Before anyone says anything, ive asked about this and its okay to post here- it can be moved; its just the only board that lets you upload stuff...

anyway, i thought it may be a good idea if people posted recordings of themselves playing pieces they've learned, to help revive the music threads.
here's my contribution- its nowhere near perfect, just the nicest piece im playing at the moment so i thought this was the better choice :) it's the first movement of Gaspard de la Nuit by Ravel.

i've also included a translation of the poem it was based on:

Hark! Hark! It is I, it is Ondine who, with drops of water, rustles the resonant diamonds of your window illuminated by the muted moonbeams; it is the lady of the manor, dressed in moiré, who from her balcony contemplates the starlit night and the slumbering lake.
Each ripple is a sprite which swims in the current; each current is a path which meanders about my palace; and my palace is of water at the bottom of the lake, built within the triangle of flame and earth and air.
Hark! Hark! My father beats at the groaning waves with the branch of a young alder; and my sisters, with their foamy limbs, caress the cool islets of herbs and waterlilies and gladioli, which shame the bearded, deciduous willow with its nets forever cast.

...

Through her murmured song she pleads with me to accept her ring for my finger, to become the husband of a water-nymph and with her visit the palace and become king of the lakes.
And, because I replied that I loved a mortal, she – vexed and sulking – shed a few tears, then burst into laughter … and vanished in a white spray which trickled down my blue window pane.

Is that a metronome I hear in the background? Haha, or some other clicking thing . . do I hear strings too at times? o.0 . . anyways, your performance is really good =) This thread is an excellent idea to showcase Ichigo's talents! As for my own performance, I think all of my posted mp3s in the past were played by me, but I'm too lazy to re-upload them, haha . . I remember Noir once asked me to record Fantasie Impromptu :think: but back then I had terrible recording equipment . . and now I can't play the song anymore :heh:

Hey Thorn, how long have you been playing? And were you taught formaly or just by yourself? I'm just curious..sorry foro being off-topic but I'd post something if i had a microphone.

http://gradriel.com/Music/Gravity.mp3

School's starting soon, and I outfitted the school with a nice recording system. Should have more recordings soon.

Whoo, you did post it in the end then Thorn ~ I think it's a beautiful piece, I should try and get a hold of it myself soon.

@Al: That clicking isn't metronome. I thought that at first. It's actually his creaky pedal. XD

I might post something myself soon I think ~ I could do Fantasie Impromptu, but it's not perfect. If I'm hungry, I can't get through to the end of the piece in one go, lol. :P

Wow, I like that piece thorn. It's beautiful. Well, I'll try to post mine if I could ever find a way to record to my music. Maybe after 2 months or so, I could try to perfect the duet 3rd piano concerto of rach. I'll try to contribute here somehow in this thread. I'll ask my buddy is he would agree to me recording that piece of ours... hehe

@ Al- yeah Spoony's right, tis my pedal....

@ Shane, i've been playing piano for just over 3 years and im mainly self-taught.

Im glad this is working, lol.

If anyone wants the music for that piece, btw, its here http://www.sheetmusicarchive.net/compositions_b/ravondin.pdf

@thorn:- Is this your grade 8 piece? Sounds hard. I like your playing. Sounds a bit critical but I think you rushed some of your runs a bit (work on the scales! :P) but that's irrelevant because you played the piece well. Maybe I should start practising harder pieces...:think:

I'd like to post one up but I don't have the facilities for it as I've probably said a hundred times. :heh:

Sinbios, that's a nice performance/song . . haha, you only came in with the violin halfway through =P

Sinbios, your link doesn't work for me. Maybe it's my internet, but I really want to have a listen.

Anyways, that's a nice recording Thorn ~ I'm not familiar with Ravel, but it sounded very mysterious and unpleasantly pleasant (...)

I have an arranged version of To Zanarkand and a few others done (don't worry, it's not even near the cookie-cutter version). I just have to find a way to record them. I could do it with my keyboard, but I haven't got a pedal, and without the pedal the whole arrangment stinks.

Here's me playing the intro of "Time's Scar" (from Chrono Cross) using the guitar.
http://s42.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=1VR805XV0OGGC2GYE2HJD8HH5D

And here's me trying to play "Romance De'Lamour" on guitar.
http://s39.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3ONBJXIHKZTKS1JTJSRKV9P2BI

edit - The links are broken because they only last 7 days. If you want to hear it, send me a pm.

Sinbios, your link doesn't work for me. Maybe it's my internet, but I really want to have a listen.

Anyways, that's a nice recording Thorn ~ I'm not familiar with Ravel, but it sounded very mysterious and unpleasantly pleasant (...)

I have an arranged version of To Zanarkand and a few others done (don't worry, it's not even near the cookie-cutter version). I just have to find a way to record them. I could do it with my keyboard, but I haven't got a pedal, and without the pedal the whole arrangment stinks.
Oh, I was organizing my FTP the other day and moved all my music stuff. The new link is at http://gradriel.com/Music/Gravity.mp3

Very nice Thorn. How deliciously cryptic.

@Sinbios: That's a yummy song, too bad you came in only in the latter parts of the song though x_x The part you played was great :neko:

The part right before he came in was awesome too~
That recording rules -- it's on my regular playlist. ^_^

I'd post the recording of a friend and I doing piano/violin duet of "B.T." - .hack//SIGN at Canada day performance.... which /was/ recorded, but the recording crew somehow lost it. =_= I do have.... pictures.... though. <3

Hello! This is the song of Ravelle, a song that I believe is worthy of a real recording!
Predlude No. III - Ravelle
http://forums.ichigos.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=607&d=1128186105

good idea for a thread ^_^ I've moved it to compositions (I think it's more appropriate here, but if one of you mod types disagrees, feel free to move it back :torch:) and stickied it

The part right before he came in was awesome too~
That recording rules -- it's on my regular playlist. ^_^

I'd post the recording of a friend and I doing piano/violin duet of "B.T." - .hack//SIGN at Canada day performance.... which /was/ recorded, but the recording crew somehow lost it. =_= I do have.... pictures.... though. <3

BT rocks :D Wish I coulda heard it but ach, these things happen. One day, if I ever get good at it, I might post me playing Never Meant to Belong from Bleach ;)

Sorry Gand, but I think I want it to be in the Music Forum. We have enough of misunderstandings about the word 'composition' as it is.

@Sinbios: That's a yummy song, too bad you came in only in the latter parts of the song though x_x The part you played was great :neko:
Psst, I was the singer too :P

I have but one question......
what sites do you use to upload the music file?

well actually two questions
the only way I can post my music is by recording myself on my mp3 player.....only problem is, the quality sucks.....is that fine?

I use my own site, gradriel.com, hosted by DreamHost (http://www.dreamhost.com/rewards.cgi?sinbios). I also own sinbios.com, also by DreamHost.

You can also use

www.yousendit.com
www.rapidshare.de
www.megaupload.com

Well here (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DGUEPWCQ) is me =\ Ichigo's "To Zanarkand" (I dunno if the link works or not, or how people are supposed to download it... but oh well) I added the Damper Pedal to it, but as you can tell, I am not a very good pedalist... I just bought the Piano I played it on. Ish is a Roland KR-177. So I'm not very use to it yet, and I muted some keys on accident. It aint the whole song either, just up to the end of section C I think, maybe a bit before that. Any tips? :p

That's an annoying host you got there xD To the recording..

It was too slow! As you said yourself, the pedaling wasn't good. You seem very choppy when changing chords and releasing the pedal. My suggestion would be that you practise those left hand arpeggios repetedly until they just 'flow' like they should. Pieces like this in 6/8 should flow like the water ~

Other than that you seem to be on the right path =P Good luck

Ignore this posteth.

Here are a few classic riffs for you sorry about the quality it was recorded over a mic :sweat:

http://rapidshare.de/files/6069191/sample.mp3.html

Enter Sandman was great =] Although Master of Puppets was too, it sounded too blurry. Any chance you could play the solo of the middle parts of that song?

Enter Sandman was great =] Although Master of Puppets was too, it sounded too blurry. Any chance you could play the solo of the middle parts of that song?
I should be able to play it. But I havn't really tried learning it coz I play rhythm guitar in my band :sweat: But I know my lead guitarist can play it ^_^

Why don't people just use www.putfile.com? Nice and simple.

I bet you're anxious to hear my musical perfection *coughs*, so I'll hopefully have two recordings by the weekend: A recording of me playing my most recently completed composition (Imperial Medley), and me playing Clair de Lune by Claude Debussy. ^__^

Okay, I was messing around with microphones and the piano and thought why not do a recording? :death:

Chopin's Minute Waltz was the shortest piece I could think of. Excuse the HORRIBLE quality >.< -- and the horrible playing as well. I haven't played it in ages and it needs some serious work. XD

http://media.putfile.com/ValseMinute

Bravo! *claps* =D

That was :37 seconds over! :nono:

Actually, that was extremely good. Very nice.

wow! awsume playing!!!

Not flawless, but that was a great recording.

You could use crescendo on the last thrill since the music builds up... I think the orig transcript has that....but you did well...it's quite too fast though...Does'nt really meant to be played in a minute... lol...

