08/10/05
Posts: 16857
Loc: Lexington, Kentucky
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| 09[/b] | | | Performer's name: | Ted Stanion | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | Several years of weekly sight reading lessons as a child. Thirty year hiatus. Three and a half as an adult. | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Notturno, Op. 54, No. 4 | | Composer: | Edvard Grieg | | Source of music: | Dover reprint of Grieg's Complete Lyric Pieces. | | Instrument used: | Samick-made Kohler and Campbell vertical. | | Recording method: | Zoom H4 + Audacity. | | Critical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I'm amazed at how much my interpretation of this piece has changed since I submitted it to the April Piano Bar a month ago. I've slowed the tempo to the point that I now consistently play this thirty seconds slower than I used to. I hope it is not too slow. |
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#1000627 - 05/14/08 09:55 PM
Re: Recital 10 -- May 15, 2008
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Registered: 08/10/05
Posts: 16857
Loc: Lexington, Kentucky
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| 10[/b] | | | Performer's name: | Kawaigirl1 | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | 10 yrs as a child. Restarted as an adult since Dec '05. | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Late Night | | Composer: | Robin Spielberg | | Source of music: | Music book | | Instrument used: | Roland RD300SX | | Recording method: | Digital to PC | | Critical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | Playing this piece with the right expressions and rubato was a challenge for me. |
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#1000628 - 05/14/08 09:56 PM
Re: Recital 10 -- May 15, 2008
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Registered: 08/10/05
Posts: 16857
Loc: Lexington, Kentucky
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| 11[/b] | | | Performer's name: | JeanieA | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | About 6 years | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Hallelujah | | Composer: | Leonard Cohen | | Source of music: | sheet music originally, now from memory | | Instrument used: | Piano, Janssen spinet | | Recording method: | Audacity, using just a handheld audio mic. I just CAN'T get the hang of the daughter's MIDI keyboard to get a better sound! | | Critical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I enjoy the piece and am playing it in a "live" recital in a few weeks. |
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#1000629 - 05/14/08 09:57 PM
Re: Recital 10 -- May 15, 2008
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Registered: 08/10/05
Posts: 16857
Loc: Lexington, Kentucky
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| 12[/b] | | | Performer's name: | polostrings | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | 2years of lessons age 9-10. Started again 30 yrs later. Now 4 months, 2 months of lessons biweekly. | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Mr. Ng's news | | Composer: | polostrings | | Source of music: | polostrings original | | Instrument used: | My wife's Kawai GM-10K Baby Grand | | Recording method: | Zoom H2 | | Critical feedback wanted: | No | | Additional info: | Mr. Ng is an aquaintance. One day , I said "How are you?" . He said,"Not good. My wife died in her sleep last weekend. I wanted more time..." . He had just loss his spouse of 60 yrs. I came home that night feeling sad for Mr. Ng and came up with this piece.
Recording is not perfect, but is also my 1st take, I figure I would plow through it, like a real recital:-) |
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#1000630 - 05/14/08 09:58 PM
Re: Recital 10 -- May 15, 2008
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Registered: 08/10/05
Posts: 16857
Loc: Lexington, Kentucky
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| 13[/b] | | | Performer's name: | The Schubertian | | Experience: | 5 years ages 8 to 13; 2 years ages 17 to 19; 2 years up to present | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Haydn Sonata #59, Mov't 2 | | Source of music: | Wiener Urtext | | Instrument used: | Estonia 190 Grand | | Recording method: | Zoom H2 + Audacity | | Critical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | The piano really needs to be tuned - what sound like 'wrong notes' are actually just keys that are profoundly out of tune |
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#1000631 - 05/14/08 09:58 PM
Re: Recital 10 -- May 15, 2008
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Registered: 08/10/05
Posts: 16857
Loc: Lexington, Kentucky
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| 14[/b] | | | Performer's name: | TrueBeginner | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | 3 months (since the beginning of February 2008) | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Couleur Tendresse ( Color of Tenderness ? ) | | Composer: | Paul De Senneville | | Source of music: | From sheet of music | | Instrument used: | Casio Privia 110 | | Recording method: | From DP Audio Out to PC convert to MP3 and edit out noise using audacity. | | Critical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I planned to submit Lettre A Ma Mere for Mother Day but I could not get it to the point where it sounds acceptable for submission. However this is one of my favorite pieces from Paul De Senneville along with Les Fleurs Sauvages and Une folle envie d'aimer ( which I can not find the music sheet anywhere ). |
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#1000632 - 05/14/08 09:59 PM
Re: Recital 10 -- May 15, 2008
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Registered: 08/10/05
Posts: 16857
Loc: Lexington, Kentucky
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| 15[/b] | | | Performer's name: | Angelojf | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | Off and On and Off and On | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Over the Rainbow | | Composer: | Lyric by E.Y. Harburg; Music by Harold Arlen | | Source of music: | Sheet music. Mostly my own voicing using the Sudnow Method. | | Instrument used: | Yamaha YDP-113 | | Recording method: | 8 Track to CD to audacity (Thanks, Nick!) | | Critical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I just mostly used Sudnow method to voice this from the sheet music. Sudnow has his own “dot” version, but I used my own voicing instead. My wife graded this version of mine as being a “B.” (That’s more kind than when I asked her to grade a saxophone thing I did, and she graded me a “D” on that, but was quick to lovingly add that I “looked good” playing the saxophone!). Thanks go to Monica and all the others behind the scene. Thanks to Swingin' Barb, too!
