> On Feb 19, 2016, at 16:13, bill bigrig wrote: Better yet,go to a CZ-1. It's well worth the extra money.
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> On Wed, 2/17/16, cooneypiano@... [CZsynth] <CZsynth@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> Subject: [CZsynth] Re: New to the list. Interested in "Balkan" CZ101 programming
> To: CZsynth@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2016, 6:29 AM
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> Jumping back into this thread that I started last
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> I finished my first Ivo Papasov
> transcription and have slowly been working out how to play
> it on the CZ, using the pitch-bend for a lot of the
> ornaments. This has been a really fun project to work on and
> I've learned a lot. I find that after working on the
> passages slowly with the pitch-bend it eventually starts to
> feel more intuitive and I can start playing at faster
> tempos. (I decided to start with an Ivo transcription rather
> than a keyboardist transcription like Amza Tairov because I
> know that Amza got his style from imitating other
> instruments, learning how to do those ornamentations on the
> synth. Also I like Amza alright but I REALLY like Ivo. Plus
> Amza doesn't play in odd meters as much as Ivo.)
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> It has been a very fun little
> puzzle figuring out how to do all the ornamentations with
> the pitch bend. Once I start to get the hang of it it
> actually makes many passages easier to play. My big problem
> now is that I find the mini-keys on the cz101 really
> difficult to navigate. I've been using a controller and
> have been just keeping my left hand up on the CZ
> pitch-wheel. But I'm thinking of swapping out the 101
> for a 1000. I seems silly to have a keyboard that I only use
> for the wheel (and sounds). I'd like to be able to
> actually play the keys if needed. I'm also not psyched
> about the controllers I've been using: I've been
> alternating between a cheap a midi controller and a Nord
> LEad 2x. The action on the Nord leaves much to be desired,
> though I think I could program some decent balkanish sounds
> on it. I've been considering getting something better to
> use as a controller.. maybe a Triton or a Dx7.
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> I thought I'd try the 101
> first since that's what all those balkan players use.
> But I can see now why so many of them have strange-looking
> techniques. The mini keys force you to drop your wrist to
> get the thumb on the instrument, and they make it hard to
> play inside the black key area. This is why so many of the
> 101 videos of the balkan/turkish guys show people with
> really compromised techniques, their 5th fingers sticking
> out all funny, etc. I think I need to switch to the 1000 so
> that I can play the keys with a healthy technique.
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