Thanks!

And now that you mention it, it is too fast. @_@ I'll fix that someday, heh.

Question: Can record singing aswell here? (sorry if this was already asked)

Of course. The human voice is thought to be the favourite instrument of many people ^^

That was :37 seconds over! :nono:

Hmm... I thought that this waltz was dubbed "Minute" because of its unusually miniscule size. O_O You know... My-nyoot as opposed to Mih-nit. >_>;

So... I lied. X_X I will try to get those recordings out over this fall break weekend, but I can't give an in-stone guaruntee. :|

Does no one like Ravelles song?

What recording equipment do you guys use?

My piano has its own built-in floppy A drive, and I just record onto my piano's memory then save it to an ordinary floppy... ^.^

Mine does that too, but that just makes it a midi on my computer, which sounds kinda crappy.

@ Al- yeah Spoony's right, tis my pedal....

@ Shane, i've been playing piano for just over 3 years and im mainly self-taught.

Im glad this is working, lol.

If anyone wants the music for that piece, btw, its here http://www.sheetmusicarchive.net/compositions_b/ravondin.pdf


F# major?

No, C# major (seven sharps).

I managed to record better quality pieces than Ondine (part of a birthday thing). Liszt's Mazeppa; i like the piano a lot better than my own, but its still a bit rusty in places (the piece, that is). Same with Debussy's Reflets dans l'eau.

does anyone has a video they can post? I like it better that way, when i can see the piano keys. Some of the pieces i see are unbelievable!

Anyway, i'll try to post a video asap.

uhhh, how do you upload a file?

@stefan - nice playing.

Yeah... Just got a microphone, so... :shifty:

Here's me playing the intro of the second part of The Piano Duet, from Corpse Bride! :heh:

The Piano Duet - Second Part Intro (http://media.putfile.com/ThePianoDuet-SecondPartIntro)

Not bad =)

Thank you! :heh:

Oh, and when I tried to upload me playing "To Zanarkand" in Putfile, even though the limit is 10 MB and the recording is 6 MB, it doesn't seem to work. Can anyone help? :sweat:

Thanks!

And now that you mention it, it is too fast. @_@ I'll fix that someday, heh.


A little bit slow actually in the "main melody" the middle part is fine at it's speed.. but if you hear the professionals they actually play it musch faster. hehe.

@Thorn: the mazeppa sounds exactly like my improvations. sure they may sound like a miss a few notes, or the notes are SUPER clear like when it's written, but if i post an improv of myself,i can just (alomost lol) post tat!

@Thorn

That's insane. @_@

*worships*

Man, I suck compare to you guys.
Here's a recording of me playing Saria's theme from Zelda on the piano and harmonica at the same time. Please excuse the bad quality and the mistakes.:sweat:

http://media.putfile.com/harmonicapiano-Sarias-theme

Does no one like Ravelles song?
I enjoy the Pavane...

But I'm going to record my Mozart piece. It's not quite prepared... which is actually why I want to post it here; that way I can trick people into suffering through it and get their reactions. :whistle:

I was talking about the song that I posted before...the one by the person with the screen name ravelle. (prelude III)

Man, I suck compare to you guys.
Here's a recording of me playing Saria's theme from Zelda on the piano and harmonica at the same time. Please excuse the bad quality and the mistakes.:sweat:

http://media.putfile.com/harmonicapiano-Sarias-theme

no way,i suck compared to all of you,i cant play a song with freaking eigth notes and dotted half notes at the same time on piano. :heh: (but gimme a break though,i've only been playing for 2 months.:whistle: )

I was talking about the song that I posted before...the one by the person with the screen name ravelle. (prelude III)
... I so knew that...

Well, I got myself a better mic. :drinking:

Rachmaninoff - Prelude in C-sharp minor (http://forums.ichigos.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=828&stc=1&d=1132365948)

It's not perfect, but I'm no expert anyway.

@Thorn: the mazeppa sounds exactly like my improvations. sure they may sound like a miss a few notes, or the notes are SUPER clear like when it's written, but if i post an improv of myself,i can just (alomost lol) post tat!

plz post that'd be pretty remarkable to see.

thing is.. im saving up/ for christimas to get a comp -and- mic recorder. and im not in luck finding one, when ill get it, ill hopefully record somthin'

http://gradriel.com/Music/Gravity.mp3

School's starting soon, and I outfitted the school with a nice recording system. Should have more recordings soon.
You have an excellent voice

I can't figure out how to record I have a mic...

Any guide with it? Or try searching online. I Think you need a sound card, maybe =-/

Here (http://http://s23.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2M85BPMD4V17T0BYIM16ZVQQ87) is me playing a song called Destoyed Water. Sorry it's so quiet.

the link aint workin

the link aint workin

Sorry, try this (http://s23.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2M85BPMD4V17T0BYIM16ZVQQ87).

Edit: I lied that's not the link this is http://media.putfile.com/Me-brothers-piano
My friend has all this super cool recording stuff and an electrical piano and he helped me record "Brothers" from FMA.

Very well played Ruby !

Very well played Ruby !
Thank you!

I can't get Putfile to work. I keep getting 404'ed. Any tips?

EDIT:
Well, the one I want to put up here doesn't work. The one I'm posting is me playing this electric organ, which saved my performace as a midi. I then plugged it into my computer and converted it to wave. This is a piece I wrote, by the way. I was quite pleased with the footwork.

http://media.putfile.com/Requiem-Prelude

Yay teen girl squad! Won't anyone listen to mine?

I can't get Putfile to work. I keep getting 404'ed. Any tips?

EDIT:
Well, the one I want to put up here doesn't work. The one I'm posting is me playing this electric organ, which saved my performace as a midi. I then plugged it into my computer and converted it to wave. This is a piece I wrote, by the way. I was quite pleased with the footwork.

http://media.putfile.com/Requiem-Prelude
Beautiful.

nice job.

...i couldnt post the song.... didnt know how, sorry.

Um...there isn't a link, dude.

Just at the title says. I'm mainly playing the full Fur Elise Bagatell on an Unweighted, 3 Tone touch sensitive, 66 key'd, no pedal MIDI Controller/Keyboard. Was a bit hard since you obviously can't play the whole with 66 keys, no pedal or just whatever it says above LoL.

It's only a tiny tiny little fragment of what I actually play like. Just got to get a better mic and extension chord so I can record myself on my piano for real. Then I'll be in buisness.. anyway, here ya are.

http://forums.ichigos.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1026&d=1136008125

Wow i havent been on here in a long time anywho here's a recording of me and my friend playing The Real Folk Blues. The site is for my jazzband i'll update it once we finish recording our demo. I hope to have Tank! on there soon as well!

www.myspace.com/jazzunderground

Ah... I have finally gotten around to recording something. Unfortunately, it's on tape. And I am still pondering whether or not I should re-do it and post it on here or no. Dilemmas dilemmas.

Nice. ^_^

Edit: I lied that's not the link this is http://media.putfile.com/Me-brothers-piano
My friend has all this super cool recording stuff and an electrical piano and he helped me record "Brothers" from FMA.I know that this reply is a little late, but that was an absolutely beautifull song. You're tallented. :) Where can I find sheet music for it?

@thorn: Very nice. Do you have a recording of your finished version (i.e., no metronome :P)?

If I ever manage to borrow a digital video camera without sounding obnoxious, I wanna post Chopin's Etude #6...it's not one of my favorite pieces, nor is it technically difficult, but it's the most complicated piece I can play upside-down without it sounding absolutely horrible :P I guess I'll wait until I get home; no sense doing it in the dorm...

@thorn: Very nice. Do you have a recording of your finished version (i.e., no metronome :P)?

a recording of finished version of what without metronome? i dont use metronomes :huh:

:think: unless you're referring to the Ravel piece I posted? that's not a metronome; tis my pedal... but its sorted out now, so i suppose i could record it again if thats what you meant

Wow, that's the pedal? o_O

Yeah, I'd like to hear want your end product sounds like, if you're not too busy :)

here you go- a much improved Ondine. (still some work to do though)

So Beautifull artists :)

But in this topic we can post videos ? because I create a topic for my little video :s If we can i will post my video here and not creat another topic

http://media.putfile.com/Ondine

here you go- a much improved Ondine. (still some work to do though)

I'm having a problem with windows media player, in that it keeps crashing on me. Can you post an mp3/ogg version on rapidshare or megaupload or even here, really (in your composition thread)?

http://www.putfile.com/abuse.php
i will get this whenever i click on any putfile hosted files... -.-;;;;

http://www.geocities.com/purry87/rovskihacksign.mp3

Say Goodbye from hacksign. I played the violin part while the piano part is midi. It is a classical violin and recorded using a karaoke mic ;;; so dun expect too much on the sound quality ;)

Errr, the link doesn't work. I do want to post recording but I don't own a mic and everyone might vomit if they hear me playing. XD

the last song posted in my thread "one_winged´s start over" is played by me, its nothing fancy though

My jazzband finally made a trip to the studio to record our demo
The song is Spain by Chick Corea i'm the first solo in, then the last two choruses with the alto player.

www.myspace.com/jazzunderground

I VidRec myself playing mahoromatic-i-think-dirty-thoughts-are-bad

http://www.angelfire.com/ri/grasspokemon/dirtythoughtsarebad.wmv

I need help in the articulation of this music. Any suggestions on improvements?

