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ORGAN 2 /ASLSP (As Slow as Possible) is a musical piece by John Cage and the subject of the second-longest-lasting (after Longplayer) musical performance yet undertaken. [1] Cage wrote it in 1987 for organ, as an adaptation of his 1985 composition ASLSP for piano. A performance of the piano version usually lasts 20 to 70 minutes. [2]
One or "a" (indefinite article), as exemplified in the following entries un poco or un peu (Fr.) A little una corda One string (i.e., in piano music, depressing the soft pedal, which alters and reduces the volume of the sound). For most notes in modern pianos, this results in the hammer striking two strings rather than three.
It is a generic name for any composition for the instrument, but when used in a title (Piano Piece, Piece for Piano) the name is used to indicate a (usually) single-movement composition for solo piano that has not been given a more specific name (such as Sonatina, Allegro de concert or Le Bananier), for example:
Piano Sonata No. 5 Maurice Verheul 7 hours 18 minutes 441 (manuscript) [28] [self-published source?] Piano Symphony No. 0 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji 5½ hours 333 (manuscript) [29] A3 Piano Symphony No. 1 (Tāntrik) Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji 4½ hours 284 (manuscript) [30] A3 Piano Symphony No. 2 Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji 4½ hours
Spiegel im Spiegel (lit. Tooltip literal translation 'mirror(s) in the mirror') is a composition by Arvo Pärt written in 1978, just before his departure from Estonia. The piece is in the tintinnabular style, wherein a melodic voice, operating over diatonic scales, and tintinnabular voice, operating within a triad on the tonic, accompany each other.
The piano is often used to provide harmonic accompaniment to a voice or other instrument.However, solo parts for the piano are common in many musical styles. These can take the form of a section in which the piano is heard more prominently than other instruments, or in which the piano may be played entirely unaccompanied.
Piano Grand piano Upright piano Keyboard instrument Hornbostel–Sachs classification 314.122-4-8 (Simple chordophone with keyboard sounded by hammers) Inventor(s) Bartolomeo Cristofori Developed Early 18th century Playing range The Well-Tempered Clavier, first prelude of Book I Played by Kimiko Douglass-Ishizaka Problems playing this file? See media help. A piano is a keyboard instrument that ...
Achieving this goal requires an absolutely steady tempo for the duration of the piece, which Johnson has set at quarter note = 59.225 beats per minute. The only recording that is exactly sixty minutes long was released by the Irritable Hedgehog label and performed by R. Andrew Lee. [2] An Hour for Piano is deceptively simple, with six basic ...