tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post115430347659156015..comments2024-03-27T23:45:06.093+01:00Comments on Renewable Music: Keyboard Music?Daniel Wolfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093101325234464791noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9617011.post-1154370389011011712006-07-31T20:26:00.000+02:002006-07-31T20:26:00.000+02:00That's an interesting point, particularly since %9...That's an interesting point, particularly since %90 of my own keyboard activity is on a four-octave USB controller gizmo. Unless the piece I'm playing is from the spinet/harpsichord era, I usually have to have to fudge the registration as I go. As for why there isn't a body of new work for electronic keyboards, I'd say that composers working within the tradition of notational music have never really gotten comfortable with synthesizers- the technology changes too fast, the quality of patches varies widely according to the instrument, dynamics may be impossible on cheaper models, etc etc. I think part of the reason, too, is reaction to the overuse of synths in pop music in the '80s- it's hard to compose on a keyboard synth if you're worrying the whole time about not sounding like the Pet Shop Boys.Trevor Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16221799347828939364noreply@blogger.com