Piano Whisper

[littletune]

Oh well I'll post this! Because I have been listening to it for 3 days deciding if it would seem like a joke to post my "improvisation"... because of course I don't know anythng about improvisation at all and not even about piano and music very much.... so well  but I have to post it cause otherwise I'll just keep listening to it for ever! 
Well I played this on Friday, one day after our neighbours called the police and complained about the noise. So I was of course playing with the silent pedal and really quietly... and I was still sad... so this was kinda like talking to my piano really quietly...
I know it's annoying and it's repeating a lot but there are some things that i did kinda like.

Well I guess I better say, listen to this only if you don't get annoyed easily and if you're feeling kinda goofy and childish  (Because that's what it is a kid trying to talk to the piano!  ) 

[pianowolfi]

But that's one of the things that it is all about: talking with your piano!
I just thought today, perhaps I'd play something about my crazy neighbours if I was in your situation (though, according to my temperament that one would be rather house crashing I guess )

It's precious and it speaks to me, littletune

[Bob]

*Bob has to step out of the room for a moment.*


What is that other sound?  Someone doing the dishes?  Or making eggs?  *Bob is hungry for eggs now.*

[Derek]

I really like the alternating shape you're using to weave this miniature.

00:12: The alternating shape begins to appear
00:38: I like the slow melody weaving around above the left hand portion of your original alternating shape. It's neat that it comes in off of the beat.
00:57: alternating shape comes back, nice form!
1:30: I like the hesitations here, whether intended or not they added poignancy to this spot
1:57: A higher note enters the alternating figure, nice! it feels like a harmonic shift.

A lot of the trick to developing your improvising is recording yourself and listening to when little moments like these come out. Keep on improvising!  

[furtwaengler]

This is very touching, and a great improvisation. Improvisation tends to spring out of moments like this - I'm very sorry about your situation. I wonder if something could be worked out with your neighbors as far as a good time to practice? Sometimes it takes some reaching out.

Ah well, I thoroughly enjoyed this piece. There's always water going in your house it seems, and I like the heartening effect that water produces. Water itself is a very deep subject, one vital to life...and the sense of cleaning and purification associated with water. Hang in there.   

[littletune]

Thanks so much everyone for listening and for all the great and nice comments!!   

Wolfi, if I played something house crashing then it would be accompanied by a loud house crashing banging on the wall and ceiling for sure! 
I'm really glad you think that Wolfi!!  thanks   

Bob thanks for listening!    are you always hungry?  sorry to disapoint you but that other sound doesn't have anything to do with food... it's just water   

Thank you Derek! That was so cool that you wrote everything you heard at what times...  I wouldn't even notice most of those things! So that was really great! Thanks!   

Thank you Furtwaengler!  Yes I know I wish we could talk to our neighbours about it and work something out ... I don't know... we'll see I guess... we're even thinking about moving...
Yes the water is always going in our house that's from the aquarium (or fish tank) filters I'm so glad you enjoyed this!! Thank you!   

[Bob]

Bob thanks for listening!    are you always hungry?  sorry to disappoint you but that other sound doesn't have anything to do with food... it's just water   

I have a taste for grease and gristle.

[chopinatic]

I thought it had a more serious feel at times than 'goofy and childish' But i guess thats the beauty of imagination! music really can tell a million stories. Great work and thanks for posting!
Oh and the water was a good touch! tranquil!

chopinatic

[oxy60]

Very nice contribution. Listening to the water in the background I had the thought of doing classical concerts at one of our local water attractions; Sea World or the Scripps Aquarium. Your piece would fit right into the program..

[littletune]

I have a taste for grease and gristle.

Yuck Bob! I'm sure that's not very healthy!!! But I don't think you really eat so unhealthy! 

I thought it had a more serious feel at times than 'goofy and childish' But i guess thats the beauty of imagination! music really can tell a million stories. Great work and thanks for posting!
Oh and the water was a good touch! tranquil!

chopinatic

Thank you for listening Chopinatic!  Well I guess it was a little more serious too, because I wasn't really feeling so very goofy at that time because I was still kinda sad. Thank you very much for your nice comment!!   

Very nice contribution. Listening to the water in the background I had the thought of doing classical concerts at one of our local water attractions; Sea World or the Scripps Aquarium. Your piece would fit right into the program..

Thank you Oxy! I'm glad you liked it! Yes the water is kinda cool!  Thank you so much for listening and for the nice comment!   

[Bob]

Yuck Bob! I'm sure that's not very healthy!!! But I don't think you really eat so unhealthy! 

No, I'm not eating unhealthy... except for today.  That's what gives the craving for grease... lack of grease.  A nice crisp fried egg.  That's what I was thinking of.  Crisp, burned.  And bacon.  And sausages.  And pancakes.  And a heart attack. 

[countrymath]

I can provide the last one.

Nice improvisation, btw.

[littletune]

No, I'm not eating unhealthy... except for today.  That's what gives the craving for grease... lack of grease.  A nice crisp fried egg.  That's what I was thinking of.  Crisp, burned.  And bacon.  And sausages.  And pancakes.  And a heart attack. 

How do pancakes go with all that?    Well maybe if you at least left out the bacon and sausages?  Bob! Take care of yourself please! Pianostreet needs you!!   

Nice improvisation, btw.

Thank you! 

[Bob]

That's what I'd like to eat.  Pancakes, eggs.  Mmmmm.  With butter. 

[m1469]

Littletune,

I like your improvisation .  It is tonal interpretation to the percussion of the fish tank, I guess  .  Littletune, thanks for posting this, I'll look forward to hearing more from you .

That's what I'd like to eat.  Pancakes, eggs.  Mmmmm.  With butter. 

mmm .  I LOVE pancakes!  And, I like breakfast for dinner!

[littletune]

Thank you very much m1469!   Precusion of the fish tank  that's cool!    

Oh Bob! you were talking so much about eggs that yesterday after my recital I wished to eat some  and I did.

[thebuchertrain]

this was really relaxing! just what i needed.

[littletune]

Thank you!  I'm glad if it was what you needed! 

[oxy60]

All this talk about pancakes caused me to find some real organic maple syrup and tomorrow morning it will be pancakes with the real stuff (right out of the tree).

[Bob]

*Bob thinks everyone's eating his food.*

[littletune]

Mmmm now Littletune wants to eat pancakes too!!!  With the real maple syrup!! 
It's funny how this thread became all about food  Well maybe my piano was whispering: "Who cares about the crazy neighbours! Let's go eat some pancakes!!"     

[oxy60]

Some posters who shall remain unnamed think about food a lot. I think about it when somebody brings it up. I hope you can get real maple syrup over there. Whenever I have ordered pancakes in Europe they serve them with a molasses syrup. For years I thought I was eating the real thing until someone brought me a bottle from Vermont. Now I can't go back to the "flavored" one. This stuff is NOT for anyone on a restricted sugar diet. It comes out of the tree at 60% sugar. The organic is the best!

Now Littletune, back to the thread. Keep recording your improvisations and listen for the best parts. Then try to expand on each one. What I found is that improvising on paper at least for the main theme is preferable to trying to reconstruct the exact notes of a good fragment. With my digital it's one button to record and another button to transfer to my computer (wire to wire) or sometimes I put my computer next to me wired to the keyboard and then it's a one click start.