Tuesday, April 7, 2026

J.S. Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971 J.S.バッハ イタリア協奏曲

 


These days, I organized data, artoworks, etc.


I remembered a piano teacher who I took lessons as an adult in Kawai Omotesandou.  She recommended this suite - maybe she liked playing it.


I recorded this suite in 2023.  At that time I played the 1st and 3rd movements on digital harpsichord.


I've been thinking about how to enjoy playing them.


This time I played on digital piano.  



The third movement


practice: 

  play in minor key, then play in the original Major key

add sound colors in slower tempo

knead

non-legato


keep my hands and fingers as still as possible

restrain energy and emotion as much as possible



Sunday, March 29, 2026

260327 improvisation yuttari 即興



Near spring.  In spring?

The wind was still cold.

I saw sakura.



2026.03.29

Recently, I organized the data of tracks.  I created original artworks.  I refined titles of classical music track and tags of tracks.  and so on...

 Three years have passed since I began uploading a recording on soundcloud.



Saturday, March 7, 2026

260307 improvisation, gently spring is coming 即興 そろそろ春が

 

It is becoming warm, but the wind is still a bit cold, 


I played it while practicing modern classical pieces, 


started in E,

ended in A.


お花見はしていない が、桜餅は食べた。


Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Rameau: Les tendres plaintes  ラモー やさしいなげき


 I turned the pages of the book of Rameau I have, I decided to play the pieces titled 恋の嘆き, complaint of Love.

I'm not familiar with  meaning of "tendre" love in court culture of at that time.  

I imagined a more abstract emotion, feeling, .






Carte de Tendre

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_of_Tendre

一番下にNouvelle Amilie.  そこから、真ん中Tendre-sur-Inclinationか、左上Tendre-sur-Reconnaissance,  右上Tendre-sur-Estimeに進んでいくらしい。

川の左側ルートだと、下の方にComplaisanceがある。そこから左上のTendre-sur-Reconnaissanceに向かう。


題名の"Plainte"は、嘆き、溜息の音型ということであるらしいが。

この地図の中にも、ずばりの言葉ではないけれども、書いてある。


Monday, February 16, 2026

260213 improvisation hirahira ひらひら

 

Digital Piano: KAWAI CA9500GP. 442Hz, Loudness

Home Recording: ZOOM h1nvp 48k 16bit wav




Today I found an game app of polyrythm.  I watched it without playing or  listening to pulses.   ......  it gave me  a stomachache...  

I decided to practice 3:5......., but ......  
I imagined flower petals fluttering dancing and shades while playing it. 

After playing it, I learned that 3 and 5 are the numbers of petals on many flowers.   

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Satie: Gymnopédie  サティ ジムノペディ


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



Tuesday, February 10, 2026

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。