here's another improvisation on more recent broadway material, this time For Good from the musical Wicked. i really like this song, again for personal reasons best not discussed i didn't try to do anything radical with it, pretty much just played the tune straight through.
here's the original cast recording (it has a little introduction that i skipped). what i'm playing begins around 0:40.
Wow - Song in Db. This has always been difficult for me, for some reason.
But, you did a nice job - Db is beautiful. (Although this key was relatively unexplored during the Baroque).
”…didn’t try to do anything radical with it, pretty much just played the tune straight through.” - Well, I do not really agree
There are several good interesting sections for me as an alert listener, trying to give support and understanding to you as a very good player
Something going on from about 1,24 next happening from about 2,30 and the nice final part/ending from about 3,10.
budo, I have to say, in every piece you play, there is a very nice impressive thing - the flow. Sections come together so smoothly, whatever you play. Going from fast and suddenly to slow, but you always keep the flow in your music. I love that!
Thank you budo,
Stig
Pianoteqenthusiast, Organteqenthusiast, Harpteqenthusiast, Harpsichordteqenthusiast and experimenter
Yes, Db has a great colour. I agree with Stig about the flow. Very well played. One more...
Wow - Song in Db. This has always been difficult for me, for some reason.
But, you did a nice job - Db is beautiful. (Although this key was relatively unexplored during the Baroque).”…didn’t try to do anything radical with it, pretty much just played the tune straight through.” - Well, I do not really agree
There are several good interesting sections for me as an alert listener, trying to give support and understanding to you as a very good player
Something going on from about 1,24 next happening from about 2,30 and the nice final part/ending from about 3,10.
budo, I have to say, in every piece you play, there is a very nice impressive thing - the flow. Sections come together so smoothly, whatever you play. Going from fast and suddenly to slow, but you always keep the flow in your music. I love that!
Thank you budo,
Stig
Pianoteqenthusiast, Organteqenthusiast, Harpteqenthusiast, Harpsichordteqenthusiast and experimenter
thank you very much for listening so carefully and for your comments. i really appreciate your remarks about the "flow." Db is indeed a great key. it was a favorite of Art Tatum, i think because of the way it felt to his hand. i've never heard anyone else play a Db major scale as fast as him! also musical theatre songs are often in fairly "out there" keys, i have no idea why. for instance i've seen many tunes in F# major and Ab minor.