The clowns
Hey, I decided to show off this piece I made. I wrote this out of sheer madness.
This piece, I wrote after hearing some epic insanely hard pieces on Musescore. I decided to top those pieces by writing this. This is the first of a collection I will call the impossibles.
One thing to think about is why I would call this piece the clowns.
Don't expect me to be able to play this. I wonder though, if there is a pianist out there who could play this perfectly.
Here's the link:
Comments
Your time signature does not match the time per bar. As far as playing 4 note form, certainly it's possible.
In reply to Your time signature does not by xavierjazz
I put 1/4. I noticed that the "1" does look like a 4. Every measure is exactly one count. I tried 2/4 and 4/4, the piece did not line up.
Absolutely brilliant! A breath of fresh air! The best thing I have heard for ages!
In reply to Absolutely brilliant! A by normanhart
You liked that, you'll love this (download and play in MuseScore 2 for the better piano sound):
https://musescore.com/user/110286/scores/185645
This is the ultimate example of those "epic insanely hard pieces" Elwin mentioned, and was featured for a time in the Start Center, where now ericfontainejazz's "Moonlight Sonata (Jazz Lead Sheet)" is. (By the way, I've asked several times before and nobody has ever answered: How is the featured score chosen, who does the choosing, and how often are they supposed to choose a new one?)
In reply to You liked that, you'll love by Isaac Weiss
I would say that my piece is more "epic insanely impossible". That piece is hard, but it's still playable.
I found Measure 39 somewhat challenging. I think my right distal radio-ulnar joint now has a bit more free play in it than before. Thing is, it's actually musically pretty good.
In reply to I found Measure 39 somewhat by underquark
Waitwaitwait—you played this? Prove it. Video. Show.
In reply to Waitwaitwait—you played this? by Isaac Weiss
Thanks everyone for your comments. And, I have never played this. I am looking for a gifted pianist whose good enough to play it up to speed.
In reply to Thanks everyone for your by Elwin
I was actually addressing underquark, who seemed to be claiming to have attempted to play it.
In reply to I was actually addressing by Isaac Weiss
Sdaly you will see from my post that I dislocated my wrist in the process so can't prove it at this point in time. Lokol, even my topying has gone a bit like on of the other Forum psters.
In reply to Sdaly you will see from my by underquark
I feel bad that you dislocated your wrist trying to play my composition.
In reply to I feel bad that you by Elwin
Please do not feel bad. The only limb that was being manipulated was one of the lower ones of Zack and even that was only having some gentle traction applied to it. Your piece is, of course, unplayable with less than four hands - even if I do have 6 fingers on one of them but the more usual 7 on the other two.
In reply to Please do not feel bad. The by underquark
Okay, and explain to me what you meant by "even if I do have 6 fingers on one of them but the more usual 7 on the other two"
In reply to Okay, and explain to me what by Elwin
It seems our friend underquark has slipped up and revealed that he is actually an extraterrestrial, sojourning on Earth simply for research into our fascinating musical customs.
In reply to It seems our friend by Isaac Weiss
That certainly explains a lot ;-)
In reply to That certainly explains a lot by Jojo-Schmitz
I hope you all are joking.
In reply to I hope you all are joking. by Elwin
We joking? Nah!
;-)
In reply to I hope you all are joking. by Elwin
Consider carefully underquark's comment: "The only limb that was being manipulated was one of the lower ones of Zack and even that was only having some gentle traction applied to it." Try rephrasing it, saying the same thing in a simpler way—perhaps something along the line of "a leg was being pulled"—and you may find an alternative idiomatic meaning which may shed some light on the situation.
In reply to Consider carefully by Isaac Weiss
From what you told me, it's either, he doesn't really know how to play this piece, he was only joking around. Or, he actually did dislocate his wrist doing something else. I'm pretty bad at idioms like this, so it would be easier if you just explained this straightforward.
In reply to From what you told me, it's by Elwin
Okay, okay. He never actually attempted to play the piece, his wrist is fine (though incidentally I hyperextended my own right wrist this morning and it's seriously paining me; any advice?), and all the rest of the discussion had been tongue-in-cheek (if that's also an unfamiliar idiom, the point is we've all been joking). As to the traction applied to the lower appendage, see http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/pull+leg.
In reply to Okay, okay. He never actually by Isaac Weiss
Yeah. I get it. Although, it would be epic if someone actually could play the piece. I attempted one section on the piano. (The one in the key of B-flat) it was insane. I called this piece the clowns, because I looked forward to laughing at people attempting to play this, but it seems like the clowns bombarded me with idioms.
Wow that was funny. Next let's try notating some John Stump and see how that sounds...
In reply to Wow that was funny. Next by JGitar
I called it the clowns because I knew it would be funny to see people try to play it, or react to it. If you could give me links to full sheet music for John Stump, I'll notate it when I have time.
In reply to I called it the clowns by Elwin
The link is in my previous post, http://lostinthecloudblog.com/2010/03/13/john-stump-composer-of-faeries… which is about all I can find online.
I created a new piece called "showdown" in attempt to top this one. View it and let me know which one's more, epic, insane, impossible, etc.
In reply to I created a new piece called by Elwin
Awesome! Maybe you should write one with the name "tendonitis"...makes "one piano, four hands" take on a whole new meaning.
The remarks sort of remind me of John Stump's comments.
Something occurred to me: Showdown, at least, and probably the Clowns too, could be arranged for a string or sax quartet and piano (strings playing right hand, piano playing left hand). They'd still be insanely hard, but maybe playable.
And now for some weirdness from Grieg: here's his piano arrangement of the Peer Gynt Suite . Turn to page 9, Anitra's Dance. Looks simple enough...then check out the section that starts in the third bar of the last system of the second page and ends in the fifth bar of the second system of the third page. It's playable, but only just.
(If those directions are confusing, I'll post a picture...)
In reply to Awesome! Maybe you should by JGitar
Pretty good. I'll try arranging both pieces for string and sax quartet. I know the instrumental content for string quartet. Could you let me know what type of saxophones are in a sax quartet?
In reply to Pretty good. I'll try by Elwin
I think Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone (SATB).
Maybe James Booker could have played this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swkSovxJMeQ
Anyone who aspires to play this should learn Hanon's Exercise 60 first. It's six pages of tremolo, begins with "play this like a drumroll", and ends with "play this whole book every day".