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1: Did you record this in all one take?
2: I know you use MIDI for transcription.  How much do you have to go in and manually correct?
3: Did you memorize this or do did you read it while you recorded it?
4: Do you realize how amazing you are?
5: What words of advice to you have for aspiring musicians/pianists/sheet music readers/music theorists who find themselves intimidated by the steep hill they have to climb before they can do things like this?
6: The thing that happened at 9:49 made my heart explode.  What was that?  A key change?  It happened again at 10:05, 10:17.
7: In terms of your personal skill level, on a scale of 1 to 10, how difficult is this for you to perform?

1: Did you record this in all one take? 2: I know you use MIDI for transcription. How much do you have to go in and manually correct? 3: Did you memorize this or do did you read it while you recorded it? 4: Do you realize how amazing you are? 5: What words of advice to you have for aspiring musicians/pianists/sheet music readers/music theorists who find themselves intimidated by the steep hill they have to climb before they can do things like this? 6: The thing that happened at 9:49 made my heart explode. What was that? A key change? It happened again at 10:05, 10:17. 7: In terms of your personal skill level, on a scale of 1 to 10, how difficult is this for you to perform?

Haha.

1. I did! Out of the 20+ recordings I made during the week and week before this way the only one I liked and kept. Except now that I listen to it and I can hear myself getting fatigued at the end. I have a video of myself playing some of the transitions before I expanded the second theme in the exposition from last year; it's nice to see how slowly the piece expanded over time.

2. I transcribe everything within Sibelius using a mouse, keyboard and 61-key MIDI controller. I notated the first 8 bars around the same time I took a video of myself playing the beginning last year. I had Tuesday, Friday and Saturday off from work last week so I spent the entire day notating the movements 19 pages. I was afraid I wouldn't make it in time but I think this draft will suffice until I decide to publish a legitimate book in the future!

(Now that you mention it I can't believe I left out so much expression and dynamic text)

3. Just memory. I get queasy when I sight read!

4. Honestly, no!

5. The only thing I can really say is that embrace time. I still don't fell musically mature yet and I've been doing this for 2 decades!

6. Ah! Those are definitely key changes from the development section. I started writing this in D major but I didn't like how it sounded and moved everything to A major. During the months of organizing the piece together I had some trouble recapping the theme but after time my hands fell back naturally to D major.

7. A 6.5; while I don't find it technically demanding I still find it a little challenging to play through with a sense of musicality without mushing all the notes together.

[quote=orangedrink]1: Did you record this in all one take? 2: I know you use MIDI for transcription. How much do you have to go in and manually correct? 3: Did you memorize this or do did you read it while you recorded it? 4: Do you realize how amazing you are? 5: What words of advice to you have for aspiring musicians/pianists/sheet music readers/music theorists who find themselves intimidated by the steep hill they have to climb before they can do things like this? 6: The thing that happened at 9:49 made my heart explode. What was that? A key change? It happened again at 10:05, 10:17. 7: In terms of your personal skill level, on a scale of 1 to 10, how difficult is this for you to perform? [/quote] Haha. 1. I did! Out of the 20+ recordings I made during the week and week before this way the only one I liked and kept. Except now that I listen to it and I can hear myself getting fatigued at the end. I have a video of myself playing some of the transitions before I expanded the second theme in the exposition from last year; it's nice to see how slowly the piece expanded over time. 2. I transcribe everything within Sibelius using a mouse, keyboard and 61-key MIDI controller. I notated the first 8 bars around the same time I took a video of myself playing the beginning last year. I had Tuesday, Friday and Saturday off from work last week so I spent the entire day notating the movements 19 pages. I was afraid I wouldn't make it in time but I think this draft will suffice until I decide to publish a legitimate book in the future! (Now that you mention it I can't believe I left out so much expression and dynamic text) :( 3. Just memory. I get queasy when I sight read! 4. Honestly, no! :( 5. The only thing I can really say is that embrace time. I still don't fell musically mature yet and I've been doing this for 2 decades! 6. Ah! Those are definitely key changes from the development section. I started writing this in D major but I didn't like how it sounded and moved everything to A major. During the months of organizing the piece together I had some trouble recapping the theme but after time my hands fell back naturally to D major. 7. A 6.5; while I don't find it technically demanding I still find it a little challenging to play through with a sense of musicality without mushing all the notes together.

