You Taught My Heart to Sing -- piano solo

This song and "My One and Only Love" were submitted together, because in my mind, they they are linked. I am taking a bit of a detour in what I am posting to YouTube. There seems to be some interest out there in the whole arpeggio thing, so I recorded "You Taught My Heart to Sing", which makes the arpeggios the focus of the piece. I got the idea from McCoy Tyner, who does this piece filled with brilliant runs on his Revelations album. This version has a more formal, classical vibe than his. I don't improvise, In fact I don't stray from the melody. This is more of an arranged piece. I think it points to the limitations of runs, i.e. it is hard to do anything harmonically complex in this style. Runs can get repetitive, so I try to vary them. Some are played straight. Others are played like waves, I vary the velocity and the dynamics to give this effect. It is an attempt to give the piece an organic feel and not sound like an electronic arpeggiator. I embraced the simple harmonics and made this all about consonance. There is hardly a dissonant note to be found. I think it gives it a purity that is compelling to me. I don't do this kind of thing often, because a little goes a long way. Please watch "My One and Only Love" to contrast. It is as simple as I could get it, harmonically consonant and follows classical arc's in phrasing and dynamics. These two pieces are bookends- very similar and opposite at the same time. Thank you for watching.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Arpeggio
• 7notemode
• jazz
• solo
• piano
• Synthogy
• Ivory
• Roland
• 700SX
• Raleigh
• Durham
• North
• Carolina
• McCoy
• Tyner
• Joey
• Calderazzo

[michaeljholme]

To put it bluntly, bloody good !! Well deserving a 5 star rating. Looking forward to hearing the fp-7 when you get it.

[7notemode]

Thanks for the kind words.

[sistalinda]

Lovely job. Yes, McCoy tends to play across the entire board when he plays this.

A pleasure to hear this.

[pierreerbaf]

Magnifique

[bivala]

wow!

light touch!

[paulallen34]

just love your playing could watch you play all day.what roland is that is rd700 sx or nx.

[MiCompre]

When I was a young lad my folks just could not afford a piano. Then I was suddenly 15 and in the Royal Navy. No chance of a piano there then! One shouldn't envy, so I just wish things had been different, Especially when I hear you play my friend.

Sublime again.

MC

[1phatmaximus]

like it....thank you

[71letitbe45]

dear 7notemode...

If you put up a tutorial on these runs and aperggios for this piece on your web, i will be the first to buy it. thanks! (awesome)

[himvpdmr]

Pura belleza, thank you very much...

Take care, God bless...

[marg32]

More awesome than the first !!!

[marg32]

Awsome !!!

[oxCHAPSTICKxo]

Wow! You make it look soo easy! And it all flows together. It's so good it doesn't even look like you're playing. Amazing!

[A8ch]

Masterful!