Hi everyone, ok I had to try this so I am posting my really bad versions of Clock Town and Bratja on the Violin.

BTW, I have been playing the violin for less than 8 months @_@ also my microphone did me no justice. x_x

http://media.putfile.com/Bratja-Violin74

http://media.putfile.com/Clock-Town-Violin18

I think it's pretty good for learning that long. A few out of tune notes, but that's expected if it's only been that long. Nice work.

http://media.putfile.com/Ondine

here you go- a much improved Ondine. (still some work to do though)

Very nice :) Though if I may make a suggestion: the poem describes the nymph Ondine as raindrops against the window pane. Yours is kinda like how the water starts to wash down after a while. It's very impressive and very watery, but it's not quite the right kind of watery. I think if you slow it down a touch and make your 32nds more regular and crisp, the listener will have a more tactile experience (and it'll be easier on your hands :)).

http://media.putfile.com/Ondine

here you go- a much improved Ondine. (still some work to do though)

Wow since tanonev commented on your piece thorn... I decided to browse and listen to it...Debussy is a first rated water composer as known by many so that piece of his should be played like being lulled in a mystic sleep. It's the polarities of two unlike sides, shapes and objects that objectifies as a same and concrete object that is exemplified in his work.

The music gets kind of repetitive and sadly bland but do play it in a sophisticated manner. As said by tanonev, be careful of the left hand there it's too powerful.

This Ondine is actually by Ravel, not Debussy...but the two composers' works are fairly similar, with them being from the same country, same period, after all...

The difficult thing about this piece is that many times you can't make the distinction between "left hand" and "right hand," as the melody is woven through the accompaniment and jumps hands and ranges as it pleases.

lol thx. :) I noticed all the notes that are off :( ... I have a hard time playing with a microphone attached to my violin.

@ tanonev + tokoy; thanks for the advice- i have born it in mind whilst practising over the last couple of days.

As for the whole left hand/right hand thing- i just assumed when tokoy said the left hand was too powerful, that that comment referred to the accompaniment? that tends to happen though, because when i was improving it before, i read somewhere that Ravel didnt want either the melody or the accompaniment to stand out too much, so i guess i went into reverse to the point that the melody is swallowed up?

anyway, thanks for the advice. I am currently improving Ondine and finishing off Scarbo, because I am performing the complete Gaspard de la Nuit at a local fundraising event in the summer. So in a few months i will post the whole work for people to listen to.

This Ondine is actually by Ravel, not Debussy...but the two composers' works are fairly similar, with them being from the same country, same period, after all...

The difficult thing about this piece is that many times you can't make the distinction between "left hand" and "right hand," as the melody is woven through the accompaniment and jumps hands and ranges as it pleases.

Opps sorry for that... my bad...:heh: Oh my GOD I was commenting on my knowledge about Debbusy and yet the piece is by Ravel. :sweat:

Anyway I thought I'd post here a bad recording of mine from my phone. The quality is quite off but I hope the music does sound well. My phone can only record 1 minute so good thing the piece did finish before a minute. I recorded it from a studio since the place is quite nice but the recording device is crap so no use there.

I'll try to post it but then, it's in amr format so I have no idea hot to convert it into mp3 files so yeah... a little problem there...

Here is the link for recorded crappy piano music files... I hope its clear... And it only lasts for about 7 days I think... since it is in you send it...

Etude in G Flat Major Op. 10 by Chopin (http://s22.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3ABDSQN9L6F992SCZE4F11JVNQ)

Prelude in B Flat Minor Op. 28 by Chopin (http://s22.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2MTPNSWA61QBY0OXSDNUALL5FA)

Oh yeah, I love Chopin... I think I've played most of his works... Such a composer... Please do give feed backs... Just don't throw anything at me...:heh:

It's so fast... x_x

I don't like the pieces, but hey, that's Chopin's fault. XD Anyways, I think you did a great job. ^_^

It's so fast... x_x

I don't like the pieces, but hey, that's Chopin's fault. XD Anyways, I think you did a great job. ^_^

I don't like the pieces either but those are somewhat the only things I've memorized among his pieces... And if you've noticed they only lasted like less than 2 minutes since I don't like to memorize I mean compeletely memorize a piece so long unless there is a sheet in front of me and someone who turns the pages for me... Yeah, I'm lazy when it comes to these things... But I'll try to record his Valse Briliante and Fantasie Impromptu... Maybe when I have the time.... Hehe...:heh:

http://rapidshare.de/files/13411042/slampan_-_silence_before_the_storm_cover_v1.mp3.html

^ Me playing Silence before the Storm on the piano :) I guess its far from perfect but it's just a rather quick home recording thing I did..

http://rapidshare.de/files/13411317/Benighted.mp3.html

^ Me playing Opeth's Benighted. I can't even remember how I did playing this one but probably not very well, it's an old recording with old guitar, amp etc :) I guess I f****d up a few times but its a nice tune anyway. No vocals, just my guitar...

http://rapidshare.de/files/13412113/The_drapery_falls3.mp3.html

^ This is a 13 mb file of me and my two friends 9 ½ minute, shortened-down verison of Opeth's "The Drapery Falls". We're in the middle of the recording session for this school-project thingie, it has no vocals, no bass, and we haven't even begun to mix it yet. The song itself is complete though. However, you'll want to listen to this beacause you want to hear the awesome songwriting skills of Mikael Åkerfeldt, our 10 guitars in symbios with kickass drumming :D You know you want to hear it so go ahead and download it already ;)

The final version will be *alot* better than this, but this is by no means bad!! :P

http://rapidshare.de/files/13413218/slampan_-_muse_cover_version_1.mp3.html

^ I'll just post this one aswell cause I love the sound of the two guitars. The rythm guitar is messed up cause I recorded it all in just one take. but I'm sure you'll enjoy it anyway. The song is "Muse" by Mike Oldfield. I'll record a better version soon though.

ive listened to the muse cover.

either you have a crappy guítar or there is something else thats crappy... its completely out of tune at some parts... and the rythm is all over the place.
god damn it.

Edit:since you made a cover of one of my favourite songs, Silence before the storm that is, I just had to listen to it. you should stick to playing the piano, this is so much better!

haha actually I didnt really check the tuning before I recorded. Couldn't really notice anything out of tune though. and yeah, the rythm is as I said, messed up. But I was playing after a tab only after looking it through once and it was like my fifth try playing while following the tab so thats why I messed it up. It certainly wasn't a serious recording. I love the sound of the guitars though, think it's really nice.

yea its a nice clear sound, but its way out of tune but only in certain places. involountary bends?

hmm can't imagine that but who knows :) the lead guitar was recorded in different pieces, rather small ones so I don't think I did any real mistakes with those... oh well... I'll be recording another, proper version of it anyway as it is to be included in my school project along with the "The Drapery Falls" cover... I guess I'll post that version here when its done then :P

Here are some of the pieces that I recorded through a crappy casette player. These are two of my fav pieces of Chopin... The last one would be... Uhm, how do I say it. The piano sheet is just lying around the studio so I just played it...:\

Anyway hope you like these guys... I need evil feedbacks like, "I hate chopin so stop playing it." You know like that... Well here goes...

Note: I love this piece, so beautful...
Grande Valse Brilliante (http://s9.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=13BGGT5MMHHCQ1FJPEIM9LU9Z4)

Note: One of those alluding ones...
Fantasie Impromptu (http://s9.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0D80P2380SEFI1MBYDOKM6CEWN)

Note: It's good... but sounds cliche...
Etude in C Op. 10 (http://s9.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3JCCIJP8RZTUC3IW2BKE27EU44)

@ tanonev + tokoy; thanks for the advice- i have born it in mind whilst practising over the last couple of days.

As for the whole left hand/right hand thing- i just assumed when tokoy said the left hand was too powerful, that that comment referred to the accompaniment? that tends to happen though, because when i was improving it before, i read somewhere that Ravel didnt want either the melody or the accompaniment to stand out too much, so i guess i went into reverse to the point that the melody is swallowed up?

anyway, thanks for the advice. I am currently improving Ondine and finishing off Scarbo, because I am performing the complete Gaspard de la Nuit at a local fundraising event in the summer. So in a few months i will post the whole work for people to listen to.

Wow, I don't know what's more impressive: the fact that you're performing Gaspard de la Nuit, or the fact that you're doing it for the community. Kudos to you, and best of luck :)

Here are some of the pieces that I recorded through a crappy casette player. These are two of my fav pieces of Chopin... The last one would be... Uhm, how do I say it. The piano sheet is just lying around the studio so I just played it...:\

Anyway hope you like these guys... I need evil feedbacks like, "I hate chopin so stop playing it." You know like that... Well here goes...