Thanks for listening! |
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#1000633 - 05/14/08 10:05 PM
Re: Recital 10 -- May 15, 2008
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Registered: 08/10/05
Posts: 16857
Loc: Lexington, Kentucky
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| 16[/b] | | | Performer's name: | Serge88 | | Experience: | 6.5 years | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Video link: | http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=ljTeUKEjhI4 | | Title of piece: | Yesterday | | Composer: | Beatles | | Source of music: | My source of music is everything, play by ear, Youtube video, leadsheet, google for chord, midi files, I listen and read everything after that I play my own version. | | Instrument used: | Digital piano Roland FP-7 | | Recording method: | Digital to PC + Casio video camera | | Critical feedback wanted: | Yes |
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#1000634 - 05/14/08 10:09 PM
Re: Recital 10 -- May 15, 2008
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Registered: 08/10/05
Posts: 16857
Loc: Lexington, Kentucky
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| 17[/b] | | | Performer's name: | rustyfingers | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | 8 years as a child, 3 as an adult | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Star Wars (Main Title) | | Composer: | John Williams | | Source of music: | from Great Popular Piano Solos: Vol 3, arranged by Dan Coates, Columbia Pictures Publications, 1977. | | Instrument used: | Charles Walter 1520 | | Recording method: | Zoom H4 (mik HiGain) to Audacity. | | Critical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I chose this piece at my daughter's request. It fits a couple of the themes we were considering.
Movie: Star Wars
Totally different: It's shorter and louder than my previous submissions.
It has words if you want to sing along
Star Wars
Nothing but Star Wars
It's only Star Wars
All the day long...
I had a Greek Salad for lunch.  |
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#1000635 - 05/14/08 10:12 PM
Re: Recital 10 -- May 15, 2008
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Registered: 08/10/05
Posts: 16857
Loc: Lexington, Kentucky
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| 18[/b] | | | Performer's name: | piano_deb (Deborah) | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | A few years of on-again, off-again noodling around. Four months this year with my first piano teacher, during which I began learning this piece. (I'll be starting with a new teacher in June.) | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Für Elise (easy piano) | | Composer: | Beethoven (arr. Bill Boyd) | | Source of music: | Hal Leonard, Pub No. HL00350696 | | Instrument used: | Charles Walter 1500 | | Recording method: | Mac iBook laptop, built-in mic, Audacity | | Critical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | For those who read my thread in the forums, this is the piece I played at my Mom's birthday party. (It includes the section I had to skip that day, played about as well as I can manage.) I did consider continuing to work on it to try for a better performance, but, well, this pretty much represents the best I can do right now. Time to move on to the next big piece that's a bit above my level. :-) |
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#1000636 - 05/14/08 10:15 PM
Re: Recital 10 -- May 15, 2008
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Registered: 08/10/05
Posts: 16857
Loc: Lexington, Kentucky
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| 19[/b] | | | Performer's name: | Undone (Jim) | | Experience: | 4 months (plus a two years of lessons as a child) | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Plaisir D'Amour | | Composer: | Giovanni Martini | | Source of music: | Alfred's Adult All-In-One Level 2 | | Instrument used: | Yamaha YPG-625 | | Recording method: | Line out to MiniDisk to Line In using Audition 3.0 | | Critical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | While I liked some other pieces better, this is my most recent work and one in which I tried to exhibit more expression. Something I’m still trying to get a handle on. |
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#1000637 - 05/14/08 10:16 PM
Re: Recital 10 -- May 15, 2008
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Registered: 08/10/05
Posts: 16857
Loc: Lexington, Kentucky
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| 20[/b] | | | Performer's name: | Copper | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | 3 years | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Part of Your World | | Composer: | Alan Menken | | Source of music: | Disney Fake Book | | Instrument used: | Yamaha P250 | | Critical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I'm just happy I got something submitted. |
