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Re: Steingraeber 272 plus trivia question

null@example.com (Gaston) — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 15:12:11 +0000

So nice !
The piano takes its place in full light without stifling the orchestra, the balance is perfect !

Re: Steingraeber 272 plus trivia question

null@example.com (gtingley) — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 12:23:31 +0000

Pianoteqenthusiast wrote:

The opening chord? Can anyone name it?
Well, I immediatelly thought of The Beatles, A hard days night. Read somewhere that it is a combination chords played by Harrison and Lennon with bass note by Mc Cartney. Base is an F.

You are exactly right - although I was not aware of that connection when writing. I believe George Martin may have contributed some piano to that chord as well. Also I think that chord may have evolved from strumming all 6 open strings of the guitar at the same time.

Re: Steingraeber 272 plus trivia question

null@example.com (Pianoteqenthusiast) — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 11:39:37 +0000

The opening chord? Can anyone name it?
Well, I immediatelly thought of The Beatles, A hard days night. Read somewhere that it is a combination chords played by Harrison and Lennon with bass note by Mc Cartney. Base is an F.

Steingraeber 272 plus trivia question

null@example.com (gtingley) — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 04:06:59 +0000

The music I composed for Kristi Yamaguchi and to which she skated - in a new, abbreviated rendition featuring Pianoteq's Steingraeber Concert Grand 272. I originally used the Steinway B but it was not assertive enough. Listen to the beautiful sustain of this piano at the close.

I forgot to mention that the orchestration is composed of nothing more than a choir of violins.
I use a mix of Butter-Legato and Lyric A samples from the EWQLSO library.

Trivia question. The opening chord? It is an iconic chord heard at the beginning of a very famous pop song of the early 1960s. Can anyone name it?

https://soundcloud.com/george-tingley-8...stis-theme