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| 40 | | | Performer's name: | Euan Morrison | | From: | Edinburgh, Scotland | | Experience: | 3yrs, 7mths | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Comptine d'un autre ete: l'apres midi | | Composer: | Yann Tiersen | | Duration: | 02:22 | | Source of music: | Sheet music | | Instrument used: | Yamaha ydp-113 digital piano | | Recording method: | Recorded in midi, then used Galaxy II Steinway VSTi. | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | This piece is taken from the French film Amelie. It is probably Yann's most well-known piece which makes it strange that I have never formally recorded it. I tried to base my interpretation on his live performance on the 'C'etait Ici' album, rather than the written score. |
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| 41 | | | Performer's name: | Eighty8 | | From: | Dayton, Ohio | | Experience: | lessons as a teenager, many years away, then back at it for a couple of years now. | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Moonriver | | Composer: | Henry Mancini | | Duration: | 03:02 | | Source of music: | sheet music | | Instrument used: | Alesis QS8 | | Recording method: | Digital keyboard to midi then to line-in of PC to convert to mp3 using Goldwave. | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes |
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| 42 | | | Performer's name: | IPHBAHN Sandy | | From: | Halifax, NS | | Experience: | 2 years noodling, 7 years lessons | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Enchanted Waterfall | | Composer: | Martha Mier | | Duration: | 02:04 | | Source of music: | Sheet Music | | Instrument used: | Roland Digital | | Recording method: | Direct to PC | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I love this piece. It was fun to learn and took me about 4 weeks altogether. For some reason, a little more difficul;t to memorize than others of hers. I find that Martha Mier Romantic and Jazz pieces are a nice addition to my clasical study as they provide opportunity to complete expressive pieces in a few weeks. |
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| 43 | | | Performer's name: | TX-Dennis (Dennis Turner) | | From: | Texas | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | Forever on an off (more off than on, though) | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Home page link: | http://myweb.cableone.net/rxbetty | | Title of piece: | Some Day My Prince Will Come | | Composer: | Frank Churchill / Larry Morey | | Duration: | 03:53 | | Source of music: | sheet music | | Instrument used: | Kawai GE-30 | | Recording method: | From Zoom to the Audacity of Hops | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | The piece is still a bit rough, but I'm running out of time, so here it is warts and all. Lunch? Rice cakes and Diet Coke (nutritious, huh?) |
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| 44 | | | Performer's name: | flyingfroggy | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | ~10 years | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Midnight Rhapsody | | Composer: | Melody Bober | | Duration: | 02:26 | | Source of music: | sheet music | | Instrument used: | Schimmel Konzert Grand K 189 | | Recording method: | Zoom H2, normalized with audacity | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I first heard PianoN00b play this piece several recitals ago and loved it--so, thanks, PianoNoob for introducing it to me! |
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| 45 | | | Performer's name: | jotur - Cathy Turner | | Experience: | 2 years of lessons mid-teens, 30+ years off, playing for dancing since 1995. | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | San Antonio Rose | | Composer: | Bob Wills | | Duration: | 03:28 | | Source of music: | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys Greatest Hits, and improvisation. | | Instrument used: | Casio Privia PX100 | | Recording method: | digital to PC, audacity | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | This is my update, but it still proves what I've said all along - we're all beginners at something  For the kind of thing I play now in many ways being a good sight reader has been an awful handicap - but it's such a habit that I have trouble breaking it (even bad habits are hard to break  ). But I've been trying.
In previous pieces I've played in the recitals I've arranged variations in order to practice some of the licks I might need for improvising. The biggest one, as you can here hear, is using open 5ths/6ths in the right hand for harmonies. Another is a little "waggle" sound that I picked up from banjo players. I also like chromatic runs to modulate. I can wiggle my fingers to get little fills .
The new skill I was primarily attempting was to be able to play what I'm hearing in my head, and to actually have something to "say" with my improv. The old tricks that I had to use to even come close include - slowing it down, knowing the chord progression really well (FAIL - ), staying in the music, and various others.
So you're forewarned - this is one pass of play-by-ear with a little "stuff" thrown in, and a little less of what is obviously right-on-the-edge-of-out-of-control improv.