Note: I love this piece, so beautful...
Grande Valse Brilliante (http://s9.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=13BGGT5MMHHCQ1FJPEIM9LU9Z4)

Note: One of those alluding ones...
Fantasie Impromptu (http://s9.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=0D80P2380SEFI1MBYDOKM6CEWN)

Note: It's good... but sounds cliche...
Etude in C Op. 10 (http://s9.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3JCCIJP8RZTUC3IW2BKE27EU44)

Well, it's preety good how you can actually play Chopin's sheet music, but it seems that you cannont play his feeling quite yet.

All of Chopin's music must be played with entire emotion before he can perfect that Chopin song. Feeling is the key that Chopin gave into his music, and only some could find the correct door to unlock this.

I see you have found the door of "structure" (Or what is on the sheet music being played, but I think in the Grand Valse, some parts I remmeber hearing other pianists making an F-Forte actually SOUND like it's Forte.)

Now, you need to find the door of "feeling" (Or what is supposted to be letting you're emotion effect the composition piece. This is what makes Chopin's music... Chopin's music. It is how it is also viewed and played by others.)
+ Now, if that's how you interpret it, then I guess it's ok, but I don't think I got the feeling of when you played.

Other than that. The Begininning of the Impromptu you should try and connect the "theme" notes; The theme notes seemed kind of spaced together.

You also seemed to slow down in odd places, and in the Valse the three notes then going to the chords got REALLY annoying sounding. I mean, I could just predict those notes. Try and make them QEUIETER than the chords, alright? I was serious by the way, the three notes were actually louder, then it has these nice three chords going. Then the notes.. etc. etc.

I liked the Etude. Lol, nothing to say on it. It was perfect in my taste!

EDIT : Oh! I noticed on thelast page you had two more great Chopin Pieces (That which I noticed you like to play the songs, but hate the music of it. Alright no wonder I am seeing no feeling in them).

Anyway, the Etude was OK, doesn't need too musch work.

Another Anyway, the Prelude, however, wasn't all that fun though. This is on my top 3 list for Chopin's music. (Being 3rd). I have heard at least 10+ different versions of this song on recording, and the did NOT sound like this. That left hand, dude, has to be there a lot stronger and has more rage in the minor'ed parts of the song. The lighter parts could be a tiny bit louder-then again the recorder isn't that good too.

Anyway, on the Prelude try and go faster-not only for preformance, but for skill. It i said that that piece was also considered an Etude, like the Prelude in G# Minor No. 12, Op. 28 as well....

Thanks for the comments Maestro. I'd want to record Hungarian Rhapsody no 2 by Lizst but then it would be too tiresome for a fellow musician of mine if he turned 29 pages of music sheet while being recorded and him not being paid. Plus with the crappy recorder which is a cassete player in the studio, it's not an option to hire him. I could'nt record anything with great sound quality since me recording those pieces is not a part of the contract so it would be expensive for me to pay a whole studio just for those pieces to be recorded while me not being paid.

I'll try to nag the chief audio mixer in the team and make me at least one free recording session. Hehe... Maybe by next week I would have come up with a new piece with a better sound quality. Hehe...:sweat: Maybe a dozen doughnuts would do...

Oooh crap, I have'nt recorded any violin music for the violin critics there. I'll find some time soon to record something. By next week, I think my friends are coming for dinner for a quartet practice for a charity ball. Hey, maybe I could ask them and maybe we could record something with that crappy cassete player of mine... Hehe, this would be fun...:lol: I am so inspired to record something... I don't know why...

Finally have all the demos up of course these are raw unmixed versions and by no means the final products.
If you like jazz please listen and tell me what you think.
www.myspace.com/jazzunderground

I used Finale Song writer at my friends house and a Midi based on one of the songs from the second or third OST of FMA... wow that's confusing..... I read the music off his computer screen though and he still has it.

it's not as good as it could be because im working hard on other pieces. but here's Ravel's Jeux d'eau (Fountains). To give more of an idea of the mood of the piece, Ravel wrote a line at the top of the score "River-God laughing at the water which tickles him".

http://media.putfile.com/Jeux-deau--Ravel

it's not as good as it could be because im working hard on other pieces. but here's Ravel's Jeux d'eau (Fountains). To give more of an idea of the mood of the piece, Ravel wrote a line at the top of the score "River-God laughing at the water which tickles him".

Wow thorn, your good. I have to say, that was some musical expression. I was so amazed how you played the expression so well. Two thumbs up...:cry:

^_^ Ah, so many talented musicians nowadays. :lol:

Ok people, I was kind of getting eager to post myself playing something as many of you are doing as well. So, I decided a way how I can get myself on the forums! :heh:

Anyway, this is the piece I'm doing for WSMA this upcoming Saturday-Für Elsie. Now, this was just a rough way of me playing, theres some spots where my fingers mashed the keys together, and just some spots where I hit another note (hard to hear) on accident.

I have been playing piano for now 1 Year, and playing Für Elsie since about Late November or Early December. I'll also sound a lot better on a piano that isn't (roughly) +10/15 Range at the competition.

Enjoy!

Link :

http://forums.ichigos.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1446&d=1142137048

EDIT : Comments are welcome.

Man. Since you've only been playing for a year that rocked! :lol: You hear so many people play Fur Elsie bad and then I heard that and I thought... 'That was really good for a beginner!':)

I want to put up two 30 sec samples of some songs I composed. It's for a music assessment, and I want to know which one I should use. I 'm having trouble figuring out how to add attachments, so if they don't come through I wouldn't mind if someone explained how to add them. :think: Thanks.:sweat:

Toodles,
Reo.

If they are your own compositions, be sure to post them in the Compositions forum instead.

nvm...

right... the long promised recording of me playing the entire Gaspard de la Nuit.

All three movements are in one MP3, so if you arent going to listen to it all at once, here are the places to skip to:

Ondine- beginning
Le Gibet- 6:45
Scarbo- 14:05

any comments welcomed; this is no where near the end of my work on Gaspard... too big a piece, so much more to do

i post the poems before the link to the MP3, because unless you know Gaspard already, you can't fully appreciate it unless you have read the poems on which the pieces are based:

Ondine

.... I thought I heard
A vague harmony enchanting my slumber,
And from near me came the same murmur of
An interrupted song of a sad and gentle voice…

Listen! Listen! It is I, it is Ondine, who brushes
droplets of water on the ringing panes of your
Window lit by the pale rays of the moon; and
Here in a gown of watered silk, the lady of the
Chateau gazes from her terrace at the beautiful
Starry night and the beautiful sleeping lake.

“Each wave is a water sprite who swims in the
current, each current is a footpath that meanders
About my palace, and my palace is built of flowing
water, in the depths of the lake, within the triangle
of fire, of earth and of air.

“Listen! Listen! My father whips the babbling
water with a branch of green alder, and my
sisters embrace with their arms of foam the cool
islets of grass, of water lilies, and of corn
flowers, or giggle at the weeping and bearded
willow who casts a line in the lake.”

With her whispered song, she beseeches me to accept
Her ring on my finger, to be the husband of an
Ondine, and to descend with her to her palace and be
King of the lakes.

And as I replied to her that I loved a
Mortal, sullen and hurt, she shed some tears,
Uttered a burst of laughter, and vanished in a shower
Of spray that palely trickled down the length
Of my stained glass windows.


Le Gibet

What is it I see stirring around that gibbet?

Ah! That which I hear, was it the north wind that
Howls in the night, or the hanged one who
Sighs on the bough of the gallows?

Was it some cricket who sings creeping in the moss
And the sterile ivy, which carpets the shameful
Floor of the forest?

Might it be some fly in chase sounding the horn
Around those ears deaf to the fanfare?

Was it some scarab beetle who gathers in his
Erratic flight a bloody hair from the balding skull?

Or then, was it some spider who embroiders
A length of muslin as a scarf for the strangled neck?

It is the bell that tolls from the walls of a town
Beyond the horizon, and the corpse of the hanged one
That is reddened by the waning sun.

Scarbo

He looked under the bed, in the hearth, in the
Cupboard: no one. He could not understand where it
Had got in or how it had escaped.

Oh! How often have I heard and seen him,
Scarbo, when at midnight the moon flickers in the
Sky like a silver shield on an azure banner strewn
With golden bees.

How often have I heard his laughter buzzing in the
Shadows of my alcove, and his fingernails rasping on
The silk curtains of my bed!

How often have I seen him leap onto the floor,
Swivel on one foot and tear around the room like
The spindle fallen from the wand of a sorceress!

Then did I think he had vanished? The dwarf would tower
Between the moon and me, taller than the belfry of a
Gothic cathedral, a golden bell swaying on his pointed hat!

But soon his body turns blue, translucent as the
Wax of a candle, his face pales like a waning
Candle light- and suddenly he is extinguished.

OMG!:lol: Anime Music rock. They sound way better than english music! English music is o.k but not that cool, the sound isn't that great. But Anime soundings rock its like english and japenese combin, well not exactly it's more japenese like! :lol:

Who ever heard Fruit Basket theme song? Well if you didn`t you should hear it, it sound so good. Once i was listening to Hilary Duff Music then i started to hear anime music and i loved it then i started hating english music. But i still like ne topic of english music. HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL!! It like totally rocks for me it does. I think that it's better than anime music!:lol:

i wish i had a keyboard...btw, does anyone know about the peace standchen from the album shwanengesang by schubert?

