tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post3590835812168690045..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: The King of InstrumentsBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-17501249741363629062014-06-07T08:56:52.366-05:002014-06-07T08:56:52.366-05:00As a guitarist for most of my life up to now (apar...As a guitarist for most of my life up to now (apart from a bit of study of the voice and dallying with the flute and harmonica), I have been pretty oblivious to the piano. But as you say, the possibilities are enormous. Just the fact that you can purchase an adequate digital electronic keyboard with MIDI and sampling for $200 means that even poor people can have a piano/synthesizer at home. And, again, as you say, the higher end ones are getting more and more sophisticated.<br /><br />My needs are very simple and at the present I don't feel I need to delve into this stuff too much, but it sure is interesting.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-72675579564777886152014-06-06T22:33:11.356-05:002014-06-06T22:33:11.356-05:00I did, they are basically the Lamborghini of piano...I did, they are basically the Lamborghini of pianos.<br /><br />Even though you were joking about the Casio, there is a huge potential that hasn't really been tapped with high end electric keyboards. I've got a Kawai keyboard with wooden keys that gives a decent piano feel. It doesn't touch my Steinway, but its real potential is not replicating a piano's sound, or any other instrument's, but instead playing back entirely new sounds.<br /><br />Popular music has certainly made use of the keyboard synthesizer, but even still I think the true potential has hardly been touched.<br /><br />The only problem is the world of MIDI and synthesis/sampling is very complex and very fragmented. You practically have to be a computer scientist to really dive into that world... as a result you don't see a lot of high level musicians who have a firm grasp of that stuff. I'm slowly trying to break through.<br /><br /><br />Nathan Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14123467208814463388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-9702165187686845922014-06-06T11:09:14.765-05:002014-06-06T11:09:14.765-05:00Ah, I didn't know that was a Mozart quote. Hey...Ah, I didn't know that was a Mozart quote. Hey, my Casio digital keyboard can do grand piano and about 300 other instruments!<br /><br />(just teasin')<br /><br />Did you see my post about pianos where I talk about the Fazioli company?Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-69836990733331023512014-06-06T11:02:58.834-05:002014-06-06T11:02:58.834-05:00I believe Mozart is usually credited with the orga...I believe Mozart is usually credited with the organ as being the "king of instruments" quote.<br /><br />I would say that if he had access to a modern piano, then he would agree with me that the piano is the god of instruments.Nathan Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14123467208814463388noreply@blogger.com