Thursday, July 2, 2026

Vierne: 3 Nocturnes, Op.34 ヴィエルヌ:ノクターン 

 





An AI recommended Vierne to me.  I browsed IMSLP.  I looked at the score of Nocturnes, I thought that the sounds may be beatiful.  I read and played them, I felt if I had heard them before, even though I didn't actually had.  Déjà-entendu.

I first played his later work and his earlier work, then I decided to move on to Nocturnes.


The texts are written in the score.  I translated them from French to English using an AI.  I supposed that they may have meaning of the text itself and also metaphors.  

I felt something or some images while playing the pieces repeatedly, however, I often played them in a superficial way, enjoying the resonance.  

 

No. 1

As usual, the dynamic range is limited on my digital piano.  I played ff in No.1 as expressibly as possible to capture the atmosphere of ff.



Recording method

These days, I exprienced with recording my digital piano by a ZOOM H1essential via PHONES or LINE OUT, but I felt the sound was a bit harsh.


I also tried recording with a ZOOM h1n by connecting to my digital piano via PHONES while playing live.  However, I felt the sound contained a little harsh sound.


Ultimately, I felt the pevious method was better: first, recording the performance on my digital piano, and then, plyaing it back through the ZOOM h1n via PHONES to record the output.  I felt this method produced the sound that was a bit milder to the ears.  

The volume of my digital piano is slightly above 1.

The input level of my h1n is between 4 and7, usually a bit above 5 -  I adjust it to avoid clipping.  


For rapid pieces, I felt the sound by this method was a bit sluggish compared to my actual playing; it may be due to a slight lag i n my digital piano.