What's with all the off-topic posts lately?

Ok well this is sort of off topic but not very.

I've been wondering for a long time now, what is the difference between preludes, nocturnes, etudes and other things?

Nice recording Thorn, you're amazing!
Ravel is very hard to play, and I was impressed by listening to you playing Ondine. Great work for playing all the 3 movements! :)
I think I have a lot of work to do if I want to reach your level :sweat:

Nice recording Thorn, you're amazing!
Ravel is very hard to play, and I was impressed by listening to you playing Ondine. Great work for playing all the 3 movements! :)
I think I have a lot of work to do if I want to reach your level :sweat:

Thank you :) Yes, Ravel can get extremely tricky at times- especially in Ondine. Glad you enjoyed it, it's my favourite movement too :lol:


@yousee- Prelude; in the original sense is a short piece of work that is used as an introduction to a larger work. In the post-Chopin sense of the word, it is basically characteristically the same thing, but existing as an independant work.

Nocturne; an expressive, lyrical piece that is descriptive of the night.

Etude; a piece which is designed to practise a technical difficulty that is encountered in a certain instrument. Liszt Etudes are a different kettle of fish, designed for developing performance in general and as a whole.

there are several "other things", and too many to explain here... maybe start a different thread on musical forms?

Thanks Throrn.

And Amazing Playing!!

Thorn, how long have you been playing piano?
I just bought the Gaspard sheet music today, and it is really hard!
You must have been playing for at least 10 years!

Oh, in the Schirmer edition, I love the note at the beginning, that says that Ravel wanted to make the piece as difficult as possible^.^

Thorn, how long have you been playing piano?
I just bought the Gaspard sheet music today, and it is really hard!
You must have been playing for at least 10 years!

Oh, in the Schirmer edition, I love the note at the beginning, that says that Ravel wanted to make the piece as difficult as possible^.^

The note in the Schirmer edition refers to Scarbo rather than the other two, but yes, he wanted to make it more difficult than Balakirev's Islamey... ask someone who's played Islamey whether or not he succeeded :lol:

I've been playing for four years- self taught so i just learn what I like... I never went through the grades or anything, so I don't really go by difficulty levels. But Gaspard is a bit of a bitch, I agree.

I would like to share with all of you my recordings of what I play.
But I won't post them there, I already have my website (http://sodaorat2.free.fr) where you can download them.

The best recordings are in the "Arrangements" section, because they are made for listening ^^
Well you can listen to this one for example:
Tsubasa Chronicles OST - Tsubasa (Arrangement) (http://sodaorat2.free.fr/public/index.php5?action=DownloadFile&fileid=18&category=ARRANGEMENT)

I don't know which arrangement pleases the most, so I would appreciate feedback concerning which arrangement you prefer, critics, etc... :)

Before anyone says anything, ive asked about this and its okay to post here- it can be moved; its just the only board that lets you upload stuff...

anyway, i thought it may be a good idea if people posted recordings of themselves playing pieces they've learned, to help revive the music threads.
here's my contribution- its nowhere near perfect, just the nicest piece im playing at the moment so i thought this was the better choice :) it's the first movement of Gaspard de la Nuit by Ravel.

i've also included a translation of the poem it was based on:

Hark! Hark! It is I, it is Ondine who, with drops of water, rustles the resonant diamonds of your window illuminated by the muted moonbeams; it is the lady of the manor, dressed in moiré, who from her balcony contemplates the starlit night and the slumbering lake.
Each ripple is a sprite which swims in the current; each current is a path which meanders about my palace; and my palace is of water at the bottom of the lake, built within the triangle of flame and earth and air.
Hark! Hark! My father beats at the groaning waves with the branch of a young alder; and my sisters, with their foamy limbs, caress the cool islets of herbs and waterlilies and gladioli, which shame the bearded, deciduous willow with its nets forever cast.

...

Through her murmured song she pleads with me to accept her ring for my finger, to become the husband of a water-nymph and with her visit the palace and become king of the lakes.
And, because I replied that I loved a mortal, she – vexed and sulking – shed a few tears, then burst into laughter … and vanished in a white spray which trickled down my blue window pane.
\

nice~!!
what level song is that?

i dont get why i cant play a song higher than my level if i got enough fundamentals to play it ... like the original passion song... its kind of hard to me but i think practice will make perfect.

I've been playing for four years- self taught so i just learn what I like... I never went through the grades or anything, so I don't really go by difficulty levels. But Gaspard is a bit of a bitch, I agree.

omg, you're self taught and you're that gd?!! i must work harder... x_x

Hehe, Thorn seems to be a genius .... :lol:

http://forums.ichigos.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2133&d=1149520995

Ok above is the link to a .zip which is holding a .wma file of my horrible playing of the IInd movment to the Pathetique (Beethoven).

I want a new piano, and I played with sweaty palms and a fever.


EDIT : But here it is, 2 months later.

nice~!!
what level song is that?

You don't want to know >.>

I still can't get over the fact that Thorn can play Gaspard after only having studied the piano for 4 years o_O

hmm. this is one of my recordings. im playing the "Air Platform Theme" or the athletic theme from Super Mario World. pls rate/criticize. more to come when i finish uploading all my recordings ^^

athlete.mp3 (http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/6/10/59852/athlete.mp3)

Hehe, Thorn seems to be a genius .... :lol:

I think Thorn is a musical genius if what he says is true. Ive been playing for more then 4 years and I cant touch that kind of music yet.


@Thorn
Can you post more songs of Ravel and/or Liszt please? I can only find recordings of their songs from you and I like it.. but can you post it like the first song you posted? I cant get those downloading sites to work.

EDIT: nm... After I actualy looked at the sheet instead of just listening to it its not that hard.

http://forums.ichigos.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2133&d=1149520995

Ok above is the link to a .zip which is holding a .wma file of my horrible playing of the IInd movment to the Pathetique (Beethoven).

I want a new piano, and I played with sweaty palms and a fever.


EDIT : But here it is, 2 months later.

whistle.

hmm. Maestro~, the recording that you made was kinda, no offense, was of low quality. but i understand that you want to compress that 5+ mins to just 3mb :)
and as for the piece, well its nice. have you played it's 1st mvt? coz that's what im recording next. god! those tremolos will break my fragile hands haha

I am not, sadly, learning the first movment. Just the II and III. For next years WSMA, you must play II and III for the competition-otherwise I would learn all three.

I might when I have the time.

I think Thorn is a musical genius if what he says is true. Ive been playing for more then 4 years and I cant touch that kind of music yet.


@Thorn
Can you post more songs of Ravel and/or Liszt please? I can only find recordings of their songs from you and I like it.. but can you post it like the first song you posted? I cant get those downloading sites to work.

EDIT: nm... After I actualy looked at the sheet instead of just listening to it its not that hard.

Don't feel bad :heh: I didn't attempt Gaspard until last summer, and I've been playing piano for 13 years now...

Thorn, you realize you now have a social obligation to practice 10 hours a day so you can go touring around the world? :P

Don't feel bad :heh: I didn't attempt Gaspard until last summer, and I've been playing piano for 13 years now...

Thorn, you realize you now have a social obligation to practice 10 hours a day so you can go touring around the world? :P

well... i am aiming to audition for to music college either in the autumn or next year

not sure about the world tours though... sounds stressful :heh:

@Radical_Dreamer... the very first one i posted was actually directly to the Ichigos site.. and that cant be done any more, which is understandable because of space and stuff

if theres anywhere you can get to work, i could upload them there? or i could mail them you? im not doing any more Ravel for a while, because i play him too much :lol: but I am doing more Liszt (aiming for all 12 transcendental etudes) which i will post when/if i record ^.^

Oh, that'l be fun recording all those.

Want to hear your interpretation of "Wilde Jagd" ;)

haha-i love Wilde Jagd, but cant do it to a good enough standard yet- but earlier in the thread you will find Mazeppa, and here is Paysage and Harmonies du Soir:



also decided to record another Liszt piece for whoever it was who requested more Liszt:


The story behind the legend is that Francis was refused passage on a boat to cross the Straits of Messina and was ridiculed by the ferryman who said such a holy man should be able to walk on water. According to the legend, he then crossed by walking atop the water.

Yea, Mazeppa is one of my favorite Liszt pieces.

It's my email and game nickname!

EDIT :

Good job on 'Paysage' - Nice and tranquil with the louder parts, very well put together.

Same with 'Harmonies du Soir' - Just seemed perfect.

Can't wait for the faster Etudes! I know you have Mazeppa done, but would like to hear No. 2, No. 1 and No. 8 expecially.

Yea, Mazeppa is one of my favorite Liszt pieces.

It's my email and game nickname!

EDIT :

Good job on 'Paysage' - Nice and tranquil with the louder parts, very well put together.

Same with 'Harmonies du Soir' - Just seemed perfect.

Can't wait for the faster Etudes! I know you have Mazeppa done, but would like to hear No. 2, No. 1 and No. 8 expecially.

thanks for the feedback :)

im currently working on Chasse-Neige (No. 12).. so i dno if that classes as a faster etude? I like 2 and 8 also, but not got round to learning them... No 2 in particular is pretty hard :heh:

Can you send it to me through email? Ill pm you my addy.

