TEXT: Doug McKenzie [email protected] MARKER: Last 8 Bars intro - rubato MARKER: The style here is melody phrases played in unison 2 octaves apart MARKER: On Ebm7 - a fast Db Major scale (Eb dorian) MARKER: Arrives on the third of Ab7 (i.e. a C) on a downbeat MARKER: Chords played in 'gaps' between melodic phrases MARKER: Chromatic scale in RH & LH starting on 3rd (D) in RH & 5th (F) in LH MARKER: This chromatic scale played in triplets with crescendo MARKER: Must arrive on F (the melody note) on downbeat to begin chorus in tempo MARKER: This 3 note arpeggio on GbMaj7 - C,F,Bb MARKER: Melody surrounded by upper and lower neighbors MARKER: Same thing is repeated on other chord tones MARKER: Staccato 'drumming' on a note instead of just holding it MARKER: 'Trio' begins introduction - double time latinish feel MARKER: Song begins = Bass plays very freely and melodically MARKER: More rhythmic 'drumming' instead of just sustaining a note MARKER: Easy to execute descending run on C7alt C(4),Bb(3),Ab(2),E(1),Db(2),C(1),Bb(3)....etc. MARKER: 3 note melodic fragment repeated in another octave MARKER: Ascending Db scale on Ebm7 MARKER: Turns into chromatic scale that arrives on D, the melody note MARKER: Deliberate wrong note which is held and then finally ..... MARKER: resolved! MARKER: On 2nd chorus, improvising a little more freely MARKER: Fourths in RH MARKER: On G7alt , similar run to the one on C7alt (above) MARKER: Instead of holding the F, the note is 'decorated' with neighbor tones and repeated rhythmically MARKER: Bass solo MARKER: Final 16 bars MARKER: Final arpeggio of D triad over a pedalled Bb bass note
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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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