Charles Ives: 3 Quarter-Tone Pieces (1924) - I. Largo

The piano on the left is tuned one-quarter tone down, providing notes in-between the notes of the normally tuned piano. Performed by the Paratore brothers.

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Music

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• ives
• piano
• music
• classical

[kleinball]

Have fun transcribing!

[squeemu]

@def3mno62 Stop being such a God-damned sissy. Use your ears like a man.

[sunilpchandy]

This is so beautiful.

[MrArtEffete]

"Well I'm over generalizing .... I don't know this" So, you know you're full of it. Good.

[AEFic]

The most innovative music will always sound like 'the composer ran out of ideas', at least to those too close-minded to actually appreciate it. Those who can appreciate it (especially other composers) are the ones these pieces are written for.

[darkmortality]

Very nice..however I find he dissonance very unsettling..

[mecca777]

@squeemu LMAO!!!

[ardotadot]

i find the technique extremely interesting in the sense that you extend the palette of notes and the mathematical division of the scale. its like taking the first step towards looking at sound (not just music) through a microscope, on the other hand im having trouble adjusting to this.

[focorockstar]

The piano has been drinking.

[D1SStRoY]

whys is this not silly?

[pinnaclefish]

I love the drone to it as well as the parts that seem to illustrate the state of being lost in thought. Quarter tones would be great for horror film soundtracks and progressive music.

[jetpromys]

@moviesmyway I guess you could say that about anyone who ever innovated in music, they just ran out of original ideas.