shinryoku, fresh green leaves 260427 impro 即興 新緑

 

桜の花は散って、緑の葉になっていた。

J.S. Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971 J.S.バッハ イタリア協奏曲, itsuka italia in F minor, 260423 arrangement

ZOOM h1n

pulchraflow · J.S. Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971: I. in F major J.S.バ ッハ イタリア協奏曲 第１楽章

pulchraflow · J.S. Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971: II. Andante in D Minor J.S.バ ッハ イタリア協奏曲 第２楽章

pulchraflow · J.S. Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971: III.Presto in in F major J.S.バッハ イタリア協奏曲 第３楽章 (h1n)

These days, I organized data, artworks, etc.

I remembered a piano teacher with whom I studied as an adult at Kawai Omotesandou.  She recommended this suite - perhaps she liked playing it.  It was at that time that I finally learned it.   

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

I've been thinking about how to enjoy playing them (the first and third movements).

(I like the 2nd movement.)

This time I played all the movements on digital piano.  

I think that it is difficult to play since I may feel that in some parts the first notes of the right and left hands are not so harmonized well.

I found that I felt the score, as a set of shapes, may be beautiful - scale (big flows) and tiny  flows, etc.  

The piano teacher I mentioned said that she felt good whenever she played it well.  

This time I realized that whether I can play it through to the end may depend on the atmosphere and spirituality at the moment, as well as my physical condition and finger technique.

I bought a new recorder ZOOM H1essential, 32bit floating.

This recorder is different from h1n, I felt the sounds were different. 

I tried recording several times.

I set the volume higher or chose high setting for headphones on the digital piano, record to the recorder, and loudness normalize in Audacity.  <-I felt sharp.

However, I didn't change the volume and just export 24bit in Audacity. <- I felt distorted. 

Sometime I felt noisy, sometime I felt clear.  ....  

I've decided not to use ZOOM H1essential for direct phone recording from the digital piano.  I felt that sounds are too sharp and noisy.  I'll use it for ambient room recording (kuuki rokuon) or "real" piano in the future if I have the opportunity.

I recorded several takes using both the recorders ZOOM h1n and H1essential. 

I chose the earliest recordings using ZOOM h1n.  Although I missed notes, the flow as a whole felt better.   

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The first movement (recording track using ZOOM h1n) received a copy right claim for using an audio of a CD.  I submitted a dispute.  

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ZOOM H1essential

pulchraflow · J.S. Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971: I. in F major J.S.バ ッハ イタリア協奏曲 第１楽章 (H1essential)

pulchraflow · J.S. Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971: II. Andante in D Minor J.S.バ ッハ イタリア協奏曲 第２楽章 (H1essential)

pulchraflow · J.S. Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971: III.Presto in in F major J.S.バッハ イタリア協奏曲 第３楽章 (H1essential)

However, I uploaded the recordings using H1essential, too.  

For ZOOM h1n, I used to record on the digital piano first, then played it back to capture the audio on the recorder.

I had to adjust to the input volume on ZOOM h1n to avoid clipping, sometimes capture the same piece for several times while changing the input volume.

With ZOOM H1essential, there is no input level knob, it is 32bit floating, no need to worrie about clipping.

I found that direct recording to ZOOM H1essential may be better.  I connected a phone output to my headphones to play the digital piano and connected another phone output to ZOOM H1essential to capture it.   

In Audacity, I found that less processing may be better.   If peaks are too high, I simply apply Normalize.  Then, I export it as 48k 24bit wav. 

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Arrange

pulchraflow · 260427-arrange-itsuka

I found that I felt easy to play J. S. Bach Italian Concerto BWV 971 the first and third movements if the key is in minor.

I played the third movement starting in F minor, adding lights (Major keys), and ending in F minor.  

F minor

F Major (original)

C minor

D minor (original)

C minor, A♭Major, D♭ Major, ??  - black flat keys, opt leading tones, 

A♭Major

F minor

itsuka italia

The title doesn't have a specific meaning.  

I think it may be a rhythmical phrase.

itsuka ikitai.  

I've never been to Italy.  I want to visit someday. 

ituka no italia.  

Sometimein Italy - ancient, or a past for someone, etc..