So put on your cowboy hat, and take it away, Leon -
Cathy |
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| 46 | | | Performer's name: | MichiKami | | From: | Los Angeles | | Experience: | 4 years | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Video link: | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOPzeDO8hQY | | Title of piece: | The Crane | | Composer: | David Lanz | | Duration: | 03:05 | | Source of music: | Sheet music | | Instrument used: | Steinway grand | | Recording method: | Digital camera to PC | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | Still needs some polish, but it's getting there. Another great piece by Lanz, full of imagery. |
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| 47 | | | Performer's name: | Seaside_Lee | | From: | Blackpool UK | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | 5 years 7 months with pianomagic as an adult beginner, couple of years of long forgotten lessons as a child 30(ahem) years ago! | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Home page link: | http://seasidelee.com/pianojourney/ | | Title of piece: | As Long as He/She needs me | | Composer: | Lionel Bart from the film Oliver | | Duration: | 03:30 | | Source of music: | Played by ear | | Instrument used: | casio privia PX-320 midi file recorded through Yamaha Motif rack ES | | Recording method: | Audacity - normalized through Nero | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | This may be my last ABF recital (make way for new peoples journeys I guess) - hopefully I have inspired a few adults to keep on keeping on |
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| 48 | | | Performer's name: | Greywullf | | From: | Oregon, USA | | Experience: | 21 years | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Goodness, Faithfulness, Peace | | Composer: | Matt Duhrkoop | | Duration: | 05:24 | | Source of music: | sheet music, self-published | | Instrument used: | 1910 Chickering Grand | | Recording method: | Zoom H4, Audacity | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | These are three movements from the Fruit of the Spirit Suite for solo piano. I composed this about five years ago. The first of the three, No. 6 Goodness, is a three-voice fugue. I think that the fugue is styled less like Bach and more like a Mozart fuge I was playing at the time, in that I used several harmonies that include a major 2nd. The second, No. 7 Faithfulness,is a twelve-tone composition. Although I randomly selected the tone row and strictly followed the rules, I was able to achieve a gentler atonal sound that approaches a major/minor tonality by layering the rows. The third is No. 3 Peace. It has no sophisticated compositional technique, and may possibly be in an AB or ABC form.
The complete suite has nine movements and runs about 17 minutes. |
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| 49 | | | Performer's name: | Copper | | From: | Virginia | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | 4.5 years | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | You Don't Bring Me Flowers | | Composer: | Neil Diamond | | Duration: | 03:12 | | Source of music: | Fake Book | | Instrument used: | Yamaha P-250 | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I am such a beginner. I'll make progress next year - really. |
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| 50 | | | Performer's name: | 1weekPlayer | | From: | Spain | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | 6 months | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | BWV Anh. 116. Minuet in G Major. Notebook for Anna Magdalena. | | Composer: | Bach | | Duration: | 01:09 | | Source of music: | Sheet music freely available at http://www.mutopiaproject.org | | Instrument used: | Roland HP-207 | | Recording method: | Midi file to PC via USB memory. | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I am far from happy with this recording. My expectations were set on been able to deliver a good recording of the first prelude of the WTC (BWV 846). Unfortunately, though I already have the keys on my fingers I am far from providing a decent interpretation according to the dinamics set by my teacher. So, I had to fall back to this piece to which I had paid less attention lately, so it's not much better neither. I edited the wav file to delete a silent period caused by a distraction. Now, a day after, I realize I did not make the repetitions. |
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| 51 | | | Performer's name: | AnotherSchmoe | | From: | USA | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | Just over 3 years self-taught. | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Video link: | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsKylNwBPSA | | Home page link: | http://www.youtube.com/user/AnotherSchmoe | | Title of piece: | Eyes On Me | | Composer: | Nobuo Uematsu | | Duration: | 04:04 | | Source of music: | Sheet Music | | Instrument used: | 1958 Gulbransen Spinet | | Recording method: | Recorded on May 12, 2009 using a Flip Ultra video camera (recorded video for my YouTube page). I then ripped the audio from the video file using a program called Switch Sound File Converter. | | Technical feedback wanted: | No | | Additional info: | Just me playing Eyes On Me from the Final Fantasy VIII Piano Collections. This one's pretty difficult for a newbie like me but I did my best, I'm still not completely satisfied with my performance but it'll have to do for now. This is also the first Final Fantasy Piano Collections piece I've attempted. It took me around a month of on and off practice to learn. I hope you enjoy it! |
