... Maybe this is true in Berkeley. Not my experience. The piano still has by far the largest body of repertoire of Western Classical music, and this fact ...
... I'll have to check this out. ... I like them in relatively small doses. But give me a Clavichord or piano any day over a harpsichord for expressive...
... The accordian strikes me as primarily a comical instrument. Not bad for what it does, I guess. And I don't like that ever-present vibrato. I might say I ...
Greetings, When I was in Russia in 1978 (or so) I heard an accordionist play some movements of Pictures at an Exhibition. There's nothing quite like the Great...
Greetings, This is very interesting. I will listen. Thanks for the suggestion. All best wishes, Gordon Rumson Pianist, composer, author and storyteller Music...
Greetings, ... This is quite true in my estimation and it seems to me that the piano lurks in virtually every sphere of modern music making. Further, I rather...
Actually the accordion has quite a bit of dynamic control which, having only pump organs, i admit to a certain jealousy in this regard as well as the ability...
I've uploaded a new song to my Soundclick site at http://www.soundclick.com/PrentRodgers . This is the third piece for Woodwind Quintet in a series. This one...
... The Accordion was taken very seriously indeed until the 1960s. According to one accordionist, accordion music outsold piano music in America in the 1940s. ...
... psychoacoustical ... been ... that ... parallel ... I think so! I find the accordion to be a perfect party instrument. It's protable and capable of being...
... Mass popularity is by no means a measure of vitality or morbidity. As long as a repertoire continues to be played with a spirit of adventure, with even an...
Carl, {you wrote...} ... When your opinionating is so radically skewed as the above (as in, compare the number of piano recitals, concerts, students studying...
Okay folks, I've been at the drawing board all night, playing around with tessellations and generalized keyboard designs, and I've come to the conclusion that...
Greetings, Thanks to all for the ideas about the accordion and its value. It's surely a blind spot in my scarred psyche:) However, a few days ago I started...
Hi Gordon! Do you have a referance to a picture of this keyboard design? Good luck on your piece. From what i once found out that the egyptians call their land...
... Jon, I don't appreciate the tone of your remarks. But I'll try one more time to clarify mine. It's my job to evaluate keyboard music of all genres --...
Greetings, Sadly, I don't have an online reference off hand. Someone (please forgive me for forgetting -- age) once sent me the Fickenscher patent online, but...
... Well, it's ok if that's true, but I would like to continue using it in mine. ... Iggs, I like the design. But I like everything! It's like a cascade. I ...
Carl, {you wrote...} ... I needed to be bold and declamatory to point to how out of whack your comparison of piano music and Latin was. I still believe that to...
http://www.anaphoria.com/talis.html -- Kraig Grady North American Embassy of Anaphoria Island <http://anaphoria.com/> The Wandering Medicine Show KXLU...
... this lack of ... responds ... don't go in ... recital. ... registration. ... long can we ... deepest ... I've been taking the accordion seriously since...
This is all interesting....can you point me to some audio clips (mp3, ogg, whatever)? I might yet change my tune. Best, Aaron. ... -- Aaron Krister Johnson ...
... hitting an ... must ... I disagree. The Scalatron with a generalized keyboard has the same center-to-center lateral key distance as a piano, but the...
... (mp3, ogg, ... Wow, it's been a very, very long time since I've put anything on tape (so old, it would be open reel), and even that probably wouldn't ...
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