EDIT: NM, I found the link on sendspace to download it. Its hidden under the ads : |

Legende II is VERY good. Dynamics are very very soulful and you kept very nice to the notes.

T_T I love your playing

*DARN IT! I Forgot I had an older post... *Please merge the post!!

Yea I could see No.2 being a tough one.

God, I want to teahc myself these-I don't care if I can't now-just some of them I could try.

God, I am attempting Liebestraume-that's almost an Etude by itself.

well if you want to learn the Transcendentals, I suggest the Cortot edition... gives you loads of tips, pointers and exercises

not as good as his edition of the Chopin Etudes, but pretty useful... if you can speak french

*Looks in Favorites*
*Finds the Translator*

French? Huh?

Alfred Cortot was a professor at Paris Conservatoire... so all his notes are in French.. apart from some Chopin which has been translated to an English version.

Highly recommend the Cortot Chopin works... he edited and recorded Chopin's complete piano solo works and was on the judging panel for the International Chopin Piano Competition for pretty much his whole life.

Damn, that's dedication hey?

Yea, if I had a better touch, I would be playing Chopin. Thing is, my touch is a mix between Beethoven and Chopin-so Liszt comes to mind. :lol:

hmm. this is one of my recordings. im playing the "Air Platform Theme" or the athletic theme from Super Mario World. pls rate/criticize. more to come when i finish uploading all my recordings ^^

athlete.mp3 (http://www.fileden.com/files/2006/6/10/59852/athlete.mp3)

Heh, it obviously sounds like your used the midi and added instruments. Get the hell out of this forum, please.

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=305070A26C7FE3C9

And here's my recording of Fantasie Impromptu.

An easier piece:

Bach's Prelude No. 1 (from "The Well-Tempered Klavier")
Was looking through my Fake Book of pieces, and came across this.

Great and beautiful piece, though it's easy, it is very fun to play!

Click the link below to download
http://www.supload.com/sound_confirm.php?get=29670777.wma

EDIT ~ And great job Sepharite! I liked hearing you play that again, though the same recording-still it's good to hear that song being played well.

Weird, I was just playing this piece an hour ago while looking through one of those fake books too o_O

But this piece never gets old - very beautiful playing. Your piano sounds like crap though... what kind is it? =/

Baldwin Acrosonic. Good School pia-- PIANEY!!

I know, the ringy sound sounds like a pub piano. :heh:

Wish I had that Pearl River..

well if you want to learn the Transcendentals, I suggest the Cortot edition... gives you loads of tips, pointers and exercises

not as good as his edition of the Chopin Etudes, but pretty useful... if you can speak french

Well, I also PMed you..

But I got them (all 12) and it's the G. Schrimer edition.

It has everything that you talked about-explanations, and exersices practices-and is in english.

a recording (by me) of *dun dun dun*...
Clair de Lune:lol:!
PLEASE COMMENT!
link is: http://rapidshare.de/files/24001318/Clair_de_Lune.mp3.html
yeah, i know it has to be downloaded, but i didn't want to create an account on putfile
you don't have to register on rapidshare to upload

supload.com is a lot better for uploading. No registering. 20MB Audio files (Popular types), and unlimited download and is up forever.

(Will listen to your playing , see EDIT)

EDIT : Alright, just listened to it. Good job! Almost nothing wrong was played. Hehe, a joke-great job. Love your touch and expression, but maybe a little more expression in the E major key change. (Think it's E, yea). Though, I still think it needs some work. Mainly, keeping the flow in that left hand, not having to stop at all, and keeping in the time.

Noticed this mostly when you got out of the introduction, and the first time you play the song's main melody. The left hand stopped when it went to that B Major (I think it's B) run up the keys. Just try to let that all flow out.

Find a recording by Dame Moura Lympany. Great pianist. Does a great job on Clair De Lune as well.

Good job, and keep at it-then get it perfect! :D !

i heard a pro recording by Peter Schmalfuss, i see what you mean....i'll work on it:)

http://www.supload.com/sound_confirm.php?get=123244336.wma


Me and My brother Improvishing on a chord pattern I made tonight.

Comments. (Yes I know this piano sucks, and the guitar my brother is on is OK to him).

Hehe, I did Clair de Lune for recital this year, and I think I probably did very poorly compared to you. I think I'm kind of a mediocre pianist, but just learning Clair de Lune was a giant leap forward for me. Does anyone want to hear a recording of me playing Ravel's Sonatine - 2nd movement? Then you can judge for yourselves...

id like to hear it!

http://www.supload.com/sound_confirm.php?get=123244336.wma


Me and My brother Improvishing on a chord pattern I made tonight.

Comments. (Yes I know this piano sucks, and the guitar my brother is on is OK to him).
I really like it! :O

Thank-you for replying...

Seriously-this is why I left last time. Almost noone replied to my posts.

Well it was good. I can improvise melodies but using chords is my weak point. You did it brilliantly. I wish i could do that.

aghhh! don't leave again!!!!

let me say this about the improv:
you managed to sound good together.
that is a miracle for an improv with two people.
im going to try this with my sister, see how bad it is XD
anyway, excellent! :w00t:

For some reason, it won't load for me, maestro

For some reason, it won't load for me, maestro

ditto -_-

but my internets playing up so maybe thats why

http://www.supload.com/sound_confirm.php?get=123244336.wma

Just reposting the link, but sometimes that works.

@yousee/eva - it comes naturally for us. Most of the people in our family have an ear for music, or have perfect/absolute pitch. Though, it seems my brother, Kyle, and I have the greater skill with it though. That's maybe why it sounds good. I know this might sound braggish, but others speak out about their talents with this as well (coughXxUre.shiiXxcough). :heh: . Mainly, we just 'Get Music' as well. We're both realists, and also perfectionests (in some ways), and it ends in us playing good-we have that vibe for what to do, and what not to do and just how to play in a certain style.

(He's a great guitarist)

perfect pitch.....sheesh....

im going to record a couple of pieces i do with my dad. he has played alto sax for his whole life, so ill see how they sound.....will be a while, though...

Lol, look worward to that Eva. Haven't heard many from yas'.

Anyway, I didn't get what you meant by: 'perfect pitch.... sheesh...'

I will probably post to zanarkand and green hill zone from sonic one but i have a really really old keyboard and no pedal so adding to hte rubbish quality it wont sound that good.

Anyway, I didn't get what you meant by: 'perfect pitch.... sheesh...'

im jealous! agh!

Hehe..

For those interested I made videos of some recordings in my website (http://sodaorat2.free.fr/public/index.php5?action=Videos).
There are Final Fantasy Piano Collection songs (One Winged Angel, Suteki da ne, Wind Crest), Onegai Teacher (Shooting Star), The Lord of The Rings (Prologue, theme), My Sassy Girl (Lost Memory) arrangements.

Enjoy

Woah Soda rat. Thats amazing playing. I especially like one winged angel.

Keep it up!!:lol:

http://www.supload.com/sound_confirm.php?get=123244336.wma


Me and My brother Improvishing on a chord pattern I made tonight.

Comments. (Yes I know this piano sucks, and the guitar my brother is on is OK to him).

It's pretty good. It's a nice chord pattern. It gets hell of repetitive with that bass line going on and on though. You should try to vary it more since you know the chords especially when your bro is doing his bit of improvisation since that gives you more time to think about what you are doing. Of course let it come as naturally as the other bits of your improvisation.

Here's some Joe Hisaishi I've played.. from oldest to newest. These are recorded on Yamaha CLP-220

- Innocent: This is from Piano Stories 1, I never recorded the very short intro in it and I acknowledge that I botched some spots in it. Anyways, I'm better at it now :p I think this song was also used in Laputa, but it's a bit different in that one .. afaik the song is called Kimi wo Nosete / Carrying you and Joe-boy did a different version on Piano Stories.. or something.

- Dreamy Child: From Piano Stories 1 as well. Pretty satisfied expect the tempo in this one is a bit too fast so it might sound a bit rushed if you've heard the original.

- Ryujou: From Piano Stories 3. Personally I think the arrangement for piano only kinda sucks, but I think I did a pretty good job on it.

Btw, I'm no pianist and I know I have problems with tempo and everything so bare with me :heh: Any critique is welcome though :)

Edit: ok, so no attachments here? Guess I'll upload to YSI then..

Innocent:
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=AFCAD32877339BFA

Dreamy Child: http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=18C8DFE31C611DC5

Ryujou:
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=91D1B25C7D4A1452

Woah man those are nice. I especially like innocent. Good job.

By the way, thats a nice piano.

i've never heard of these pieces before- they sound nice :)

Woah man those are nice. I especially like innocent. Good job.

By the way, thats a nice piano.

