Unidentified Rolling Objects

Very interesting stuff... any chance we can see the MIDI files as well?

KG replies: Mmmmmm.... what format would you like to see them in, exactly? That sounds like an awful lot of jpegs.

This is like finding buried treasure. Thanks for posting them.

Fascinating. The Romantic roll definitely has some Liszt in it; in particular, Un sospiro comes up two or three times.

(captcha: "were squares")

conlon-inspired player piano piece:

http://curtismacdonald.com/blog/?p=93

conlon-inspired arrangement with programmed drums:

http://curtismacdonald.com/blog/?p=3

This is amazing; I never thought I'd hear new Nancarrow. Thanks so much.

When I was a kid playing with the Music Construction Set program I used to spell words out graphically on a staff to see how they sounded. A lot of the time it wasn't bad!

Nathan Bibb: ... any chance we can see the MIDI files as well?

KG replies: ... That sounds like an awful lot of jpegs.

I see you are joking about that. Though I'd also love to have access to some of the midi files themselves, it would be almost as much fun to see pictures of the piano-roll representation. More-so than with most artists, Nancarrow's pieces are also interesting to see visually.

KG replies: That's very true. I'm trying to figure out how I can spread information about all this great material without impinging on whatever future royalties the Nancarrow family may stand to someday collect. Let me give it a little more thought.

Unless my ears deceive me, Roll A is a player-piano version of the first movement of Nancarrow's 3rd String Quartet.

(P.S. I've enjoyed your writing, and your music, for quite a few years. Keep up the good work.)

KG replies: Thanks for the comments and the catch, you're right. There are two rolls labeled "A", and I originally had the first one up; besides being a transcription of that quartet movement, this is also "Movement A" from a "Trilogy for Player Piano," which I just noticed is released on a Wergo disc with the Arditti String Quartet, meaning three of the unknown rolls are already out there. The other roll I originally put up is just "Roll A." I inadvertently made the switch when I went from sampler to Disklavier versions. I'll get the other one back up there as soon as I can.