I did a couple of experiments with setting up and compposing with
prepared piano...
have a listen if you wish at
http://anechoic.8088.org/bitbin/piano/
-bit
www.bitbin.co.uk
www.tlso.co.uk
www.myspace.com/bitbin
-----Original Message-----
From: Guillaume Grenier [mailto:grenier.g@videotron.ca]
Sent: Mon 4/24/2006 4:27 AM
To: Lumin Egress
Cc: idm@hyperreal.org
Subject: Re: [idm] Instrument From Drukqs??
Le 23 avr. 2006 à 22:46, Lumin Egress a écrit :
quoted 7 lines Anyone know what instrument richard
> Anyone know what instrument richard
> was using on drukqs for tracks like
> Jynweythek Ylow? That metal clangy
> hit type thing used with piano? I am
> scoring a film and the director wants
> that kind of sound. Gah I can't figure it
> out. Anyone know?
It's a prepared piano, i.e. a piano whose sounds have been modified
by putting all sorts of objects (erasers, screws, bolts, rubber
bands, utensils, etc.) on or between the strings.
This Wikipedia article offers some relevant info: http://
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prepared_piano
However, it strangely doesn't mention Cage's "Sonatas and Interludes"
for prepared piano, probably the flagship piece for the instrument.
There is a ton of recordings of that piece, most of which are pretty
good. I am particularly fond of Yuji Takahashi's, although it might
be hard to obtain nowadays... (on the pretty much deceased Denon
label -- probably among the first digital recordings ever made).
g.
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