Satie: Gymnopédie サティ ジムノペディ

pulchraflow · Satie: Gymnopédie No.1, arranged for 4Hands2LayersSolo サティ ジムノペディ 第１番 ４手風で二重録音

Digital Piano: KAWAI CA9500GP. 442hz, Loudness

Home Recording: ZOOM h1nvp 48k 16bit wav

This piece was composed and published in 1888.  

... three 8s.

This time, I slightly arranged (?) the piece.

First, I played Satie Gymnopedie No.1 in my own groove at the moment rather than exactly as noted, and recorded it on my digital piano.

Then, while listening to the recording, I added octave tones with the una corda.  I played octave tones - below the left-hand tones and above the  right-hand tones - and recorded it on my recorder.

(I thinke it may be a bit difficult for two people to play, as one player sit behind another player to reach lower and higher tones.)

Artwork

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260210 improvisation at Night 即興 夜に

pulchraflow · 260210 improvisation at Night 即興 夜に

Digital Piano: KAWAI CA9500GP. 442hz, Loudness

Home Recording: ZOOM h1nvp 48k 16bit wav

I had been thinking about Satie's Gymnopedies ...  

Today I talked with AI, 

When I asked how to change the colors of an image, it generated an image of a imaginary paint tool with a non-existent title "３Ｄイカペイント".  The actual title of the 3D paint is "３Ｄペイント".  "イカ" was added which means a squid.  3D Squid Paint....?

While talking about characters, it said that "ピアノ" was five characters.  "ピアノ" is three characters.  "piano" is five characters.  It said that it prioritized "piano" in English language than "ピアノ" in Japanese.

It said that these are hallucination.

(It said that it was not so very good at drawing an image of a character yet, despite having a vast vast knowledge of text.)

Then, I began playing an improvisation using the rhythm of Satie's Gymnopedies. 

この曲をsoundcloudにuploadするとき、なかなか出来なかった。

track title、blogの内容を変更していた。そうしたら、出来た。

尚、夜に即興したわけではない。

Artwork

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Ravina: Études artistiques, Op.83 ラヴィーナ 芸術的な練習曲

 

pulchraflow · Ravina: No.1, Études artistiques, Op.83 ラヴィーナ 芸術的な練習曲

Digital Piano: KAWAI CA9500GP. 442hz, Loudness

Home Recording: ZOOM h1nvp 48k 16bit wav

Jean Henri Ravina was born in 1818 and died in 1906. 

Études artistiques Op.83 was published in 1888.

I came across this etude while browsing IMSLP, 

I read No.1 and an image came up to me, so I decided to play it.  

I played it at a slower tempo than indicated to feel a kind of wind or etc.. 

wind, water, sky, 

fresh, clear, 

admiration, fleeting,

practiced:

  1 "2" 3 "4"

  rounded, flat,  

  non-legato, legato, 

  ”1” chord tone, non-chord tone

  scale like, main, sub, fill,  

  bass

Artwork

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tiny waves 260130 improvisation 即興 小波

 

pulchraflow · tiny waves 260130 improvisation 即興 小波

Digital Piano: KAWAI CA9500GP. 442hz, Loudness

Home Recording: ZOOM h1nvp 48k 16bit wav

I used white keys only.

Fa So Do Re ...  Fa So Fa So

I didn't intend anything.  Fa Lydian?

子どもの頃の練習曲、長調・短調以外もあったら、楽しかったかもしれない。

Artwork

https://pixabay.com/photos/beach-sea-ocean-atlantic-vacation-4707447/

Chopin: Nocturne ショパン ノクターン

 No. 4

pulchraflow · Chopin: Nocturne No. 4, Op. 15-1 ショパン ノクターン第４番

Digital Piano: KAWAI CA9500GP. 442hz, Loudness

Home Recording: ZOOM h1nvp 48k 16bit wav

I turned the pages of Chopin Nocturnes score and played pieces a little.  

I decided to play No.4.  I was drawn to the contrast of the major part and the minor part. 

light,  humming, skip, 

joy?

quit angry?

dirty, distorted (?) notes, chord, instance, 

vortex?

transmutation?

together for instance

Artwork

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(2026.01.28 Rec.)

No.10

pulchraflow · Chopin: Nocturne No.10, Op.32-2 ショパン ノクターン第１０番

I read that Chopin's Nocturne No.4 and No.10 are featured in "Les Sylphides".

I subded "agitato" written in the score, and forcused on changes in tone and gradation.

I felt that this piece was a kind of etude while practicing.  However, I liked it gradually.

shift: chromatic

shift: right and left hands

rythm changes

m6 

m3

V

V 7,1 / I 1 

♭9 / 3    6 but

♭5 / 1 -> 5 / 5 

12/8

5:3

not move fingers and hands as possible

(physical than emotional)

something was destroyed or discarded

hope,  

Artwork

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(2026.01.29 Rec.)

No.18

pulchraflow · Chopin: Nocturne No.18, Op.62-2 ショパン ノクターン第１８番

I'm planning to play a nocturne in E Major of another composer.  

So I decided to play this Nocturne in E Major by Chopin.

This piece was composed 180 years ago.  I'm unfamiliar with astrology, but I've heard that planetary alignments of 1846 and 2026 are rare similarity, signaling a time of great change. 

practiced in various moods:

alone, despair, 

humming, spring wind,

water drops, surcase of water, deep in the sea

accompaniment of dance of nobility

in a night bar

in a brilliant hall

in a cathedral

in a forest

switched tones on digital piano: 

organ (continue tones), 

harpsichord (non-legato tones), 

Jazz piano (backbeat),  

not move fingers and hands as possible

Si-So, cross

physical than emotional

Artwork

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たまにショパンを弾いている。

たまにはちゃんと録音してみようと思い、ノクターンから選ぶことにした。

練習・弾いているうちに、今まではわかっていなかった手指体の動かし方を知ったと思う。

Artworkは、同じ写真の下の方、真ん中の辺り、上の方をつけた。

Oesten: Dolly's Dreaming and Awakening オースチン：人形の夢と目覚め

pulchraflow · Oesten: Dolly's Dreaming and Awakening Op. 202-4 (switching sounds) オースチン：人形の夢と目覚め（音色を切替えながら）

Digital Piano: KAWAI CA9500GP (442Hz, Loudness) 

Home Recording: ZOOM H1n-VP (48kHz 16-bit WAV) 

This is one of pieces which I wanted to play and practiced in my childhood.  

This time, I changed sounds for parts. 

Cradle Song: Concert Piano 1 <- the usual sound

Dolly's Dream: Crystal Piano 1

Dolly Awakes: Pop Piano 1

Dolly Dances: Celesta

Ending: Studio Piano 1

I recorded pieces from Faure's Dolly Suite in  last December.

https://pulchraflow.blogspot.com/2024/02/faure-lullaby-from-dolly-op56.html

A new year has begun.   'dolly' has awakened? 

artwork

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260109 improvisation, just waves, 即興

pulchraflow · 260109 improvisation, just waves, 即興

Digital Piano: KAWAI CA9500GP. 442hz, Loudness

Home Recording: ZOOM h1nvp 48k 16bit wav

An idea of title "what is behind the brightness, just patterns" occurred to me while listening the improvisation.  

However, I changed the title.    

The original improvisation was over 10 minutes.  I have cut the first 21 seconds.  

F 

Fa Mi Do

Flat keys, B♭ etc.

artwork

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