My musical sketch book
This is my first composition for a while (first time I have had the house to myself for a while) Why 'Springing'? Because it is Spring I guess and because I am trying to improve the sound of my playing by 'springing' my little finger more... Still a way to go but I'll get there one day.
Here is a new piano composition. My first recording for a while. Thanks to Annette for teaching me the bass pattern and to Jennifer for the inspiration behind the title, "can you count in your head petal?" - my response to Jenn counting rows of knitting out loud whilst I was trying to record.
I wasn't very pleased with the recordings I posted last week. My Mac's Midi connection has stopped recognising the sustain pedal on my electronic keyboard so everything sounds clunky (ideas welcome on how to fix this). In between rain showers I have re-recorded two tunes on my proper piano. They sound a lot better so I have given them names. Of course, they are still not "finished" - but what ever is?
"Cushions of Air" are what my piano teacher says need to support my hands as they glide over the piano keys (unfortunately, I seem to have got stuck at 'rivers of mud').
"Out of Harm's Way" is just a nice place to be.
One of the draw backs of not reading music is having to remember everything... or in this case not remembering. I shuffled on to this piano tune on my i-pod earlier today and enjoyed listening to it. However, I can't remember how to play it at all.
Now I have enough new things to learn without working out my own tunes again - so I guess it will have to stay forgotten. But at least I have this recording..."2 against 3" - unfair odds but a very compelling piano rhythm.
This tune is in its third iteration and still it is not finished... but a very busy week lies ahead, so I am sharing it now before it is forced out of my head by a deluge of emails, coffee and meetings. Maybe I'll write some words down for this one, or maybe not.
