Two - Piano, Live

Two, 03:09 Right-Click on CD to Download. Please let me know how you like it.

This is a folky kinda piece, in 4/4. I chose this name because there are only two chords in the tune, and these two chords are played in just two keys. The base-line is a repetetive frame-work which is played steadily with the left hand while I improvise the melody with my right hand. The melody is improvised using two or three little themes which I mix and match between two separate octaves and experiment with throughout. I usually try to make it sound like a conversation between two parts, but I'm not all that successful. In any case, I never play this tune the same way two times in a row, but that doesn't stop it from getting boring to the listener! It isn't straight improvisation, however, because the bass line is always the same. This performance is a little rough, I'd say. But when I started this blog it was to record live, unedited performances, and that is what you get. I'll probably record it again someday. This tune was composed in the mid-nineties on my old accoustic piano. I've added bits to it ever since.