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Small Talk - 14 Online Lessons in Music
The Corona disaster has made it difficult to do face-to-face musical activities, especially lessons. However, after doing some research, I found that various attempts are being made to utilize the Internet in this world. I would like to mention two of them. 1. online lessons via video call... -
Small Talk-13 Elgar's Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
I am just finishing up the Arpeggione Sonata, and in between, I have started typing up Elgar's Cello Concerto. This piece seems to have been widely rediscovered by the world because of the passionate performance by Jacqueline du Pré, the genius cellist who died young. Just to me... -
Small Talk-12 Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata
I am currently typing Schubart's Arpeggione Sonata. The "arpeggione" is a now defunct instrument, so many of them have been arranged and played on the cello. I have searched and found examples where the instrument has been reissued and played. Modern chi... -
Small Talk-11 Happy Birthday by Beethoven
Listen to it first in the Audio Player at the bottom. A German friend of mine who I worked with for a long time is turning 70. He asked me to send him a short message video to be played at his party. I typed this Beetho for the background music... -
Small Talk-10 Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 29
I asked the teacher to listen to the audio file of all the movements of No. 29 that I had typed. The teacher commented, "As for the order in which to begin, I think it is best to go in the order of difficulty in embodying the structure of the piece: third, fourth, first, and second. The third movement is the most difficult. And if you can't do that, the 3rd... -
Small Talk-9 Beethoven's Cello Sonata No. 3
I am currently working on Beethoven's Cello Sonata No. 3. Since I have already typed Kreutzer, I decided to work on a cello version of Kreutzer's Sonata No. 3. This piece is said to be a revolutionary cello sonata. Kreutzer is a bi... -
Small Talk - 8 Copyright Strike on YouTube
A copyright infringement warning was issued for Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 21, which I posted on YouTube earlier. (see below) This is the third time. Each time, I have filed an objection and had the warning lifted. This time, too, the warning was issued on the grounds that the music was "typed by midi editor using a DAW... -
Small Talk-7 Again Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 29
I have finished checking the midi files for all the movements of "Hammerklavier," which I have newly started working on. I'm almost done with correcting the mis-touches and the sound movement, so now it's time to start working on the music. While checking the notes one by one, I thought... -
Small Talk-6 Cello Sequencing
I decided to try to type the Prelude from Bach's Suite No. 2 for Unaccompanied Cello, which I am just now reviewing. Interestingly, when I was reviewing the score in detail with this intention, I began to see new sound structures that I had not paid attention to when I was simply practicing... -
Small Talk-5 My instruments
Here is a picture (below) of how DTM (Desktop Music) works。 The display on the right is the DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) screen, which corresponds to a piano keyboard and inputs the basic behavior of the notes。 The display on the left shows the sound quality of the various sound sources (piano, strings, etc.). The left display shows the sound quality of the various sound sources (piano, strings, etc.)...