TEXT: Sequence was done in several passes. First a simple Ride pattern on drums, then a bass line, then Piano next. The Bass line was re-done to fit with the piano improvisation then drums re-done in several passes - first ride,then 'Hits' (snare,Hihats,kick) MARKER: Intro - 8 bars - Am with moving 5th (Am, Amb6) MARKER: Piano could be accoustic or rhodes MARKER: Melodic line in intro is basically triad chords with surround/neighbouring tones MARKER: Main theme - Bass plays melodically MARKER: Snare on beat 2 - simulation of stick rebounding on snare when held loosely MARKER: Pedal - Hi-Hat used sparingly as another 'fill' sound - not in a regular pattern MARKER: Notes played twice in pairs a third apart moving down the C Major scale MARKER: The note C is enclosed by 2 chromatic tones below then above MARKER: On A7b9, phrase is based on Dim scale - up 4 notes back 1 MARKER: Ascending phrase played with forefinger then thumb on each successive white note. MARKER: A melodic phrase is repeated several times beginning on different notes MARKER: On A7, begins surrounding the root, then up the dim (1/2 - whole tone) scale MARKER: Chords and fragments of chords played in a regular rhythmic pattern (and-a-1 and -a-2 and -a-3 etc) MARKER: On Cmaj7 the #11 (Lydian note) MARKER: Another short melodic phrase moved down through the appropriate scale MARKER: Final ending MARKER: Tag ending - Am - FMaj7-Bm7b5-E7b9 - played a number of times with substitutions
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If you have a Bluetooth-MIDI adapter installed in your Disklavier and are using an app (such as PianoStream), you can stream these MIDI files right from your Apple device to your piano.
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.
Read more about the former Kuhmann Directory (Disklavier World).