Grey Loki
07-25-2009, 04:44 PM
Hey folks,
Just thought i'd share with you a little something i've been playing with over the past few weeks - you guys may have seen or heard Peter Aidu's rather impressive performance of Steve Reich's Piano Phase, where he plays both piano parts, simultaneously. This does of course mean that for a fair bit of the song, he's playing completely out of time with himself.
http://www.archive.org/details/top.09 <Audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKXy1FPTdvg <Video
If you haven't guessed it yet, playing this piece by yourself (either on a digital keyboard with a split set up between two pianos set in the same octave, or an octave apart on an acoustic piano) is fairly challenging - very good for a nice little workout, especially over the full 20 minutes of the piece.
The notes are dead simple, just E4 F#4 B4 C#5 D5 F#4 E4 C#5 B4 F#4 D5 C#5 - with the right hand, just place a finger on each note. With the left hand, my preferred fingering is 5, 4, 1, 2, 1, 4, 5, 1, 2, 4, 1, 2.
Go nuts!
Just thought i'd share with you a little something i've been playing with over the past few weeks - you guys may have seen or heard Peter Aidu's rather impressive performance of Steve Reich's Piano Phase, where he plays both piano parts, simultaneously. This does of course mean that for a fair bit of the song, he's playing completely out of time with himself.
http://www.archive.org/details/top.09 <Audio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKXy1FPTdvg <Video
If you haven't guessed it yet, playing this piece by yourself (either on a digital keyboard with a split set up between two pianos set in the same octave, or an octave apart on an acoustic piano) is fairly challenging - very good for a nice little workout, especially over the full 20 minutes of the piece.
The notes are dead simple, just E4 F#4 B4 C#5 D5 F#4 E4 C#5 B4 F#4 D5 C#5 - with the right hand, just place a finger on each note. With the left hand, my preferred fingering is 5, 4, 1, 2, 1, 4, 5, 1, 2, 4, 1, 2.
Go nuts!