Saul's Music Space

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Poem for Piano


Best,

Saul


http://www.youtube.com/v/TZY2VavnzlU

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Performing Bach's Prelude In C major No.1
http://www.youtube.com/v/gPqJ6gDEgqU

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The Swan
By
Camille Saint-Saëns

http://www.youtube.com/v/mOC9p7oDJW4

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This is my arrangement of the music Evenstar by Howard Shore from the movie The Lord of the Rings.
http://www.youtube.com/v/YI1isF_9ThM

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Here's a new recording of me performing my improvisation called 'Romance'.

Cheers,

Saul

http://www.youtube.com/v/P1I7Ide74zM

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This is my arrangement for piano of the music 'The Secret Wedding' composed by James Horner.
The music is a soundtrack for the movie 'Braveheart'.

Hope you enjoy it.

Saul

http://www.youtube.com/v/KmVGy4DmIJM

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Mazurka In A minor for Piano

http://www.youtube.com/v/O2fyAS4nv5o

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Frodo's Song.

I composed this a few days ago.

Cheers,

Saul

http://www.youtube.com/v/kZPCjpR45N4

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Performing Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata First Movement In C sharp Minor.

Regards,

Saul

http://www.youtube.com/v/D9LrOVfMXNY

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The Woods - Original composition for Solo Piano performed by myself...

http://www.youtube.com/v/8abWOG8_9BA

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The Western Sea
http://www.youtube.com/v/nHt-xRrQfSo

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J.S. Bach - Air on the G String - Piano Version

http://www.youtube.com/v/oxPIZVRmeGw

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Latest Work,

Mazurka In E minor.

Regards,

Saul

http://www.youtube.com/v/eOY-sSgpaqM

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Performing my Mazurka In B flat major

http://www.youtube.com/v/At_HygbjpDk

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Etude
http://www.youtube.com/v/8U2dUDX7EpE

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Performing Chopin Valse Op. 64, No.2 In C sharp Minor Regards,

Saul

http://www.youtube.com/v/UsjgbkESdCA

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Performing Mendelssohn's Song without Words Op.19, No. 1

http://www.youtube.com/v/hG8zmJg4fOc

[greg]

So, looks like I've decided to drop by. 

I listened to: Mazurka in Em, Mazurka in Bb, and the Etude. (not really interested in the performances of film scores or works of other composers)

Mazurka in Em- fine piece, though not earth-shattering
Mazurka in Bb- I really liked this one. Excellent theme! The only thing I had trouble with was 2:41-ish... i was liking how it was progressing, but it goes into some goofy rhythm when I was thinking it'd sound nice to slow it down for a short while and let it sing
Etude- cool piece. Did you use really complex rhythms for this one, or is it just one of those things that sounds more rhythmically complex than it really is? (cuz it does sound quite complex!)


You don't use opus numbers, do you? It would probably help keep things in order a bit better, at least for me...

[Saul]

So, looks like I've decided to drop by. 

I listened to: Mazurka in Em, Mazurka in Bb, and the Etude. (not really interested in the performances of film scores or works of other composers)

Mazurka in Em- fine piece, though not earth-shattering
Mazurka in Bb- I really liked this one. Excellent theme! The only thing I had trouble with was 2:41-ish... i was liking how it was progressing, but it goes into some goofy rhythm when I was thinking it'd sound nice to slow it down for a short while and let it sing
Etude- cool piece. Did you use really complex rhythms for this one, or is it just one of those things that sounds more rhythmically complex than it really is? (cuz it does sound quite complex!)


You don't use opus numbers, do you? It would probably help keep things in order a bit better, at least for me...

Wow thank for responding and commenting!

This is great.

These particular pieces that you have listened are some well-thought out musical ideas that I put together and recorded myself playing, though I didn't write them on a piece of paper. I have written over 60 works on paper, but I do have a good number of these random recordings where I just record some music that I was inspired with and thought it would be a good Idea to record them and share them.

That's why I believe that you're right for saying about the Mazurka in B flat major that it has some 'goofy  rhythm' well that can happen when you have a theme and then you try to improvise as you go on with the piece, very natural. But then I sometimes get lucky with these pieces, where I am able to basically more or less pull it off and create a whole composition that has one line from beginning to end, and doesn't sound like an improvisation.

A good example would be the Mazurka In A minor - In this piece I had some very solid ideas and well thought of themes, and then I decided to record myself playing this, and as I played it, I was able to create a harmonious feeling from beginning to end, without going into those 'goofy rhythms' , I'm sure that you will agree.



http://www.youtube.com/v/O2fyAS4nv5o

And the Second example would be 'In the Woods', I basically composed this in one sitting, as I recorded myself playing it, and I wouldn't change a thing in it even if I put it on paper.

http://www.youtube.com/v/8abWOG8_9BA

But then I have what you call real completed compositions written on paper.

An example will be:

http://www.youtube.com/v/Sd4qrOecPew

The Etude was also one of those improvisations, though I had the theme, the main driving figure worked out before.

Thanks for listening and your comments!

[greg]

Out of those 3, I thought In the Woods was pretty nice. (interesting title for someone from New York- a title like is very stereotypical for Swedish melodic death metal) 

(and pretty impressive that you improvised that.) 

Now, for the Scherzo- was that a MIDI piano? Are those repeated notes even possible to play?