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- Concerto No. 2, Op 21 for Piano, Frederic Chopin
- 2nd movement, Larghetto. (chpnc2-2.mid)
-
- This concerto was written between 1829 and 1830, and was published
- in 1836.
-
- This general midi sequence chpnc2-2.mid of the 2nd movement of Chopin's Piano
- Concerto No. 2 in F minor was made using a Roland JV1080 synthesizer,
- a Yamaha Clavinova CLP-123 piano and a 386 PC running Midisoft's
- "Studio for Windows" program.
-
- It consist of 10 tracks:
- 1. Pianoforte (patch 01, channel 1)
- 2. Violins (patch 50, channel 2)
- 3. Violas (patch 50, channel 3)
- 4. Cellos (patch 50, channel 4)
- 5. Basses (patch 44, channel 5)
- 6. Flutes (patch 74, channel 6)
- 7. Oboes (patch 69, channel 7)
- 8. Clarinets (patch 72, channel 8)
- 9. Bassoons (patch 71, channel 9)
- 10. French Horn (patch 61, channel 11)
-
- This is the first orchestral sequence I have produced.
-
- The piano part was played almost entirely in real time. I used
- editing techniques to improve the melodic line and to adjust tempi
- and rhythm. The orchestral parts were added line by line using the
- mouse so that they synchronize exactly with the piano part. In this
- way I could achieve the rubato necessary for this type of music while
- fitting the orchestral backing to the piano part.
-
- Although JV1080 has 64 voice polyphony and 16 parts, there are some
- places in the sequence, particulary in the recitative middle section,
- where it is on the verge of losing voices due to lack of polyphony. It
- should be played on a synthesizer that has similar horsepower. I don't
- know how it would sound on equipment that has lower polyphonic
- capabilities.
-
- I have used midi controllers 7 and 11 to adjust the volume of the parts
- and for expression. I also placed the reverb controller 91 in each
- channel with maximum value of 127. On the JV1080 it should be played
- on the HALL1 or HALL 2 reverb setting.
-
- I have tried to make this sequence sound like a real performance.
- There are some extremely nice moments in some parts of the sequence,
- for example the place where the bassoon has a solo with the piano
- near the end of the sequence. The GM patches supplied with the JV1080
- are not ideal and the woodwind instruments sound a bit like an electric
- organ.
-
- For most of the string sections I have used the slow string patch 50 as
- this sounds much better than the violin, viola and cello patches which are
- quite poor.
-
- I achieved the tremolo section string accompaniment in the middle
- section by using step recording techniques to reproduce a rapid
- succession of notes. I grouped the violin, viola and cello sections
- into one chord in the violin channel 2 as this was more convenient.
-
- I will be making a version of this sequence especially for the
- orchestral expansion board of the JV1080, and hopefully the woodwind
- section will sound a bit better.
-
- Excellent recordings of this work were made by Artur Rubinstein,
- Claudio Arrau, Bella Davidovich and others.
-
- I hope you enjoy this sequence.
-
- Robert Finley, December 17th 1995.
-
- ROBERTFINLEY@delphi.com
- finley.robert@mail.ndhm.gtegsc.com
-