Henry Powderly » octaves http://henrypowderly.com Writing ~ Music ~ Photos ~ Life Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:58:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Piano meditation: The steps http://henrypowderly.com/2010/01/piano-meditation-the-steps/ http://henrypowderly.com/2010/01/piano-meditation-the-steps/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 03:03:55 +0000 Henry E. Powderly II http://henrypowderly.com/?p=1746
  • Piano meditation: On the breeze
  • Piano meditation: Peace, dark or light
  • Piano meditation: One note, no more
    • ]]>     When I sit down to record a piano improvisation sometimes I just empty my head, play what I feel until I’ve said what I need to say. But sometimes I like to restrict myself to a specific motive, one of music’s oldest tricks, to create the piece.

    You’ve already heard my “one note” meditation, as well as my exploration of the V-I progression. However, for this latest one, it’s all about octaves.

    To create this each hand only plays octaves, so the harmonies never include more than two notes. The result is a sometimes haunting piece that climbs and falls, or mounts and slides downhill at times.

    It’s beautiful and creepy and I’m happy with it.

    Piano Meditation 5

    Flickr photo by Tim Green aka atoach

    Related posts:

    1. Piano meditation: On the breeze
    2. Piano meditation: Peace, dark or light
    3. Piano meditation: One note, no more

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