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#1000638 - 05/14/08 10:18 PM
Re: Recital 10 -- May 15, 2008
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Registered: 08/10/05
Posts: 16857
Loc: Lexington, Kentucky
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| 21[/b] | | | Performer's name: | epf | | Avatar: |  | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Rondino (Little Rondo) | | Composer: | Antonio Diabelli | | Source of music: | Sheet Music | | Instrument used: | Privia PX-800 | | Recording method: | Zoom H4 then Audacity to normalize. | | Critical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | As promised, more than 1 note this time. |
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#1000639 - 05/14/08 10:19 PM
Re: Recital 10 -- May 15, 2008
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Registered: 08/10/05
Posts: 16857
Loc: Lexington, Kentucky
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| 22[/b] | | | Performer's name: | Bluekeys | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | 1 year/8 months | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Home page link: | http://bluekeys-diary.blogspot.com/ | | Title of piece: | Le Onde | | Composer: | Einaudi | | Source of music: | Sheet Music | | Instrument used: | Yamaha YDP 223 | | Recording method: | Midi to Red Dot Forever, edited in Anvil Studio to fix some boo boos, rendered to MP3 in Reaper using TruePianos VST. | | Critical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | This piece was way too long and way too hard! I didn't get to eat lunch. Spent all day staring at the red dot! |
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#1000640 - 05/14/08 10:21 PM
Re: Recital 10 -- May 15, 2008
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Registered: 08/10/05
Posts: 16857
Loc: Lexington, Kentucky
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| 23[/b] | | | Performer's name: | TX-Dennis (Dennis Turner) | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | Forever and a freakin' day. Seriously, on and off for over 40 years. More off than on, though. | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | The Nearness of You | | Composer: | Ned Washington/Hoagy Carmichael | | Source of music: | I played this from sheet music with a bit of improvisation. | | Instrument used: | Kawai GE-30 baby grand | | Recording method: | Recorded with Zoom H4. Converted into mp3 with Audacity/LAME. | | Critical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | Let's see, no lunch today. I really love this piece. I think the words and music work perfectly together. Of course, what would you expect from a couple of the all time great pop songwriters? |
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#1000641 - 05/14/08 10:23 PM
Re: Recital 10 -- May 15, 2008
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Registered: 08/10/05
Posts: 16857
Loc: Lexington, Kentucky
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| 24[/b] | | | Performer's name: | rocky | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | 3 years, 3 months, self-taught | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Serenade | | Composer: | Jim Brickman (Arranged by Dan Coates) | | Source of music: | Sheet Music | | Instrument used: | Casio PX100 | | Recording method: | Digital to PC, audacity | | Critical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | Another "easy" piece. I love Jim Brickman but I cannot play his orignal versions so I do what I can! |
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#1000642 - 05/14/08 10:26 PM
Re: Recital 10 -- May 15, 2008
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Registered: 08/10/05
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Loc: Lexington, Kentucky
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| 25[/b] | | | Performer's name: | Kawai, HI | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | Lessons for 1 year, years ago, then off, now back on for 2 months. | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Theme from Fantaisie Impromptu Op. 66 | | Composer: | Chopin | | Source of music: | The Big Book of Watered Down Classics! | | Instrument used: | K.Kawai GM-10 K Baby Grand ?5'1" | | Recording method: | Zoom H2 | | Critical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | Nothing deep, just the best one I could record without the dogs walking on the hardwood floors. |
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#1000643 - 05/14/08 10:27 PM
Re: Recital 10 -- May 15, 2008
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Loc: Lexington, Kentucky
