Where do I begin? I set out to arpeggiate in the LH and play a melody in the RH. I chose a key I don't play in much to make it interesting - Ab Major.
I like to free-arpeggiate in the left, and play a simpler thing in the right hand that has more of a discernable grasp of time or pulse. This is somewhat flipped upside-down from conventional piano playing, but we find it all over romantic music and such. It can get schmaltzy to do this and yes, if you detect some in this I'm sorry. No really! Truly sorry, as I try hard to avoid it so when it happens it's out of my control - in the sense that I probably loose focus enough to let the fingers do their own thing, which happens to unfortunately be a reversion to piano bar and cocktail piano days. There's a lot of history and a chapter of a book on this subject and it'll wait.
Another problem I have is when playing like this, other musicians and especially pianists think it's totally rubato. I contend there's a pulse and a general tempo to the tune if you listen to the melody and don't try and count. I realize this gap between me and the perception of my timing by others has to be bridged in order for me to communicate my style more completely. I'm even more curious about how my overall style is perceived by non-musicians as they're the majority, and less encumbered with technical judgement.
Off to work on delivering more music to the people!
I like to free-arpeggiate in the left, and play a simpler thing in the right hand that has more of a discernable grasp of time or pulse. This is somewhat flipped upside-down from conventional piano playing, but we find it all over romantic music and such. It can get schmaltzy to do this and yes, if you detect some in this I'm sorry. No really! Truly sorry, as I try hard to avoid it so when it happens it's out of my control - in the sense that I probably loose focus enough to let the fingers do their own thing, which happens to unfortunately be a reversion to piano bar and cocktail piano days. There's a lot of history and a chapter of a book on this subject and it'll wait.
Another problem I have is when playing like this, other musicians and especially pianists think it's totally rubato. I contend there's a pulse and a general tempo to the tune if you listen to the melody and don't try and count. I realize this gap between me and the perception of my timing by others has to be bridged in order for me to communicate my style more completely. I'm even more curious about how my overall style is perceived by non-musicians as they're the majority, and less encumbered with technical judgement.
Off to work on delivering more music to the people!