Disklavier

Good afternoon, everyone.

Additional comments:

Pianist and well known Suzuki accompanist Linda Perry (music  
professor at Southern Ill. U.) recorded piano accompaniments to the  
first 6 volumes of Suzuki violin music. You can find these volumes at  
many string dealers, such as Shar (www.sharmusic.com).

You don't have to be a Suzuki student to appreciate most of these  
recordings. The upper level books are comprised of standard violin  
literature. Best of all, they were recorded on Disklavier and  
therefore sound great on playback.

They are published by Warner Bros., now part of Alfred Music  
(www.alfred.com).

Note, further, that many Disklaviers have an auxiliary pedal input.  
You can use a volume pedal (like a Yamaha FC7) or a foot-switch pedal  
(like a Yamaha FC4 or 5) to control start and stop with your foot. If  
you use the volume pedal, you can also adjust the tempo. See the  
links below.

Regards,
PianoBench

FC7
http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/ContentDetail/ModelSeriesDetail/ 
0,,CNTID%253D363%2526CNTYP%253DPRODUCT,00.html

FC5
http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/ContentDetail/ModelSeriesDetail/ 
0,,CNTID%253D393%2526CTID%253D204600,00.html

FC4
http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/ContentDetail/ModelSeriesDetail/ 
0,,CNTID%253D392%2526CTID%253D204600,00.html

On Jan 9, 2006, at 4:02 PM, Robert Welcyng wrote:

> Your plan sounds feasible.  You realize, of course, that there is a
> great deal of interaction that goes on between a performer and a live
> accompanist.  That is, the live accompanist will respond to your cues
> and will adjust her tempo and dynamics to your playing.  Being a  
> robot,
> the Disklavier will do the leading and you will be following. That may
> work all right for you, but you may find it strange at first..
>
> In playing piano duets, with the Disklavier as my partner, I have  
> found
> that it is helpful to place a bar or two of  countdown notes at the  
> head
> of the MIDI file.  That allows me to sync with the Disklavier and to
> give me time to move my hand from the Disklavier's Play Button to the
> keyboard.
>
> You will want MIDI files that were recorded on a Disklavier.   
> Generally,
> the free stuff that you might find on Internet is worth just what you
> pay for it.  To sound musical, a MIDI file must match the
> characteristics of a Disklavier. Your best strategy would be to have a
> live accompanist accompany you on your Disklavier while you record the
> session to disk or hard drive.  You can later add countdown bars to  
> the
> file.  The Disklavier also gives you the advantage of being able to
> adjust the tempo of the accompaniment for your practice sessions.
>
> Good luck!
>
> penman2803 wrote:
>
>> I am a violinist interested in purchasing a disklavier.  One of the
>> uses I would be interested in exploring is the possibility of  
>> using the
>> disklavier to provide violin accompaniments. Can anyone tell me if
>> piano accompaniment midi files (without the violin part) are  
>> available
>> for disklavier, or generally if the disklavier can be used in this  
>> way?