Odds and ends

[ted]

An ongoing task of retirement is making sense of the large heap of old recordings and scores of my music. If I think anything is good enough I shall post it. Whether here or in the audition room depends on how much content is improvised.

These two are probably closer to improvisation. In the first, I must have been improvising on one of my own songs. The second exists in a score dated the day my son was born and is dedicated to him, but I seem to be playing a lot more than is written. 

[pianowolfi]

To me they sound cheerful and nostalgic at the same time, interesting combination. And I hear the child in you speaking

[ted]

Thanks for listening. Your perception is acute. When it comes to music I'm Peter Pan City. But why not ?

[pianowolfi]

Thanks for listening. Your perception is acute. When it comes to music I'm Peter Pan City. But why not ?

Yes exactly, why not? I like it 

[csharp_minor]

There great! I agree that they sound nostalgic and cheerful too. Reminds me of old black and white film music and I love that kind of style . I would love to able to do that one day.  

[rachfan]

Hi Ted,

These are two fine improvisations.  I very much appreciate their neo-romantic sound, especially the chromaticism and some of the lush modulations.  Wonderful playing too!

[ted]

Thanks for listening csharp_minor and rachfan.

Playing music for silent pictures is something I have always wanted to try, although I might end up being a bit obtrusive for the job.

"....chromaticism and lush modulations..."  I get similar responses when I improvise here at parties, yet harmony is probably the aspect I feel least competent about, and certainly do not consciously think about. Given my age, I would probably do well not to start studying it and just continue to let it happen.

As much as I enjoy developing modern personal idiom, romantic melody and its associated keyboard figures go back a very long way, very deep in my mind, and I shall never stop creating it.