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Here is one of the oddest piano pieces I know of, and I know of no other piano music like it. It's Improvviso by Giuseppe Martucci (1856-1909). What's strange about it is that there's no harmony in the entire piece. It's all just one note at a time, nor do the notes form mere arpeggios.
May I suggest that one of you guitarists with an abundance of technique should try arranging this piece for solo guitar. You'd have to transpose some of the low notes up, but it could be done. If yer interested, drop me a note and I'll send you the sheet music.
This is yet another gem I discovered by poking around through old sheet music full of dust and mold, the pages black with notes.
May I suggest that one of you guitarists with an abundance of technique should try arranging this piece for solo guitar. You'd have to transpose some of the low notes up, but it could be done. If yer interested, drop me a note and I'll send you the sheet music.
This is yet another gem I discovered by poking around through old sheet music full of dust and mold, the pages black with notes.
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kristyjo
Can I assume you did this performance through sequencing rather than
actually playing it live? I can't even imagine playing something this fast
and accurately. This is indeed an old gem. i found some nice things by
musicians who were previously unknown to myself when we went through
my grandmother's things. Even though she considered herself a 'so so '
pianist, there were lots of etudes and sketches like this in her collection
that obviously took a lot of work to learn to play. I suspect the 'decent
pianist' of her day was the 'gifted artist' of today.
Anyway, thanks for sharing this piece, and I hope you bring other old
gems to light here at MacJams as well.