Podcast1024: Resolution in Blue by Prent Rodgers

Since I'm a composer too, it's only fair that I put some of my own music into a podcast. This piece is called Resolution in Blue, and it was written for microtonal slide piano.

Now, since there aren't any microtonal slide pianos available, I had to simulate one on the computer, using Csound. I started with a terrific piano sample set from the McGill University Master Samples library. Then using Csound, I applied function tables to slide the notes around. The slides are similar to the way a slide guitar plays, with a long slide from one note to another, and a vibrato when it reaches the new note. Much more detail on my liner notes page.

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