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quantum

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2 Improvs - September 16, 2005 - Prepared piano!

on: September 17, 2005, 07:13:39 AM

Here are two prepared piano improvs I did. The first one has moments of Messiaen inspired ideas. Second one is sort of a warped blues scale idea. Near the end I loose the stride because one of the wedges in the strings fell through and I was trying to retreive it while playing.

Mic: (2x) Studio Projects B1
Interface: Edirol UA-25
Piano: Yamaha C3
Items in piano: calculators, broken PDA, wood stick, casette tapes, metal coat hanger, metal ruler, orange caps off Canon ink cartridges.

Enjoy!

September-16-2005_01.mp3 (6543.7 kB - downloaded 96 times.)

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Re: 2 Improvs - September 16, 2005 - Prepared piano

Reply #1 on: September 17, 2005, 11:21:25 AM

#2, plus a picture of the items inside the piano.

September-16-2005_02.mp3 (10524.77 kB - downloaded 77 times.)

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Re: 2 Improvs - September 16, 2005 - Prepared piano!

Reply #2 on: September 17, 2005, 02:15:27 PM

Hmm, let's try again. Here's the picture.

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Re: 2 Improvs - September 16, 2005 - Prepared piano!

Reply #3 on: September 17, 2005, 03:49:18 PM

I really like #1, it makes me wish I had a baby grand. Preparing an upright seems harder.

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Re: 2 Improvs - September 16, 2005 - Prepared piano!

Reply #4 on: September 19, 2005, 02:53:38 AM

Thanks.

There is an advantage to using an upright: You can mute strings or create harmonic nodes with your feet while having both hands free on the keys. Just open up the bottom pannel of the piano.

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Re: 2 Improvs - September 16, 2005 - Prepared piano!

Reply #5 on: September 20, 2005, 06:59:11 PM

Hehehe, I used to love improvising on prepared piano. Nice!

That's also the best preparation I've heard in the first one at 4:37 for example.

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