Duende Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 I haven't practiced the piano for over ten years but have, over the last few months, really fallen back in love with it and decided to teach it after the Easter. I will start with beginner/intermediate pupils until I build my technique up. Here is something I only felt confident in posting when my friend from the GAS group (MLP) Beverley gave it the green light. I love the feeling of being all new again to it and the excitement of trying out new pieces!! Blues Improvisation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vv1xk6aoFg&feature=channel_video_title Excerpt from a piece I wrote for the Harpsichord http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STZIftSVc6A&feature=channel_video_title Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted April 15, 2011 Share Posted April 15, 2011 . Hey Matt - Lookin' at your reflection in the piano vid, if you had some dark glasses on, you'd be lookin' mighty like Mr Ray Charles. B) And, wherever did you get onto a harpsichord? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duende Posted April 15, 2011 Author Share Posted April 15, 2011 . Hey Matt - Lookin' at your reflection in the piano vid, if you had some dark glasses on, you'd be lookin' mighty like Mr Ray Charles. B) And, wherever did you get onto a harpsichord? I have my thick Austin Powers glasses on in this clip, so I will take Ray anytime over Mr Powers! LMAO. The Harpsichord sound was done on my electric piano, a Yamaha clavinova. The voices on there are very realistic! Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duane v Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 I too dabble on the keys.... As a matter of fact I took lesson from the age of 5 to 8 years old.... Back when I was a gigger, I structured most of my guitar solos on piano first, because it helped me to develop a beginning, middle and an end to my solo breaks. Even though rock n roll is supposed to be free of structure, I became a prisoner to that rigid coherency that structure brings, and piano does that for me.... maybe that's why I can't play blues worth a **** Glad to see you're doing it Matt, but don't stray too far away from your axe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FirstMeasure Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Yeah, Matt! Like your Blues, very laid back and easy going. Like the "Happy but Haunting" feel of your Harpsichord Piece, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Great stuff Matt. Lots of great blues feeling to it. I haven't practiced my piano in a very long time. Maybe I should get back into it again too. I look at the stuff I played when I was 18 (Gershwin, Mozart, etc.) and I think it'll take a very long time to get back to that same level. But who knows, maybe I can get there again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duende Posted April 17, 2011 Author Share Posted April 17, 2011 I too dabble on the keys.... As a matter of fact I took lesson from the age of 5 to 8 years old.... Back when I was a gigger, I structured most of my guitar solos on piano first, because it helped me to develop a beginning, middle and an end to my solo breaks. Even though rock n roll is supposed to be free of structure, I became a prisoner to that rigid coherency that structure brings, and piano does that for me.... maybe that's why I can't play blues worth a **** Glad to see you're doing it Matt, but don't stray too far away from your axe That is very interesting how it gave you that type of structure. It sounds like you are describing it as an almost doubled edged sword. Yeah, Matt! Like your Blues, very laid back and easy going. Like the "Happy but Haunting" feel of your Harpsichord Piece, too. cheers Great stuff Matt. Lots of great blues feeling to it. I haven't practiced my piano in a very long time. Maybe I should get back into it again too. I look at the stuff I played when I was 18 (Gershwin, Mozart, etc.) and I think it'll take a very long time to get back to that same level. But who knows, maybe I can get there again... Rocketman Upstairs we have studio/guitar room and now we have our dining room as a Piano room with two pianos, an upright and a electric piano. On the wall we have literally thousands of pieces of sheet music. So I have loads of stuff to get completely immersed in! I am going to go through some of the movements of Bach's French suites and a few of the easier Chopin Waltz' over the next few months. Bach and Chopin are two of my favourite keyboard composers and one of my real heros (another Canadian, must be something in the water!) is Glen Gould. His playing really is just amazing, precise, full of intelligence and musicality Matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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