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Mephisto by peacepiano [Email]
Genre: Piano

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Comments: 22
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Plays: 130
Last Played: Oct 20, 2008 - 08:42:28 PM
Downloads: 62
Fans: 8
Uploaded: Apr 06, 2007 - 10:11:49 AM
Last Updated: Apr 06, 2007 - 10:11:49 AM
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Keywords:
piano (620), solo (72), classical (384)
Description:
Close to the first piece I ever wrote. Still resonates with me enough to play from time to time, so I thought I would share it with you. Hope you enjoy it. A friend at college suggested the title.

Hardware:
Clavinova

Software:
GarageBand
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Mephisto &mdash 04/07/07 - 07:14:41 PM
Peace...I am not sure when you first wrote this (from your description), but it strikes me somewhat like the beginnings of some Serial music. The repeated bass with a variety of interesting tonal selections in the middle section is intriguing to me. I haven't heard this kind of music in quite some time. (No offense to the clavinova, but I'll bet this would sound great on an acoustic grand.) Glad I listened and hope to hear more of your compositions for solo keyboard.
Peace.
Paul

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Paul &mdash 04/08/07 - 06:15:22 AM
I wrote this during High School. At the time I was taking a class that included some exposure to Serial music, thanks for noticing. I agree, this does sound richer on a real piano, the best I might be able to do at home is get a good software piano.

Thanks for listening.

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Great picture &mdash 04/09/07 - 02:54:10 PM
really intersting piece of music. I like the playing a lot - strong emotion and movement.

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Bud &mdash 04/09/07 - 03:34:32 PM
Thanks for listening. I still have some emotions, but I think I had a lot more when I was an adolescent ;)

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. &mdash 04/09/07 - 08:48:05 PM
Nice use of tension and silence. I enjoyed the breathing room you gave to each idea. Really enjoyed this, you have a very good musical imagination!

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Norman &mdash 04/10/07 - 03:04:48 PM
"imagination" I like that :) Thanks for listening and commenting.

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Very cool &mdash 04/11/07 - 10:13:00 AM
Dark...interesting...moody...music to brood by! Why in the world did you take so long to share this one?

Bravo and be well!

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Amagi &mdash 04/16/07 - 07:31:18 AM
Thanks for catching my moody piece. The delay is partly from trying to catch as much of the real piano feel as I could with my set up.

Take care.

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Sounds good.. &mdash 04/18/07 - 12:50:16 PM
Relaxing, enjoyable listen.

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MJG- &mdash 04/18/07 - 01:55:08 PM
Thanks for listening.

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the minor pentatonic &mdash 04/20/07 - 09:28:36 PM
always enjoy the minor pentatonic.
well very spacious and open and modal sounding
regards
MB

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Mbehar- &mdash 04/21/07 - 07:02:13 AM
Glad you stopped by. Thanks for the comments.

Peace.

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I really dug the middle section &mdash 05/09/07 - 02:22:41 PM
LIke Paul I really dug the middle section very cool strong melody going on here over the bass line. Deliberate and subtly dark. Though it doesn' t need it I'd love to hear it orchestrated.
Best,
-Bowman

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Bowman &mdash 05/09/07 - 03:10:56 PM
Thanks for taking the time to listen to this piece. Orchestrating is an interesting idea. I will put it on the back burner for now, this is one of the few pieces from my early days that I haven't changed around much.

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i like how... &mdash 05/26/07 - 08:33:59 AM
....it seems to move from a somber reflective to an active, almost oriental piece. for some reason, maybe cuz it's early and the coffee has not kicked in, but i see an asian man milling about his day, moving about through it.
lovely peice!

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Faelin- &mdash 05/26/07 - 03:47:38 PM
Interesting image. The oriental is the block chords of my youth :) Usually block chords are a tacky cop out, but they seem to work here. Thanks for listening and commenting.

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refreshing &mdash 05/31/07 - 10:00:39 AM
an interesting composition-liked the atonal meanderings in the middle

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paddler- &mdash 05/31/07 - 02:55:11 PM
Thanks for stopping by. I used meander for hours on that middle part, but it has since crystalized to what you here now.

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Wow &mdash 06/18/07 - 07:03:15 PM
You have talent.

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Miss Ghost &mdash 06/19/07 - 08:17:33 PM
Thanks and welcome to MacJams. You will find quite a few talented musicians here.

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Debussy &mdash 09/10/07 - 09:27:42 PM
Reminds me of some Debussy pieces that I have played in the past. One section reminds of a piece by Erik Satie.

Interesting sense of space between phrases. I like the hint of the blues scale.

LIke Paul, I agree this would sound better on a real grand piano. I have a Clavinova, and while it's a great instrument in many ways, the decay seems to be too fast, and that's the case on yours as well, it seems.

Reminds me a bit of the piano part on Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody."

Nice work here, Peace.

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John- &mdash 09/11/07 - 03:58:02 PM
Good to hear from you. I am glad you like the spaces, silence is under employed in most non-classical music.

When it comes to recording in the natural piano voices I am often frustrated by how it comes out using the clavinova. When I play without GB I tend to over use the sustain to make up for the rapid decay, but GB handles the sustain in a different way (may I say poorly) so I tend to never use sustain in GB forcing me to rethink how to produce some piano ideas.

Thanks again for the advice and support.

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