Yeah, it's nice.. maybe even too good for me :sweat:

Here's my attempt at a recording of Chopin's Revolutionary Etude at Richter's tempo. ><

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=5CA0367C6E432044

*barf*

Here's my attempt at a recording of Chopin's Revolutionary Etude at Richter's tempo. ><

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=5CA0367C6E432044

*barf*

:lol: It takes a lot of courage to try something at that speed, and even more courage let other people hear it :P

One thing I learned was that apparent speed is a lot more important than actual speed. By playing it a little slower but making it very even and crisp, you can make it sound faster than if you mush things together at breakneck speed. Of course, maybe playing even and crisp at Richter's tempo is your goal, but as for me, I don't want to lose my hands before I'm 40 :P

It takes a lot of courage to try something at that speed, and even more courage let other people hear it

LOL! I was bored and said, why not; no harm. Thanks for listening... I hope your ears are okay. :P

I think I should get a better recorder though, it tends to mush the bass a lot. =/ But not like it'll help. Hehe.

Btw, what tempo can you do it at? :P

Hey, saw this recording posted in your compositions, read the comments there.

I'm also gonna get the time and record my playing of Beethoven's 3rd Movment of his Pathetique (The Rondo OMG! :heh: )

I play it a lot faster at points. Especially the theme and the second theme too. And the Coda is FAST. Seems to sound better like that.

well... i've read the other comments on the Chopin Etude, and to be honest, i think if you had a better recorder, it wouldnt sound half bad you know :)

i think you're amazingly brave to try playing it at such a tempo, but i think if you slowed it down a bit, then that would solve quite a lot of the little hiccups about it almost instantly.

hope to hear more of your recordings :)

btw... the revolutionary etude is in F minor... when i downloaded it it said "No 12 in C minor", and i thought you had made a mistake and uploaded the ocean etude instead :P

No, I'm pretty sure it's in C Minor also. Unless that's a different publisher. I was going to do this piece for WSMAs next Spring, and I actually looked at it (Think it was 'G. Schrimers' Edition) and it WAS in C Minor. Every recording I've heard said it was in that key, and it WAS too.

Another two of the 12 Liszt Etudes to post- the first and last.


Etude I is just meant to be a warm up for the pianist, before playing the other 11 in the set... i was also asked to upload a faster etude, and this is the only one besides Mazeppa i am comfortable with at the moment.

Etude XII is one of my favourite pieces of music ever. I was going to upload it sooner, but ive just started having lessons and wanted to see what my teacher thought of it.. and now she's happy with it. The title "Chasse-Neige" doesn't have an exact translation, but the french definition of it translates as something like "A brief sudden violent windstorm, accompanied by snow". My favourite description of it, and the one that I imagine when playing it is “a steady fall of snow gradually burying the whole world- a study of nature at her most merciless”.

Please comment :)

No, I'm pretty sure it's in C Minor also. Unless that's a different publisher. I was going to do this piece for WSMAs next Spring, and I actually looked at it (Think it was 'G. Schrimers' Edition) and it WAS in C Minor. Every recording I've heard said it was in that key, and it WAS too.

*checks editions and recordings*... but the recording of it i have on the computer says F minor... sorry, their mistake x_x i don't do keys as you can tell

"Snow Wurls" is a translation of it. :lol: It's in the F. Schrimer edition of these.

(Going to listen to them now, will edit after)

EDIT - Damn, the download isn't working. Keeps saying that it's undefined...

"Snow Wurls" is a translation of it. :lol: It's in the F. Schrimer edition of these.

(Going to listen to them now, will edit after)

EDIT - Damn, the download isn't working. Keeps saying that it's undefined...

re-uploaded them elsewhere...

Etude I - Great, great speed and accuracy. Love the feeling in it as well. From my ears, it seems pretty flawless, unless you want to perfect it beyond the ears of anyone. :heh:

Etude XII - One of my favorites from the 12 Transcendentals, and you conquered it. The is probably the second best I've heard it from (First Being Claudio Arrau's Recordings-He plays the 12 Transcedentals the Best, you should look into that recording of them).

Great job on these, and keep up the good work Thorn. :)

If you want a good recording of Etudes, Boris Berezovsky is my favourite <3

LOL! I was bored and said, why not; no harm. Thanks for listening... I hope your ears are okay. :P

I think I should get a better recorder though, it tends to mush the bass a lot. =/ But not like it'll help. Hehe.

Btw, what tempo can you do it at? :P

I haven't played it in a long time...I'll have to relearn it and see what happens...

PurelyImprovisation (http://www.zshare.net/audio/purelyimprovisation-mp3.html)

Yeah. This is me playing, and the vocals at the end is me, with my lovely morning voice. >.o It's 2:09 in length, so it's not exceptionally long, for those who have a dialup connection. (it took me about a half hour to upload it, so it should take about... 15 minutes to download for the internet impaired).

In anycase, I apologize in advance for the dull roar in the background. I have a VERY bad microphone. That, and my lazy foot might have forgotten to lift off the damper pedal.

Edit in: er.. also. My piano is out of tune. This was played in A minor/C major I believe (I'm horrid with keys) but it sounds like it's a whole step down, so please don't kill me. xD

This was an improvisation piece at first. What I did was have certain little snippets of things that I wrote and liked, and then I decided, THROW EM TOGETHER!! and see what madness came out of it. However, when I recorded them, I put no order to how I planned on having them enter the piece. As I was playing yes, I came up with improvised transitions for each little snippet, and then near the end was like "screw it, I'll put some vocals in" and quickly thought of something to sing and went with it. I hope no one minds. and eh.. I love getting critiqued. xD so send me private messages about it if you like!

The first and second parts sounded cool although they didn't really fit the stuff you did after that. The long part (I'm kinda bad at explaining) sounded good, although a bit messy at times. I'm not sure if it was the recording or just bad improvising.. :P The vocals were also too low for me to comment anything..

ANYWAYS, it obviously needs some work if you'd want to turn that into a real piece (and better recording!), but you already got some great melodies there. Keep up the good work.

Edit: This is a nice thread, I'm just wondering why you don't allow attachments here.. ? Is it because of the file sizes? I can see those taking up a bit more bandwidth than sheet music requests for an example..

Oh, you know what an Improvation is right? It shouldn't have 'planned' melodies, unless it's a Jazz (for example) like piece. I do "Classical Improvising" instead of usuing Jazz or Bebop-etc.

Yes, I do know what an improvisational piece is. O.o especially since a certain piano recital where I forgot what the heck was next in the song, and went into a lovely little riff until I could find my place again. xD Though that was just an improvised... I'unno, 6 or 7 measures.

I understand what you mean by it shouldn't have planned melodies, but they weren't really planned. O.o I just threw in random snippets I had written, ranging from the newest being a few days ago, to the oldest being around... probably 5 or 6 months now. True, I had the melodies I WANTED to play picked out, but the way I fused them into the song was completely random, and thus, required improvised transitionals and odd rhythm changes.
O.o I suppose calling it "Purely Improvised" was a bit of stretch, but hey. xD rational thought has been on vacation for a while. It's about 2/3 improvised, and 1/3 planned madness thrown in at random intervals, in reality. O.o but that's a long name. SooOo.. XD yeah.

I haven't been to this forum for ages! Forgot about this site after i formatted my pc :s

Anyway here's a recording of me playing "chopsticks"
http://www.freewebtown.com/bunmui/chop.mp3

Wow. I hate your piano. Chop it up.

My comments while listening to it. Be careful, profanity? Yea, sure.

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Heh, anyway, that's some neat Medley (?) that you played there Derek. I seriously though that you ere some UBERNOVICE piano player, then you started some neat arrangement like a Scott Joplin 'chopsticks' thing.

Lol!? Carmen!? WTFPWN!? That was neat.

Sounds like some Cuban arrangement or Gershwin-styled thingy.

UH? HUGARIAN RHAPSODY!? WTFPWNED AGAIN!?

Eh, blues kinda there now? That's neat.

Wow, this is kiddish, and yet catchy.

Now the left hand sounds like the hand from Beethoven's "Hunt" sonata, and now into some crazy arrpeggios.

AHH YEAH! ANOTHER HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY CODA! YES!! OMFG YES!!!111!!!1one!!!1 (Sloppy left hand?)

And a neat Liszt ending.

Hah, no Looney Toones.

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GREAT RECORDING. WTFPWNED. Loved it man.

lol..thanks

Yeh I found the Liszt sections to be the hardest parts! Still working on fixing the sloppy left hand.

Why do you hate my piano?

PS: I'm an UBERNOVICE noob. XD

Hmm.. maybe it's just the tonw of it. I don't like that 'pub' or 'pianie' sort of sounding pianos.

Mine sounds a bit like that on recordings, and the pedal has that 'tingy' effect to it. I like grand pianos. Like we all do (I hope).

Anyway, yea just work on those Liszt things-that's all really I think is EASY to hear.

Oh it doesn't usually sound like that. The microphone/headset thing i use to record with captures a lot of static, which, when i remove it with a program makes the piano sound weird.

I also like grands! :D

Well here's another piece i prepared a bit earlier lol, it's Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C# minor. (I'm aware of that wrong chord at the 32nd second) I thnk my pedaling is messy in the 2nd section ^_~

http://www.freewebtown.com/bunmui/rachmaninov.mp3

Ah, my all favorite piece by the big Rach.. well except his Paganini Variations. :P

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Glorious playing, some other chords other than the one at :32 that were wrong.

