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"Black Keys for Zachary" for Piano in D-Sharp Pentatonic
This is my latest musical experiment. My friend Zach is just starting out on keyboard, and he doesn't like to play with both white and black keys. This song is both written for and dedicated to one of my oldest friends.
This song inevitably took on the pentatonic scale because, as we all know, only 5 of the 12 notes in a keyboard octave are the black keys. I also wanted to write this song in 5/8 because I love that time meter. I found it a happy coincidence that a song written with 5 downbeats per bar also only has 5 different notes. What are the odds?
This is my single longest keyboard song to date. About 2 minutes and 40 seconds.
Youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHYuSj-Hzjw&feature=youtu.be
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Black Keys for Zachary.pdf, 548 KB -
black keys for zach v3.mid, 13 KB
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Permalink Reply by Jonas Aras on -
Why does the audio sound like it was recorded in a snow storm?
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Permalink Reply by Noah Fraioli on -
You'll have to excuse the static. My soundcard is not that good. x.x
Jonas Aras said:Why does the audio sound like it was recorded in a snow storm?
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Permalink Reply by Jonas Aras on
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Here's an MP3 that I created from your MIDI file.
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BlackKeys.mp3, 3.9 MB
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Permalink Reply by Sam Umar on -
Nice piece, Noah. I've never thought of using black keys only for piano composition like this before. I might try this later. :)
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Permalink Reply by Noah Fraioli on
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:o You just became my new hero. I LOVE this mp3! Thank you so much. ^^
Jonas Aras said:Here's an MP3 that I created from your MIDI file.
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