tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post8044306946561867325..comments2024-03-02T14:20:44.675-06:00Comments on Musical Assumptions: Unprepared PianoElaine Finehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14248422399226824168noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-37481599510388226102010-04-29T05:46:17.218-05:002010-04-29T05:46:17.218-05:00Though not fully explored because the 20th century...Though not fully explored because the 20th century penchant for odd experimentation sort of abandoned harmonics, I suspect there are a lot more interesting effects which might be uncovered when this alley (likely not blind) is further examined, as it surely will be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-29046515310061116132010-04-28T09:47:20.121-05:002010-04-28T09:47:20.121-05:00Isn't it amazing the way a normal registration...Isn't it amazing the way a normal registration on the organ, which is a sustaining instrument, can produce such an odd "thumb piano"-like quality on the piano when combined with sustaining upper strings and pizzicato in the bass?Elaine Finehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248422399226824168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-58380526039390375172010-04-28T09:10:02.772-05:002010-04-28T09:10:02.772-05:00The melody begins on the third of F major, but the...The melody begins on the third of F major, but the right hand notes are essentially 2&2/3 (nazard) and 1&3/5 (tierce) foot stops over the 8 foot of the left hand beginning on A. Parallel major chords then, functioning in this way because Saint-Saens was also an organist who would have known and often used this as a normal "cornet" registration.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-54457596698139806472010-04-27T14:52:48.100-05:002010-04-27T14:52:48.100-05:00Ravel used organum (fourths) in Bolero, but he use...Ravel used organum (fourths) in Bolero, but he used sustaining wind instruments. The difference tones that come from the organ do not change the fundamental timbre of the regular pitches that are being played. There is something really special here, because the resulting difference tones change the actual sound of the instrument.Elaine Finehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14248422399226824168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10680113.post-81180931446436875132010-04-27T12:55:29.761-05:002010-04-27T12:55:29.761-05:00Harmonics, just as Ravel used in part of Bolero an...Harmonics, just as Ravel used in part of Bolero and other works. Organists have known of this forever, and Saint-Saens knew the organ well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com