Reminds me of Ravel's Toccata, mixed with some Samuel Barber's Excursions. Beautiful piece! I'd pay good money to see this performed live! Keep up the incredible work!

Reminds me of Ravel's Toccata, mixed with some Samuel Barber's Excursions. Beautiful piece! I'd pay good money to see this performed live! Keep up the incredible work!

Man, I'm sorry to differ but you are F***ING AMAZING. I love your music and you surprise us every week

Please keep that beautiful art coming

[quote=sylcmyk] 4. Honestly, no! :( [/quote] Man, I'm sorry to differ but you are F***ING AMAZING. I love your music and you surprise us every week Please keep that beautiful art coming :)

Very impressive. Awesome to hear how deep you were able to go, how long you worked on this. Congratulations on finishing it!

Very impressive. Awesome to hear how deep you were able to go, how long you worked on this. Congratulations on finishing it!

A wonderful piece for the springtime. Bravo!!

A wonderful piece for the springtime. Bravo!!

Just incredible. Wish I could speak on it in more technical terms, but I don't have much of a musical vocabulary. Beautiful piece from start to finish, thank you for sharing it.

Just incredible. Wish I could speak on it in more technical terms, but I don't have much of a musical vocabulary. Beautiful piece from start to finish, thank you for sharing it.

I always wonder how you make these melodies up, I reckon it could help me with my research.

I always wonder how you make these melodies up, I reckon it could help me with my research.

Thanks for the kind words and making me blush!

Awww, I'll definitely try even harder, even if it's just for you!

Thanks! I just have two more movements and 8 more months to go until I'm officially done with this sonata.

I literally just sit in front of my piano and play whatever I'm feeling at the moment; I'll rarely think about theory. Ugh, no wonder this movement took me so long to make!

[quote=Alphaglitch]Reminds me of Ravel's Toccata, mixed with some Samuel Barber's Excursions. Beautiful piece! I'd pay good money to see this performed live! Keep up the incredible work![/quote] :D Thanks for the kind words and making me blush! [quote=laguna][quote=sylcmyk] 4. Honestly, no! :( [/quote] Man, I'm sorry to differ but you are F***ING AMAZING. I love your music and you surprise us every week Please keep that beautiful art coming :)[/quote] Awww, I'll definitely try even harder, even if it's just for you! [quote=Christian Grey]Very impressive. Awesome to hear how deep you were able to go, how long you worked on this. Congratulations on finishing it![/quote] [quote=Brackleforth]A wonderful piece for the springtime. Bravo!![/quote] [quote=Pyure]Just incredible. Wish I could speak on it in more technical terms, but I don't have much of a musical vocabulary. Beautiful piece from start to finish, thank you for sharing it.[/quote] Thanks! I just have two more movements and 8 more months to go until I'm officially done with this sonata. [quote=Devieus]I always wonder how you make these melodies up, I reckon it could help me with my research.[/quote] I literally just sit in front of my piano and play whatever I'm feeling at the moment; I'll rarely think about theory. Ugh, no wonder this movement took me so long to make!

I bet Yuja can play my sonata better than I!

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Another dead end then, I suppose you might actually learn more from me than I from you. Though by the looks of it, I might have to resurrect my arpeggiator, which I was going to do anyway; there's definitely method to the madness.

[quote=sylcmyk] [quote=Devieus]I always wonder how you make these melodies up, I reckon it could help me with my research.[/quote] I literally just sit in front of my piano and play whatever I'm feeling at the moment; I'll rarely think about theory. Ugh, no wonder this movement took me so long to make![/quote] Another dead end then, I suppose you might actually learn more from me than I from you. Though by the looks of it, I might have to resurrect my arpeggiator, which I was going to do anyway; there's definitely method to the madness.

Wunderschön

Wunderschön

you're amazing, never ever stop

you're amazing, never ever stop <3

Impressive, both as composition and performance. A wonderful piece of music!

Impressive, both as composition and performance. A wonderful piece of music!