Kawai ES8

Just trying out my new Kawai ES8.  This is using the Upright Piano sound, with the voicing set to Bright 2, recorded to WAV using the USB recorder, then trimmed and converted to MP3 in Audacity.

(The original MP3 sounds slightly better -- sounds like SoundCloud might have re-encoded it a second time for streaming.)

Kawai Upright Bluesy 1

Haven't recorded too much piano lately, so I figured I'd record something.  Might try my hand at streaming at some point in the future.

More Piano Improv

More piano improv, this time layering the SK-5 grand piano sound with one of the organ sounds.

Piano and Organ Improv

Ambient-ish piano on my Kawai ES8.  Tape echo is from the Zoom MS-70CDR.

Ambient Piano 1

Piano And Organ Improv 2

Just some late night-ish contemplative piano.  Used the full-size (9-foot Kawai SK-EX) grand on my Kawai ES8, instead of the 6 foot (SK-5) one I usually use.  Did a bit of limiting (-3dB in Audacity).

Even More Piano Improv

Contemplative Piano 1

Found another piano recording I hadn't uploaded.  Recorded directly on my Kawai ES8.

Piano Improv 2019-01-05

Piano's back from repair -- figured I'd record more things.

Contemplative Piano 2

Did something a bit more experimental -- wrote a computer program to generate notes from the Fibonacci sequence (adding in a few rules to add accidentals to the otherwise C-major scale, and to add divisions and sections to the piece), and interpreted it on the piano.

I accidentally repeated some of the sequence a couple of times, and the recording level was a bit low, but otherwise, I think it came out well.

Fibonacci 1

Discordant Piano 1

Modified my earlier Fibonacci program to add chords, fed in the chords for the Folia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folia) and set the right scale, and did another performance based on the output.

Kawai ES8

J.P. Tuttle