Monas World

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6 de septiembre de 2014
Tercer día: "Little steps"
Este es mi tercer tema del proyecto "Sueños". Voy a subir durante 4 días consecutivos, temas con el piano como protagonista... a las 22:00 de la noche. Mañana es el último día. 

"El amor es el significado ultimado de todo lo que nos rodea. No es un simple sentimiento. Es la verdad última en el corazón de la creación". Rabindranath Tagore

Hasta mañana! :)
Gracias por escuchar

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September 6, 2014
Third day: "Little steps"
This is my third track of "Dreams" project. I will upload for 4 consecutive days, at 22:00 pm, a piano track. Tomorrow is the last one. 

"Love is the ultimate meaning of everything around us.
Love is not a mere sentiment.
Love is the ultimate truth at the heart of creation."
- Rabindranath Tagore

See you tomorrow! :)
Thanks for listening

Little steps

Music/Arrangement/Production/Vocals/Lyrics by Achazia

Sacred Winds

This is our piece for this years Piano Day.
-> Piano Day, a annual worldwide event founded by a group of likeminded people, takes place on the 88th day of the year – in 2017 it’s the 29th March – because of the number of keys on the instrument being celebrated.

Lilac Sky (for Piano Day 2017)

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Track Notes
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The track title as well as the picture are a nod to one of the games in the popular Assassin's Creed video-game franchise, which is set in a medieval Italian backdrop and features a protagonist named Ezio who ... you guessed it ... is an assassin. I've never actually played the games and this song was in no way inspired by them, but after I composed it I settled on this name because for me the song conjures up images of medieval intrigue/drama, so it seemed fitting.
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Instrument Discussion
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PERCUSSION: tom, hand drum. snare, dayre

I'm continuing a trend I started recently of including 4 different drums in a track. I have a dayre (similar to tambourine) on the far right and a snare drum on the far left to widen the soundstage. Meanwhile a medieval hand drum features toward center, accented by the occasional bassy boom of a tom drum.

WIND: clarinet

The wind instrument that kicks in after the quieter vocal section in the middle of the track (and subsequently features in the outro) is a turkish clarinet.

BOWED: hurdy gurdy (rhythm + drone), tromba marina

The instrument you hear producing the drone and rhythmic buzzing is a hurdy gurdy, which is a popular medieval stringed instrument. The hurdy gurdy is an instrument that can also be played melodically, like a violin, though that feature is something I don't use in this particular track. Needless to say, it's a very versatile instrument :)

The instrument producing a harsh staccato-like sound toward the far right of the soundstage in the latter half of the song is a tromba marina, a positively quintessential medieval instrument that I absolutely love.

PLUCKED: gittern, baroque guitar

The gittern is a type of medieval lute. It is the "guitar-like" plucked instrument that can be heard toward the left side of the soundstage. The baroque guitar meanwhile plays a more supporting role and is panned to the right side of the soundstage.

VOCALS: lead female vocalist (soprano), lead male vocalist (counter-tenor), male vocal shouts

As per usual the vocals were recorded using true legato sampled VSTs, meaning that these melodic lines were composed and recorded by hand and that no pre-recorded phrases were used.

Ezio

A complementary composition to "Entering Narnia" inspired by the magical world in C.S. Lewis' Narnia Chronicles.

Entering Narna

https://soundcloud.com/classicalglass-1/entering-narnia-classicalglass-and-nic-evennett

Leaving Narnia

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Edo de Waart, conductor
Leila Josefowicz, violin

Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D (December 2019)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass
Mark Ridenour, conductor

Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 582 (CSO Resound 2011)

Drifting

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Track Notes
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The name of this piece refers to the famous artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci. The image is of "The Vitruvian Man", one of Da Vinci's most famous works. This is my first medieval piece in a couple years.

Put on a good pair of headphones and enjoy! Thank you for listening!
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Instruments:
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Bowed Strings: viola da gamba, hurdy gurdy drone (+ rhythm)
Plucked Strings: bass citole, lute, psaltery
Percussion: medieval tabor, tambourine, tom ensemble
Wind: soprano whistle, wooden flute
Vocals: male tenor soloist, female soloist, male shouts

The Artist

My isolated score for the Score Relief competition.

Monas World

Halfdan E