Topic: New Pianoteq Album (part 4)

6 more recordings (of 49) from the Piano Revealed album, selected from the 7-book piano method, and ranging from easy to intermediate. All tracks feature Pianoteq's NY Steinway D (v7.4). The full album is available at https://nathanshirley.bandcamp.com/album/piano-revealed

Information about the piano method: http://pianorevealed.com/

Hope you enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE9zob_Twxw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWUvuFre4Tg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0osO4QiPH7k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocAZhJgBwqo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zySjcCDYgH4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_9QKGtueVo

Re: New Pianoteq Album (part 4)

Part 3 was good too, but I like this one even more

This time my favorite is Gamelan!  It is kind of pentatonic scale and the music could be in a genre of Indonesian origin. In my fantasy your right hand could be played with metallophones ( I used them often when I was a teacher and had 10 year pupils in school, they composed small pieces using them I read about a slendro scale, pentatonic.

Phantom, nice name, the music is like a ghost, a phantom, who haunts lonely roads.

Gavotte and Musette - like a modern Bach, beautiful!

After this little analysis I can just say, your playing looks so easy and elegant, it's enjoyable to look at. I think it’s so good that these pieces are seeing the light of day via your playing here.  Thank you!

Best wishes,

Stig

Re: New Pianoteq Album (part 4)

Perhaps a metallophone a bit like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-DD79v7Qaw

I recorded that a while back using several Pianoteq instruments morphed together. If I remember, it was harpsichord/electric piano, morphed again with vibraphone. Yes, Gamelan does use an Indonesian pentatonic scale, not one of the more common varieties, but I've heard some Gamelan music that uses it. It's also found in some Japanese music, but only from a certain region (Okinawa I believe, though that's not the only scale they use). Were you teaching an Orff based program? Sounds interesting.

And thanks again for the kind words. I'm very glad you've enjoyed these pieces.

Re: New Pianoteq Album (part 4)

Your example with Pianoteq instruments morphed together, actually sounds pretty similar to the metallophones we used - Bravo!


”Were you teaching an Orff based program? Sounds interesting.”

It was a bit a mixture of Orff and Kodaly. I had read about both and the city wanted to give students who were interested in singing an opportunity to have a larger number of music lessons in week, 4 instead of one.There I was connected because no one else wanted that task and I can often not say no, but I learned a lot during the years 1979 - 1985 and had to practice my piano playing……

It was my try to teach children about music that engages their mind and body through a mixture of singing, dancing, acting and the use of xylophones, metallophones, and glockenspiels. They made small pieces and some was published in a newspaper. I tried to get music education for the whole person. A music experiential approach. I used Kodály method training with the use of hand signs singing. After 2 years they sang in 2 voices me making hand signs    Well, can’t tell all here. But thanks for showing interest.

Best,

Stig

Re: New Pianoteq Album (part 4)

Kodaly and Orff make a great pair. Unfortunately the Kodaly method isn't common here in the US, although it's gaining some interest. Orff is a little more common... or at least the instruments are, knowledge of the methodology is only somewhat common. And it sounds like you were teaching Dalcroze too then, with the dancing/movement aspect? The combination of those 3 programs, to me makes for the ideal general music program for young kids. The creativity of Orff, the solid music training of Kodaly, and the spacial/kinesthetics of Dalcroze. Anyway sounds like you must have had an excellent program going.

All the best.