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| 26[/b] | | | Performer's name: | Forum ID: Riddler; Real name: Ed | | Experience: | Two or three years of lessons as a kid; two years of jazz lessons as an adult; and a lifetime of noodling and playing by ear.} | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Home page link: | http://hometown.aol.com/riddlereader/index.html | | Title of piece: | A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing | | Composer: | Billy Strayhorn | | Source of music: | Lead sheet | | Instrument used: | Yamaha P-120 | | Recording method: | Audacity | | Critical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | A strange but beautiful song written by Billy Strayhorn, who was Duke Ellington’s right-hand man. Jazz pianist Rob Arnold characterized it this way: “The chord changes on the bridge were written by a genius, or a madman. Or both.” |
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#1000644 - 05/14/08 10:29 PM
Re: Recital 10 -- May 15, 2008
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Registered: 08/10/05
Posts: 16857
Loc: Lexington, Kentucky
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| 27[/b] | | | Performer's name: | LaValse | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | I'm not really sure - probably about 7 years in total on and off - mostly off and mostly as a teenager. | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Home page link: | http://www.sailwave.com | | Title of piece: | Etude Op 2 | | Composer: | Scriabin | | Source of music: | Sheet music . | | Instrument used: | Yamaha U1 upright acoustic piano. | | Recording method: | Edirol R09 with back of piano miced - 9" from middle of soundboard. This is a 'live' (for want of a better word) recording - i.e. decide to record it - sit down and play it and submit the result. As such it has mishaps (especially weird tempos) and an interesting variety of background noises including traffic, my daughter coming out of the shower and the spin-dryer - not my daughter coming out of the spin-dryer - the spin-dryer itself | | Critical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | Scriabin composed this when he was a teenager. There are lots of stories about it. It's said that like 'that' Rachmaninov prelude, he didn't like performing it himself, even though the public demanded it - but as his harmony developed over the years, he didn't like performing many of his early works. Horowitz, who was presented to Scriabin as a child, did enjoy performing it and there is a great video on youtube of him doing so. In general the piece is performed in a huge variety of tempos and styles. Hitting the notes of this piece is one thing, but its musical emergence by bringing out the various melodies from the chords and fitting the sections together to make a whole is quite another and in these respects this is still very much a work in progress for me; but a very enjoyable one because it really is a nice piece to sit down and fiddle about with; late at night I especially like playing it slowly and very quietly... |
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#1000645 - 05/14/08 10:29 PM
Re: Recital 10 -- May 15, 2008
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Registered: 08/10/05
Posts: 16857
Loc: Lexington, Kentucky
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| 28[/b] | | | Performer's name: | greywullf | | Experience: | 20 years, 3 months. | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Nocturne in A minor Op. 10 No. 1 | | Composer: | Sergei Rachmaninoff | | Source of music: | Sheet Music-google books
Modern Russian Piano Music Vol. 2, ed. Constantin Von Sternberg | | Instrument used: | 1910 Chickering 6'5" Grand, original condition | | Recording method: | in home, 2 mics, M-audio audiophile usb to Audacity | | Critical feedback wanted: | Yes |
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#1000646 - 05/14/08 10:31 PM
Re: Recital 10 -- May 15, 2008
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Registered: 08/10/05
Posts: 16857
Loc: Lexington, Kentucky
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| 29[/b] | | | Performer's name: | JohnFrank | | Experience: | 2 1/2 years - Self-teaching | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | The Sound of Music | | Composer: | Richard Rogers/Oscar Hammerstein II | | Source of music: | Alfred's Adult Greatest Hits Songbook | | Instrument used: | Yamaha Clavinova CVP-301 Digital Piano | | Recording method: | Recorded to internal 16-track recorder in Clavinova; then played back thru direct stereo cables into PreSonus Inspire 1394 analog-to-digital converter, while simultaneously recording on computer using Cubase LE software. | | Critical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | Not necessarily as I play it but easily one of the top 10 most beautiful songs ever - title song from the Broadway Musical/movie - this is a nice arrangement by Sharon Aaronson that I've embellished slightly - thanks R & H for your magnificent creativity and all those great songs from all the wonderful musicals over the years! |
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