TEXT: Doug McKenzie - all parts live played MARKER: Melody in big blocks - Red Garland style MARKER: Close position block - LH doubles melody - MARKER: sometimes does single note chromatic conection of chords MARKER: Now melody with LH 'stabs' using rootless voicings MARKER: Close position block chords MARKER: Whole Tone scale (descending augmented triads) MARKER: More blocks - close position MARKER: White note glissando on Dm7/G7 MARKER: On Eb7alt, descending augmented triads in RH MARKER: 'Surround' the target melody note MARKER: 'Surround' the next one too! MARKER: Red Garland style Block chords MARKER: i.e. RH Plays octaves often with perfect 5th or other chord tones between MARKER: LH plays rootless voicings phrased WITH the RHand MARKER: Simple phrase MARKER: Phrase echo-ed with changes to match new chord MARKER: On Db6, ascending chromatic leading tones on diatonic 3rds MARKER: Descending line in Red Garland style block chords follows harmony MARKER: Block chords mainly in close position.- some in 'drop 2' MARKER: Back to main theme on last 16 MARKER: Tremolo on Red Garland voicings
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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).