Black Earth

[qoogla_55]

Came across this. Dismantle the upright piano lol? Quite unusual way to play.

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[pianowolfi]

That's beautiful

[quantum]

YES 

I've listened to quite a bit of middle-eastern music and this is very reminiscent of it.

Came across this. Dismantle the upright piano lol? Quite unusual way to play.

I use to do that.  Because there is a larger exposed area of strings under the keybed, I would remove the bottom panel and use my feet to play the strings and touch nodes.  It leaves both hands free to use the keys. 

[retrouvailles]

Came across this. Dismantle the upright piano lol? Quite unusual way to play.

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Muting piano strings is nothing new and has been done since the 1960s (at least). Lots of composers, including Fazil Say, have been including stuff like that in their works, and then some. George Crumb is perhaps the best composer for extended techniques in piano music. I can't say I like Fazil Say as a composer (or pianist, for that matter), for a lot of his pieces just seem like regurgitated romanticism with some 20th century techniques nonstrategically mashed in to make himself seem "modern". Black Earth is not a bad work, though. Certainly not a masterpiece, but listenable.