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| Play | Mins | Five Nancarrow Studies Opus: 38 Length: 7 minutes Instruments: pianos Composed: 2002 |
| The American Conlon Nancarrow (1912-1997) was an extremely unorthodox composer; he used to cut holes in pianola rolls by hand, then play them (the rolls that is; not the holes!) I have made some pieces in the same vein, but using Cakewalk instead of a paper hole puncher (it's a lot less strain on the shoulder muscles!) These little vignettes are all roughly between 30 seconds and 3 minutes in length, and all palindromic (same backwards and forwards). Pointless but fun to do - well it passed the time on a rainy day. | ||
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00:50 | High to low, then back again. |
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01:40 | Disjointed notes and phrases for two pianos. |
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02:44 | Piano one slowly repeats a single note while piano two plays a fast wide spread of notes. Gradually the two reach a middle ground, then reverse roles. Rinse and repeat. |
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00:59 | A slow build up in piano one (left) combined with a mad rush in piano two (right). As usual they meet in the middle then change places. |
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00:36 | Left piano is way up high while the one on the right is in the bottomless pit. Change places... |
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