This month's piano recording
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I shared this in the Piano Tell recital, so I thought I'd share it here as well.
This is my "original" arrangement of Pachelbel's Canon in D. I say "original" because it's an arrangement based on existing arrangements, so in that sense it's perhaps not truly original. But I have always found that piano solo arrangements of the Canon have some of the variations I like, but never all of them. So I put this arrangement together so that I could have all the variations I wanted in the same arrangement. As a result, it's perhaps gratuitously long.
at 7 minutes, 14 seconds.Another bit of background: I made this arrangement about 10 years ago. But I couldn't really play it back then (well, primarily the last minute of it, which if you listen, you'll see why). So being able to play now (finally!) is quite satisfying. This is also the first time I tried recording it, and my concentration lags so there are some rough spots. But as a "warts and all" recording goes, hopefully it's not too warty
Link to video
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Excellent SK!
I want to record again! My Zoom H6 is too "sticky" to handle. The compound they used for the exterior "rubber case" has the aged rubber sticky issue. It's pretty nasty too.
They offered to replace it or send me a slipcover. I never claimed it. I am going to make a point to do that.
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Thanks for listening everyone!
@wtg let us know what you pick to work on! Fall and winter is particularly nice for being at the piano... and then have some hot chocolate afterwards!
@Mark I just used my iPhone for this recording, even though I have a Zoom H... I think it's an H1n? Anyway.
re sticky rubber, I hate that! I've had a few items do that. I don't understand why some things degrade like that and others don't. Presumably it's some ingredient, I guess. But it often makes the item basically useless!
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We rescued a pair of binoculars from the house of a friend who was moving to assisted living. They had the sticky rubber problem. We checked around and decided to try cleaning the rubber with a well-worn microfiber cloth soaked with rubbing alcohol. Took the stickies right off. We gave away the binoculars, so I don't know if the fix was lasting, or if the rubber just got sticky again.
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@ShiroKuro Try a tiny test spot first and see what happens. With the binoculars, they cost us nothing and were so bad that they were basically unusable, so we figured "what the heck". Your Zoom H is probably more valuable.
Be sure to use as lint-free a cloth as possible.
edit: There seem to be a bunch of YT videos you can check out to get a preview of what happens.
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@ShiroKuro Try a tiny test spot first and see what happens. With the binoculars, they cost us nothing and were so bad that they were basically unusable, so we figured "what the heck". Your Zoom H is probably more valuable.
Be sure to use as lint-free a cloth as possible.
edit: There seem to be a bunch of YT videos you can check out to get a preview of what happens.
@wtg said in This month's piano recording:
Your Zoom H
My Zoom H is fine (as far as I know, I haven't taken it out of the box in a while!
But it doesn't have a lot of rubber-y plastic IIRC, so I think it's ok)I have several mechanical pencils that have those rubber-y grips that have gone sticky. I didn't throw them out because they're my favorite kind of pencil and apparently not made any more. So if I can find them (I think I know where they are) I'll try this!
