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Finally, we have started to review No. 29. It is often said to be the greatest piano piece in the world or the most difficult, and various explanations abound.　It is true that there are many parts that are difficult to understand how to play on a live piano. It is often said that it is the most difficult piece of piano music in the world and that it is the most difficult.

Introduction While Audio Modering's SWAM Solo Strings (SWAM) and Samplemodering's Solo, Chamber & Ensemble Strings (SCES), both commonly used string instruments, have a high degree of perfection, they are fundamentally different in the way they are created and handled. The two are both highly accomplished, but they have fundamentally different philosophies on how sounds are made and handled...

The Use of the Una Corda on Pianos of Beethoven’s Time

I compared the effect of IR, which is newly introduced in SWAM Solo Strings, by actually sounding the cello. The subject is the first part of Saint-Saens "The Swan". DAW: Cubase Pro 11 (FX not used) - Sound Source: Audio Modeling SWAM Solo ...

Happy New Year. May this year be a peaceful one. Last year, I overhauled the site. Previously, I added articles sequentially via blog posts, but now I've set up a main page with several indexes. I think it's become a bit easier to navigate. 1. Beethoven's...

Emotional Expressiveness and the Subtle Art of Repeating a Theme

Shif's Lecture Recitals (Wigmore Hall, 2004-2006)

I revisited Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 26 to burn it onto the fourth CD. It's a piece connected to the Austrian War that erupted in Central Europe in 1809. The three movements depict Archduke Rudolph, Beethoven's pupil, fleeing Vienna to escape the war and returning home...

This piece, like No. 24, is a short piano sonata. It's famous as the "Cuckoo Sonata." In a letter to his publisher, Beethoven apparently specified that it should be titled "Sonatina" upon publication. Meaning, a small sonata. Piano Sonata...

Previously, in the notification about the version upgrade to SWAM v3.10, a physical modeling sound source for string instruments, the manufacturer stated that "IR (Impulse Response) has been introduced." However, upon checking the official Release Notes, the term IR is nowhere to be found, and instead...