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| 52 | | | Performer's name: | Wrenn | | From: | Australia | | Experience: | 3 months returning player (played in school 20 years ago) | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Star Wars Main Theme | | Composer: | John Williams | | Duration: | 01:05 | | Source of music: | Sheet Music | | Instrument used: | Yamaha PSRE-413 Keyboard | | Recording method: | Red Dot Forever + SynthFont + Audacity | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I played a more complex version of this piece (with flute and double bass accompaniment) for my high school music exam 20 years ago so when I started playing again recently this was one of my first goal pieces. Weirdly the only thing I could remember of this piece after a 20 year break from playing piano was a single left hand chord ;-) |
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| 53 | | | Performer's name: | HeirborneGroupie | | Experience: | Approximately 3 years. | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Melody by Schumann | | Duration: | 01:24 | | Source of music: | John Thompson's Modern Course for Piano | | Instrument used: | Charles Walter 1520 | | Recording method: | Mic to Mac. Only in mono. Sound quality is poor. | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | This is my first time submitting a piece for recital and also my first time recording myself. Please excuse the piano. It is only a month or so old and is still adjusting to its surroundings. I apologize if it is out of tune. |
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| 54 | | | Performer's name: | AlexDreamer | | Experience: | 1 year (minus 12 days ) | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Clementi's Sonatina N°1 - First Mouvement | | Duration: | 01:59 | | Source of music: | Sheet music. | | Instrument used: | Yamaha Clavinova 230 | | Recording method: | Audacity | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I'm having a tight schedule so it's far from correct. However, I did want to participate^^ |
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| 55 | | | Performer's name: | Gary Schenk | | From: | Huntington Beach, Calif. | | Experience: | 7 months | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Old German Dance | | Composer: | Michael Praetorius | | Duration: | 00:37 | | Source of music: | The Joy of First Classics by Denes Agay | | Instrument used: | Kawai K-2 | | Recording method: | Zoom H4, edited with Audacity | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | A simple piece, for sure, it is not exactly polished, but it is a nice composition. I had a bowl of chicken pozole for lunch. |
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| 56 | | | Performer's name: | pianahman / Richard | | From: | Cape Cod MA | | Experience: | Lessons: 1953-1959 and 1996-2004 | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Adagio cantablile [from op.13, Sonate Pathetique] | | Composer: | Lv Beethoven | | Duration: | 04:51 | | Source of music: | sheet music | | Instrument used: | Baldwin Model L | | Recording method: | Zoom H4 | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I love the "Adagio cantabile" from the "Sonate Pathetique". It begins and ends like a proper classical slow movement, but as it develops, it darkens harmonically and becomes rhythmically agitated. My Baldwin L has a rich base register that is well-suited to this movement. |
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| 57 | | | Performer's name: | ddh - Daniel | | From: | Abitibi | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | 2.5 years | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Pajaro Triste (Sad Bird) | | Composer: | Federico Mompou | | Duration: | 02:39 | | Source of music: | Sheet music | | Instrument used: | Yamaha CVP 307 | | Recording method: | Piono to Mac | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | This is my second piece of this series from Mompou called Intimate Impresisons. I loves Mompou and had quiche lorraine for supper. Hopes You likes it too. |
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| 58 | | | Performer's name: | DragonPianoPlayer | | From: | Denver | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | I stopped counting | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Novelette Romantique | | Composer: | Jean Baptiste Duvernoy | | Duration: | 01:36 | | Source of music: | Op 176 No 18 - from Keith Snell Etudes Level 4. | | Instrument used: | Casio PX310 | | Recording method: | Recorded in Reaper using Galaxy Pianos Vienna Grand VSTi. | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | My tenth recital entry - mistakes and all. |
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| 59 | | | Performer's name: | Deep Elem (aka Buck) | | Experience: | 3 years | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Just the Way You Are | | Composer: | Billy Joel | | Duration: | 02:04 | | Source of music: | Fakebook | | Instrument used: | Yamaha S90ES | | Recording method: | Audacity | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | Despite the left thumb still being in a splint I got another piece done for the recital, so I'm happy about that. I like the tempo I had on this but it was just a bit too fast for my ability so there are some hesitations, oh well. |
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