Quarter-tone Piano Prelude #1

The first of my Original Compositions from a Collection of Preludes for Quarter-tone Piano(s).

Composer: Scott Crothers (Diesel Bodine)

Category:

Music

Tags:

• music
• Quarter-tone
• quartertone
• microtone
• microtonal
• Piano
• Prelude
• original
• composition
• Diesel
• Bodine
• Scott
• Crothers

[JamesMichaelStClair]

Any way of obtaining the sheet music for these preludes? I'd be very interested in studying them this semester.

[DieselBodine]

@JamesMichaelStClair ~ Sorry, James. I don't have them available at this time. I'm hoping to have that change at some time in the future, but at present time I don't have them available for distribution.

[ericoschmitt]

most quarter tones compositions (like haba) have absolutely no musicality, it seems just like an study. but yours really sounds like music, and it is beautiful! keep playing quartertonal, you are awesome

[DieselBodine]

@ericoschmitt ~ I'm glad you've enjoyed my work.  8-)

[billbonham]

Amazing, sounds really great. Serial music is much harder to appreciate than this.

[DieselBodine]

@billbonham ~ Thank-you, Bill.  8-)

[akamarutv]

Some of the chords sound really and not dissonant some of them do though. But it's a really good composition, but seiously dude, how the heck are you making these? Quarter tone pianos are very rare and you can't buy reguraly them as far as I know, and it doesn't sound like a midi, AND WHY WON'T YOU FILM YOU PLAYING ONE, I'D LOVE TO SEE THE INSTRUMENT BEING PLAYED INSTEAD OF ALL THESE OLD PICTURES!

Oh and, why is there a top row of tiny keys?

[hjiuhfhrehui]

im searching the web but cant find a place were to buy a quarter tone piano D: someone has an idea !! ?? :) thanks !!

[verstengenericks]

I'd heard OF quarter tone music but never LISTENED to any...I think Marshall McLuhan said something about how artists are probes into the realm of new experience...keep up the fascinating and enjoyable work

[theearlynovember2011]

where is he

[CasusUniversum]

I agree. I'm not impressed by Haba. It sounds like he puts no structure into his music. You, on the other hand, make pristine musical compositions. Very well done!

[retrotails]

You should offer your compositions in FLAC.

[NonEcrit]

I freaking love this! it blows my mind... i really want to start looking at quarter tones but i dont even know how to go about doing so. are there any music type programs where you can work with quarter tones?

[WJE37FCSM]

One of my more enduring memories of music school was to hear a concert with the piano tuned to perfect fifth rather than the Bach endorsed (Galileo's dad also promoted it) well tempered arrangement, a compromise that allow a composer to modulate far from the original key. So I imagine that tuning a 1/4 tone piano to be quite an adventure. (Note that modulations in the perfect fifth system start to howl as one departs from the home key.)

[jghcky]

@akamarutv first row for half-semi tone, second row for quarter semitone

[DieselBodine]

@TheBeatlesrollingsto ~ Grazie! 8-)

[TheBeatlesrollingsto]

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