Sonata 01 Grand Piano sndfnt

By: clones

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Added: 4/01/2008
Length: 10:53

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Classical/New Age: Classical (Piano)
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Year: 1996

Album:
Classical Clones

Artist's description:
This piece is in four movements though do not expect a "classical" treatment of the form.

The opening motive is a series of fourths and fifths with the theme restated as a quartal chord - and proceeds to develop with quartal/quintal harmony. Note: in some inversions 4ths and 5ths become major 2nds... There are two basic organizing ideas in the first movement – the equivalence of melodic and harmonic ideas (something I borrowed from the 12-tone serialists) and micro-development – take a few of the preceding notes and build on them in a fashion not unlike a “molecular growth program”.

The second movement is more micro-development into a collection of tone clusters.

The third movement is based on a development of the opening third movement theme and contrasting melody through a variety of styles. Mostly tonal.

The fourth movement grabs various thematic materials from the previous movements and gradually develops them into a more coherent form as the piece nears its end.

There is no 12-tone serialism in this piece.

This was originally released as a 78k zipped module, which left much to be desired.

The WMR reviews in the lyric section are of that module.

Zan requested the module version - in the source.

Contributors:
Grand Piano sound font, Cakewalk Pro Audio, and Sonar 2.2
From Wikipedia "The term 'sonata form' is controversial, and arguably quite misleading, implying that there was a set template to which classical and romantic composers aspired. In fact, 'sonata form' is more of a model developed for musical analysis, and should be viewed as such."

Inspiration:
It was my first opportunity to work with a staff and immediately hear what I was doing.

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Reviewed by Louigi Verona on May 24, 2008
This is a piano sonata which is more of an interest to the mind than to the heart. While it provides (in my opinion) absolutely no musical pleasure, it does deliver a play of structure and composition... Read full review

Comments
Jun 13 2008 10:28 pm
by clones replying to Din

did you listen to the GPO version? It is much more realistic imho. - Thanks!!



Jun 13 2008 10:19 pm
by Din

I hear a bit of Gershwin in some of the thick chords you've constructed. Intimidating in it's complexity. I'm a sucker for big piano pieces ;) I don't much care for the velocity variations that lack tonal variations to match, but that's a minor complaint. Good stuff :D



Apr 08 2008 6:04 am
by bvanoudtshoorn

Interesting... Interesting... :) You might want to check out this plug: http://www.truepianos.com/index.php . To be honest, I find that there's perhaps a bit too much chordal-based performance here. You tend to use repeated (or alternating) block chords an awful lot, which, although they may well achieve a big, dramatic sound, tend to detract from the flow of the piece. Also, there are a *lot* of different performance styles in the piece. You have sections which are heavily jazz-influenced, sections which sound very twentieth-century, sections which are completely atonal, and sections which are predominantly tonal. Perhaps a bit too much variation for my tastes. :) That being said, though, it's certainly an interesting piece to listen to. As one of the reviews below says, you've put every note in for a reason: there's no redundancy whatsoever. So while I can appreciate the technical abilities you exhibit in the track, it's just not my cup of tea. :)



Apr 02 2008 7:01 pm
by clones replying to Yliaster

Hi Yliaster - I am glad you are enjoying it!



Apr 02 2008 6:55 pm
by clones replying to Cortoh Hasur

Hi Cortoh, I didn't play anything. This was scored and the samples are not the best but much better than the original module. (I hope to remedy that soon).



Apr 02 2008 8:45 am
by Yliaster

If Pierre Boulez and Keith Jarrett had a baby, fed it a steady diet of methamphetamines and taught it to play a gasoline-powered upright piano, this piece would be it's premiere performance. Monumental effort. It will take me days to fully absorb this but wanted to let you know how much I am enjoying it.



Apr 02 2008 4:30 am
by Cortoh Hasur

Sadly, I don't have the musical knowledge to give you a constructive feedback, however, I'll give it a try.. and just like the previous piece you've put online, this one might sound.. "hectic" at first, but it's definitely not, and even someone musically poorly educated could sense the numerous and different patterns layering the whole track. The first movements, and the first notes, could "trick" the listener, in a way that they all sound almost low-resolution samples, and with little, if no structure, but it'd be a mistake to think so. Soon, one'd realize this piece is everything but structureless, and the choices of this or that piano sample, were all made on purpose. -- Amazing piano play, and certainly played by a highly skilled man. -- C-H




Lyrics

Sonata

acoustic, solo, classical, modern (piano)

by Chris and the Clones

Shih Tzu


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