TEXT: Doug McKenzie TEXT: [email protected] MARKER: First chorus - bass in '2' - piano leaves lots of space MARKER: No sustain pedal used MARKER: LH jabs chords in more or less regular pattern just before '1' and just before '3' MARKER: 'Surround' tones on A (the 9th) then finally on G (root) then D (5th) MARKER: On F7 - play from F chromatically up to tritone (B) back a m3rd (Ab) up a tritone (D) etc MARKER: Many melodic phrases are chord tones 'enclosed' with upper and lower neighbors MARKER: This is just an arbitary pattern - can be imposed on any chord -as long as it resolves smoothly MARKER: Typical Bill Evans-ish arpeggio like pattern on BbMaj 7 to EbMaj7 MARKER: Simple melodic phrase can be enhanced by repeating each note in a regular rhythm MARKER: 4 note pattern repeats moving down (more or less) in scale steps MARKER: Basic triad chord tones played rhythmically MARKER: Same melodic/rhythmic idea repeated diatonically on another chord MARKER: Same rhythm begins the next chorus, but seamlessly moves into other melodic ideas MARKER: Rhythm section maves away from '2' feel - bass walks more regularly MARKER: The note C is used as a 'pivot' tone repeated betwwen other notes MARKER: the F7 is played as a #9 chord MARKER: Same for Bbmaj7 - is played as Bb7#9 MARKER: On D7, the notes of an E triad are used melodically MARKER: Diatonic thirds up the keyboard - volume increasing MARKER: Black notes under some chord tones can be used to slide into the chord MARKER: Next chorus back to '2' feel MARKER: Chord tones enclosed by neighbors weave around for this longer phrase MARKER: On this F7, a brief switch to E Major pentatonic adds a bit of spice! MARKER: A simple 3 note phrase is repeated with increasing intensity MARKER: More of the chords 'dirtied up' a bit with black note lower neighbors MARKER: Another brief move into unrelated pentatonic (E) then quickly resolved back in key MARKER: Another more or less arbitary pattern unrelated to the underlying harmony MARKER: 2 notes (more or less chord tones) play in regular rhythmic pattern MARKER: Another chromatic type phrase is shifted down in scale steps MARKER: Octave tremolo is effective to sustain a note and give it 'character' MARKER: Some wrong notes (an E triad) add spice MARKER: This phrase's integrity comes just from its strong angular shape ... MARKER: ..... and its final resolution strongly in key MARKER: Small clusters of notes and the note below are played in a strong rhythmic pattern MARKER: Increasing intensity and volume MARKER: Same idea as at measure 26 MARKER: Out chorus - melody played fairly simply this time with chords MARKER: 'Tag' ending - a bar of Gm11 alternaates with a bar of Fm11
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Otherwise, you can put them on a USB stick. Files will be playable natively on newer Disklaviers, such as the Mark IV, E3, and ENSPIRE. You can see my Disklavier compatibility table to see which instruments support USB.
For older generations of Disklavier using floppy disks or Nalbantov USB emulators, see my article on converting MIDI files to E-SEQ and creating PIANODIR.FIL.
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