Yea, I have the sheet music for this in a fake book. ^.^

I don't get Rachmaninoff, but I enjoyed listening to your playing. Good job! :)

from :30 - :34 that melody sounds so familiar. Like movie/show familiar.

I dont really like that song apart from that part. Other then the song I like your playing Derek!

OKay, this'l be funny.

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Click below if you want to hear someone who was already pissed off, having a bad day, and was bored out of their mind's playing of the Third Movment of the Pathetique Sonata.

Hah... me.

Anyway, I am a lil' moody and bored. Haven't got anything else better to do. Did like 5 other recordings to this, and wow, this shit was the best of them.

Anyway, I had no obligation to concentrate at all, and this is probably the worst of my playing of this movment.

If you listen, you can total around 30ish mistakes in this.

If you do not have a trained ear, all you hear is AROUND 8-9.

If you want to, point some out-and yes, I know them all. Muaha.

http://forums.ichigos.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2872&d=1156035819

I love that song. You make it sound like you decapatated it but it wasnt that bad. In some parts it sounds like you were only thinking of trying to go as fast as you could and the notes were a little bit "muddy". Like :04 - :06. Its a minor thing that many wont really notice but if its perfecting you want playing it a little slower may help.

Why do people who play for less time then I did have to be better then me?..

*Im actualy progressing at a fast rate now. I went through 2 levels in less then 6 months and I plan to get through a 3rd with in 24 months of formal teaching. Leaving me at level 5 0_0*

Don't worry. I'll cheer you up with 'virtuoso' recordings of that movment, and the firts of moonlight.

:heh:

(In like a week or so.)

Here's me ruining Joe Hisaishi's W Nocturne from Piano Stories 1. Tempo is a bit too high and the tremolo part isn't exactly right, but I think it's ok for an amateur like me ;)

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=66976BEE0279AC1C

My playing of Chopin's Prelude No. 20 in C Minor.

Took about 5-7 times to record (sometimes I forgot to hit the record button on SONAR. x_x ) but this is the best playing of them all, there's just one wrong octave, but luckily, it's in the chord member. ;)

Anyway, C&C :

http://www.supload.com/listen?s=S5o0cw6-C0c

EDIT - @kikkeli : Great playing of that Nocture, never heard it before, so I can't really critique you. It's expression and technique (accuracy, speed) was very good, so that's one thing I can relate on.

Also, be lucky you have a grand piano, or a baby grand-or just a better piano that our family can afford. If you have that, keep playing it, and get better and better-and I'll see you in the future doing competitions!

Oh I love that song. The dynamics could've been done smoother though, especially during the switch. Maybe it's written the way you played it, I don't know.. I've only heard that song on the guitar before so :P

other than that... It's a million times better played than I ever could. gj

I never actually recorded other pieces than my own, does this count as recordings of yourself playing something? :unsure:

Mazeppa: It's actually a digital Clavinova so it's easy for me to record :)
About your recording, I don't play much classical but I definitely recognize this one :P, sounded pretty much right to me. The tempo and 'rhythm' seemed dead-on, something I can never do :D Sorry, I can't comment much more as my knowledge of classical music isn't very high!

Edit: Matt, other people have posted recordings of their own songs too, so fire away!

ok then, here are 3 piano solos I wrote/played :)

-> http://forums.ichigos.com/showpost.php?p=285993&postcount=19

If you don't have a real piano player playing as accompinament, is that OK (using smartmusic/Finale)?... :think:

Thanks to josh's music transcription archives, I got a pretty decent sheet music of the song from Big O, Apologize.

It was good as it was, but I wanted to improvise on it and put in a few extra things to make it better. :P

Anyway, here's the link:

http://www.supload.com/listen?s=SQ_1x8J3393

EDIT - By the way, gave it an echo effect to mkae it sound cooler, and make my piano sound better so it won't take away the effect from the song too much.

Thanks to josh's music transcription archives, I got a pretty decent sheet music of the song from Big O, Apologize.

It was good as it was, but I wanted to improvise on it and put in a few extra things to make it better. :P

Anyway, here's the link:

http://www.supload.com/listen?s=SQ_1x8J3393

EDIT - By the way, gave it an echo effect to mkae it sound cooler, and make my piano sound better so it won't take away the effect from the song too much.

*Cough*

I would if I could (listen to it), but I can't (dial-up) :bleh: .

Here's mine (http://forums.ichigos.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=2998&d=1157414911). I recorded it 'cause I want anyone to tell me if he/she knows its name... I need your help!
I play recorder, but I'm a pianist... The original piece is for clarinet I guess

EDIT: Ignore this post

I don't know if I should make a new thread for this or anything, and I'm sorry if that be the case *ish kind of new* well, I was just wondering if anyone here would be able to play and record a good quality Gravity solo from Wolf's Rain on the piano for me. The sheet music is here in Ichigos, but I can send it if you want. Sorry to be a bother, but I just can't get it right myself, and I want to hear it when it's not harsh MIDI style (lol). Thankyou anyone, and sorry once again :-S

That song was already posted in this thread somewhere.. :think: I think it was Sinbios who sung or played the violin or something.

I just recorded Mozart's Clarinet Concerto- 2nd Movement (Adagio)... but I can't post it because I use dial-up :bleh: .

EDIT: Actually, here's the first phrase of it: http://forums.ichigos.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3025&d=1157815626

EDIT: Ignore this post....

Which one did you play? It sound great!

Mozart's Clarinet Concerto K. 622, 2nd Movement (Adagio). It was only the 1st 8 or so measures.... I will be posting more.

I still don't understand it... but it still sounds great XD. What instrument did you play? (I know its a stupid question... but I don't care)

I'd take a wild guess that it's the clarinet, considering his name is "Clarinetist", has "Clarinetist" on his signature and that the instrument in that song is a clarinet.

And for the performance itself; I found it to be pretty weak. It's a gorgeous song but it was kind of trashed by the playing. Many of the notes seemed broken and incomplete. Oh, and it actually reminded me of a Chopin piece @ 00:39! :)

Agrees with Noir7.

Work on making the clarinet sound less "spitty" and have it's tone be overwhelming more than your airstream. :lol:

(Offtopic: Noir7, Chopin's Nocturne in Eb Major right?)

No the file I have is titled "Chopin-Tristesse" and it sounds very, very alike on that 00:39 section of the Mozart piece.

:sweat:

I was standing about.... 20 feet away from the mic (reason for broken notes). Smartmusic kept on saying that I was "playing too loud" when I was even a bit closer... I had to play at a pianissimo next to the mic to make it sound right.

Well, I'm recording the 2nd phrase right now... and will post when ready.

But seriously, get a nice hard lip and face and start playing-I've been said to have a very, very good tone actually. No air or spit sound and a clear and connected tone, or sticatto, or when trilling and marcato as well.

Now, you may already know this, but keeping your lips and face "tight" and very structed feeling will do the trick. And use all of your air wisely and become one with that instrument.

Now, you may already know this, but keeping your lips and face "tight" and very structed feeling will do the trick. And use all of your air wisely and become one with that instrument.

Thanks for the tip :heh: :) ..... I was, unfortunately, only told to do that when I play really high notes (like the 2nd C above the staff)...

EDIT:... because of that tip, I can finally double tongue! ^.^

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIfXBa4zAvQ
uhh It is not a anime music, but it is a recording of me. If it violates some rule go ahead and delete XD

Soctkoren that was BEAUTIFUL! Any idea where I can get that score btw?

I really liked it. What's its name?

The song I played is called Maybe by Yiruma. Hmm for sheets, if you look at other peoples comments from diffrent people playing the song, sometimes they link it. I think that was how I got it, I just forgot where XD

that was cute =]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIfXBa4zAvQ
uhh It is not a anime music, but it is a recording of me. If it violates some rule go ahead and delete XD

that was really nice. I think you do the same thing as me though and hold the pedal down for too long. It muffles the sound a bit.

I'm just wondering. On a totally different tangent, I don't think people have a right to criticise someone's playing and give advice on improvement, if they don't actually play that instrument themself. Not sure what the mods think though. You wouldn't ask an amateur to fix your plumbing would you?

Hello. I have three short recordings of me improvising on piano (http://www.mediamax.com/pavaneofstars). This was an impromptu/informal recording that my friend made unbeknownst to me at the time. I was over at her house and playing her piano when she hit record on the recorder without me knowing it. There's some slight back ground noise, voices and such. Have a listen if you like. :)

I'm in the process of making a CD of all my main songs that I'm working on at the moment - it was designed for my college application (in four years -_O) but since I know you guys will appreciate it I'll post it here when it's done. And these aren't all of them, just so you know.
*Anticipating but not currently working

Moonlight Sonata - Piano - Beethoven
Rondo Alla Turca (Turkish March) - Piano - Mozart
Those Who Fight - Piano - Oematsu
Malaguena - Piano - Leuceona
*Waltz in Ab, Op. 42 (Two Four Waltz) - Piano - Chopin
Linus and Lucy - Piano - Guiraldi
October Night - Marimba - Burritt
*Michi - Marimba - Abe
*Virginia Tate - marimba - Smadbeck
Water and Fire - Marimba - Skoog
Opie's Opus - tenors - Bachman