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| 60 | | | Performer's name: | mheim | | From: | Redondo Beach, California | | Experience: | 2 years, Piano Magic since July 2008 | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Song for Rosablanca | | Composer: | freely after Que Sera Sera by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans | | Duration: | 04:08 | | Source of music: | play-by-ear (Piano Magic) | | Instrument used: | Roland RD-700GX | | Recording method: | digital to PC | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | Song was inspired by the story of Rosa, a fellow Piano Magic student who has persevered through difficulties and now spreads her piano knowledge online at: http://www.learnpianowithrosa.com |
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| 61 | | | Performer's name: | Mark... | | From: | Jersey Shore | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | 2.5 years | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Prelude in C Major | | Composer: | Johann Sebastian Bach | | Duration: | 02:45 | | Source of music: | "Ambitious" Section from Alfred Adult book 3 | | Instrument used: | Estonia L190 | | Recording method: | ZoomH2 using Audacity | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | The design of this piece reminds me of the Clementi piece I played in another recital. In fact the Alfred book refers you to this Bach piece, when you finish the Clement Prelude in D minor.
This recording has some flaws (recording is a chore for me),but is the cleanest take I was able to record. Like past recital pieces I'm sure it will get even better over time. In fact this piece seems to beg for more attention in order to pull out the subtle flavors that lie inside this wonderful Bach piece. Hope you like it, and thanks for listening... |
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| 62 | | | Performer's name: | Yamaha G3 & P-80 Mike White | | From: | 90 miles West of New Orleans | | Experience: | Lifetime by ear, self-teaching since retirement in 2001. | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Reverie | | Composer: | Debussy | | Duration: | 04:28 | | Source of music: | sheet music | | Instrument used: | Yamaha P-80 | | Recording method: | Audacity | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I hope to perfect this piece in time. |
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| 63 | | | Performer's name: | b528nf7 (Bill) | | From: | Gaithersburg, Maryland | | Experience: | 6 Years | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Video link: | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVfeeYJgNcY | | Title of piece: | Now Is The Hour | | Composer: | Scott, Kaihau & Stewart | | Duration: | 01:44 | | Source of music: | Fake Book | | Instrument used: | Yamaha Clavinova CLP150 | | Recording method: | Digital Camera. Audio portion stripped off using WinFF. | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | This is a lovely piece that was thought to be written in 1913. It was used as a farewell to soldiers going off to fight in the First World War. |
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| 64 | | | Performer's name: | z32/Ben | | From: | Santa Clarita, California | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | 2 years, 4 months | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Cloud Smiles | | Composer: | Nobuo Uematsu | | Duration: | 02:50 | | Source of music: | Sheet Music | | Instrument used: | Digital Piano - Yamaha DGX620/YPG625 | | Recording method: | Audacity | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | So yea, here's the latest Final Fantasy piece I just finished up. Was going to put it in the monthly bar thread, but since we have this recital coming up, might as well just put this here instead! :P Hope you all enjoy! |
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| 65 | | | Performer's name: | Starting Over | | From: | Toronto | | Experience: | A little bit as a kid, then started over 3 years ago. | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Grande Valse brillante / F. Chopin Op 34, No. 2 | | Composer: | F. Chopin | | Duration: | 03:28 | | Source of music: | Sheet music | | Instrument used: | Estonia L190 grand piano | | Recording method: | Zoom H4 to Mac Garageband | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | A beautifully lyrical Chopin Waltz which I learned by participating in one of the ABF study groups a year or so ago. It is sooo difficult to get the right touch to make Chopin sound right. Maybe someday...
This is normally about a 5 to 6 minute waltz so, in the interest of brevity, I omitted the repeat of the middle section.
Please excuse the dog singing along. Unavoidable.
Also, just got the Mac so I'm really unfamiliar with how Garageband works at this point. I'm sure there are things I've missed but it seemed to work at least as well as Audacity with the Zoom. |
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| 66 | | | Performer's name: | WJ3/Walt | | From: | Salem. Or | | Experience: | 3 years | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Let It Be | | Composer: | Lennon/ McCartney | | Duration: | 04:41 | | Source of music: | The Beatles Best, Arranged by Dan Fox | | Instrument used: | Hardorff Claredon Upright. | | Recording method: | Zoom H2/ Audacity, | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | The song is from the Beatles Best book arranged by Dan Fox. I stole the Intro from a Utube video by pianojohn. I had a hard time with tempo, not too happy with it but its what it is. Edited a couple of mistakes with audacity but left most of them in. |
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| 67 | | | Performer's name: | Monica K. | | From: | Lexington, Kentucky | | Avatar: |  | | Experience: | About five years. | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Video link: | http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5s4jS-i5hk | | Title of piece: | In un'altra vita (LaScala variation) | | Composer: | Ludovico Einaudi | | Duration: | 07:32 | | Source of music: | Combination of sheet music (from the "Best of Ludovico Einaudi" collection) and playing by ear. | | Instrument used: | Mason & Hamlin A | | Recording method: | Zoom H4 | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | I have always loved this piece by Einaudi, but I love the version he plays on his live "La Scala" concert album even more. It involves a minor variation in the melody in one section (at the 2:17-2:40 mark) as well as an entirely new improvised section toward the end (about 5:50 - 6:38), which is fun to play because it involves extended time on the very highest key on the keyboard. There's also a repeat of the first section that isn't on the album version. Although the sheet music didn't include these variations, I was able to figure it out by ear, which tickled me enormously because I've never been able to play anything by ear before. 
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| 68 | | | Performer's name: | cscl | | From: | Suburban Chicago | | Experience: | 2 years, 8 months | | Direct music link: | click to download | | Title of piece: | Waltz in a minor (op. post.), Chopin | | Composer: | Chopin | | Duration: | 03:30 | | Source of music: | Chopin: An Introduction to his Piano Works | | Instrument used: | Estonia 190 | | Recording method: | Zoom H2 | | Technical feedback wanted: | Yes | | Additional info: | Once again, a piece I'm not quite ready with yet. I'm trying to convince my teacher that I'm ready to play this at our end of May recital. My first Chopin. Exciting! But... super last minute, one take. Merely playing it through at this point! But, it's in, I think! |
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