La Alia Duono De La ĉielo

This is the second in a series of 10 solo piano pieces I wrote to explore time signatures (this one is in 2/2 or 2), modal and chordal structures. This piece with the subtitle of The Long Haul focuses on octaves in the melody when it is in either the right or left hand.  There is a stride section in the middle with a slightly faster tempo.  This is a digital recording from my Sibelius program using NotePerformer.

Piano Sketches No. 2 Mixdown

This is the third in a series of 10 solo piano pieces I wrote to explore time signatures (this one is in 3/8 or 3), modal and chordal structures. This piece with the subtitle of From Here To Eternity and focuses on a double melody in right hand and then the left hand.  This is a digital recording from my Sibelius program using NotePerformer.

Piano Sketches No. 3 Mixdown

This is the fourth in a series of 10 solo piano pieces I wrote to explore time signatures (this one is in 4/4 or 4), modal and chordal structures. This piece with the subtitle of The Lull After The Storm and focuses on a quartal and quintal structures and modal melodic lines. This is a digital recording from my Sibelius program using NotePerformer.

Piano Sketches No. 4 Mixdown

This is the fifth in a series of 10 solo piano pieces I wrote to explore time signatures (this one is in 5/8 or 5), modal and chordal structures. This piece with the subtitle of Fits and Starts evokes an early morning commute with traffic flow moving faster and slowing down.  and focuses on a octave work in both hands with modal melodic lines. This is a digital recording from my Sibelius program using NotePerformer.

Piano Sketches No. 5 Mixdown

This is the sixth in a series of 10 solo piano pieces I wrote to explore time signatures (this one is in 6/8 or 6), modal and chordal structures. This piece with the subtitle of Half Full Half Empty evokes a sense of optimism or pessimism depending on your outlook on life.  and focuses on quartal and quintal chord structures and modal melodies. This is a digital recording from my Sibelius program using NotePerformer.

Piano Sketches No. 6 Mixdown

This is the seventh in a series of 10 solo piano pieces I wrote to explore time signatures (this one is in 7/4 or 7), modal and chordal structures. This piece with the subtitle of Another Day Another Dollar and evokes a sense of “keeping on trucking” as we used to say in the 70s. The opening section of this piece starts with a series of chord in 7/4 that is taken from a song Vicki and I recorded on our first album “You” titled "Forever".  This piece also focuses on quartal and quintal chord structures and modal melodies. This is a digital recording from my Sibelius program using NotePerformer.

Piano Sketches No. 7 Mixdown

This is the eighth in a series of 10 solo piano pieces I wrote to explore time signatures (this one is in 8/4 or 8), felt in 3,3,2 with modal and chordal structures. This piece with the subtitle of Hit the Ground running and evokes a sense of “perptual motion and a sense of things needing done. The opening section of this piece starts with a series of chord in 8/4 that is taken from a song I wrote for a band I from the seventies that I was in.  This piece also focuses on quartal and quintal chord structures and modal melodies. This is a digital recording from my Sibelius program using NotePerformer.

Piano Sketches No. 8 Mixdown

This is the ninth in a series of 10 solo piano pieces I wrote to explore time signatures (this one is in 9/8 or 9), starts in 2,2,2,3 and then settle into 3,3,3 with modal and chordal structures. This piece with the subtitle of In the Nick of Time and evokes a sense of “just finishing in time or seeing the work day almost done. The opening section of this piece starts with a series of chord in 9/8.  This piece also focuses on quartal and quintal chord structures and modal melodies. This is a digital recording from my Sibelius program using NotePerformer.

Piano Sketches No. 9 Mixdown

This is the last in a series of 10 solo piano pieces I wrote to explore time signatures (this one is in 10/4 or 10), starts in 3,2,2,3,2,2 and then into 2,2,2,2,2, with modal and chordal structures. This piece with the subtitle of In the Tit For Tat and evokes a sense of “giving or taking one thing for another. The opening section of this piece starts with a series of chord in 9/8.  This piece also focuses on quartal and quintal chord structures and modal melodies. This is a digital recording from my Sibelius program using NotePerformer.

Piano Sketches No. 10 Mixdown

David is a graduate from Berklee College of Music in Boston USA. He graduated with honours (Cum Laude) with a degree in Jazz Composition and Arranging.  David studied for two years at the Boston Conservatory of music as a composition and saxophone student studying with Chris Roze and Larry Thomas Bell, both Julliard graduates, for composition as well as Hugo Norden for counterpoint, John Adams for harmony and Pasquale Principe for saxophone and clarinet.

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