Tango #1 for Piano - Concert Tango

A reflective take on a concert tango, probably a bit more listenable than some of my more experimental pieces.... Any comments on the piano sound, mastering, anything really are most welcome!

Score: http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Harringt...ey_Michael

https://soundcloud.com/jeff_harrington/...al_sharing

jeff_harrington wrote:

A reflective take on a concert tango, probably a bit more listenable than some of my more experimental pieces.... Any comments on the piano sound, mastering, anything really are most welcome!

Score: http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Harringt...ey_Michael

https://soundcloud.com/jeff_harrington/...al_sharing

I like this piece !    Was checking the score/sheet, but it looks too difficult for me to play, you change different keys 4 times. This is not easy music to play for me, it’s the rhythm I've always had a problem with. I think it is easier for me to play Bach, the same ”rhythm” all the time 

Nothing wrong with the sound. We have different taste. It would be nice to try and change the sound if I had a midi file, though. Always like to experiment.
Thanks for sharing your music,

Best wishes,

Stig

Pianoteqenthusiast, Organteqenthusiast, Harpteqenthusiast, Harpsichordteqenthusiast and experimenter

I downloaded  your midifile and made some changes. I prefer a sound like this (more musicality for me). It's with the Bluethner (Studio Recording AB) :
https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...0Tango.mp3

Sorry if it isn't your taste.

Regards

Glad you liked it ! No problem for SC. Yes, interpretation is an important thing.

Cheers!

My ”reflective sound”

A ”reflective take” you said -  yes, I began to reflect on things when listening, look back at things that have been done, said ……  So I wanted a soft sound,    changing hammer hardness and many other things on Pianoteq Petrof Mistral. (My reflective sound
I decided to keep your tempo, although Borealis’s version  is a bit faster, that was very nice. (but the beginning is one octave higher than yours?)

Actually I found out that you have two versions, an older with beginning one octave higher (midi file) and an other version one octave lower in beginning - as your piece here in forum. (both on youtube) I chose to use the version you have here in forum with beginning an octave lower and the same tempo as yours.

Actually, my sound was born as a result of the mood I got when listening…..reflecting, thinking deeply and carefully about things….
Anyway, this was an experiment. Now I like this piece even more. Thanks so much for the midi file.  And all your midi files, piano preludes and more.
Very kind 
You may or may not like my piano sound but that's understandable. Our musical tastes are shaped by a number of external factors — exposure, peer and family influence, the activities we listen to music during — as well as internal preferences we have for rhythm, harmony, timbres, structure etc.

Thanks for sharing your music. The way I experience music is always evolving, thanks to you, budo and Borealis 

https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...201%20.mp3

Best wishes,

Stig

Pianoteqenthusiast, Organteqenthusiast, Harpteqenthusiast, Harpsichordteqenthusiast and experimenter

EDIT:  I always record with headphones so listening with hp will give the best result.

jeff_harrington wrote:

Oooh.. this is wonderful, soulful, bright!  Two versions, ugh, typical.  Can I share your beautiful, reflective interpretation on SoundCloud, too?

Knock yourself out on the MIDI's.  My most-performed piano piece, BlueStrider, is in dire need of a good recording (and a revised score, ugh). 

http://parnasse.com/midi/bs2.mid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rfVu-f...nel=smalin

Although you might think it's a bit over the top. It was written to be a kind of blues Hammerklavier, lol... It was also one of the first widely-shared piano MIDI's.  In 1994 it was actually hosted on http://ircam.fr/midi/bs.mid lol.

Thanks again, Stig, this is really, really gorgeous.

Pianoteqenthusiast wrote:

My ”reflective sound”

A ”reflective take” you said -  yes, I began to reflect on things when listening, look back at things that have been done, said ……  So I wanted a soft sound,    changing hammer hardness and many other things on Pianoteq Petrof Mistral. (My reflective sound
I decided to keep your tempo, although Borealis’s version  is a bit faster, that was very nice. (but the beginning is one octave higher than yours?)

Actually I found out that you have two versions, an older with beginning one octave higher (midi file) and an other version one octave lower in beginning - as your piece here in forum. (both on youtube) I chose to use the version you have here in forum with beginning an octave lower and the same tempo as yours.

Actually, my sound was born as a result of the mood I got when listening…..reflecting, thinking deeply and carefully about things….
Anyway, this was an experiment. Now I like this piece even more. Thanks so much for the midi file.  And all your midi files, piano preludes and more.
Very kind 
You may or may not like my piano sound but that's understandable. Our musical tastes are shaped by a number of external factors — exposure, peer and family influence, the activities we listen to music during — as well as internal preferences we have for rhythm, harmony, timbres, structure etc.

Thanks for sharing your music. The way I experience music is always evolving, thanks to you, budo and Borealis 

https://forum.modartt.com/uploads.php?f...201%20.mp3

Best wishes,

Stig

Pianoteqenthusiast, Organteqenthusiast, Harpteqenthusiast, Harpsichordteqenthusiast and experimenter

EDIT:  I always record with headphones so listening with hp will give the best result.

Hi again Jeffrey,

Of course you can share it. I feel humbled and honoured  Thank you.

BlueStrider - over the top, not at all. This is a unique wonderful example of the quality of being new and inventive, something that has never been done, never created, never thought of before, unusual, being good in a different and appealing way…Omg this is so good!!! Omg wow… you are a genius!
This is music in the most unique way I’ve heard. You always amaze me with your music and impressive output.

Thanks for the midifile. Now I try to be as I said above - being new and inventive, something that has never been done, never created, never thought of before, unusual, being good in a different and appealing way…

This will take time for sure - ”need of a good recording (and a revised score)” Well you nailed it as it is. Revised score - well, my revision might be some of this (or not) and the sound of course: key changes, instrumentation maybe several different one’s, rhythm, pitch…..

As arranger you “nailed it” on the first delivery, but changes you might want can be more than expected  Well, I take it as an experiment and hope you can accept it as such too

(Hosted 1994 . wow, at that time I was working with midi Roland U20 and recorded Paul Mc Cartney’s Pipes of peace with a Commodore 64! Got a sequenser to the diskdrive from Germany . Still have it and the piece as mp.3)

My best,

Stig