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If you like this, you might be interested in hearing "micro articulations" in baroque harpsichord music. The most talented harpsichordists, like Scott Ross (RIP
by eigenvalue 3y ago
If you like this, you might be interested in hearing "micro articulations" in baroque harpsichord music. The most talented harpsichordists, like Scott Ross (RIP), use incredibly minute pauses and lags to add expression to the music, which is otherwise hard to do with a harpsichord, since it does not allow for dynamics like a piano-- the string on the harpsichord either gets plucked or it doesn't, whereas the piano hammer can hit with varying intensity based on how hard the key is pressed. A good example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkQp_QIzd7w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkQp_QIzd7w
and playing my favorite, Scarlatti:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQm8I8EXZf8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQm8I8EXZf8
If you did a similar analysis using Audacity as in the article, I'm sure you could find some interesting patterns. Would be nifty to have a deep neural net learn how to mimic this based on a "straight" midi file that doesn't use micro-articulations.
- devnullbrain 3y agoThis reminds me of how the timing of a pipe organ sounds distinct from the timing of piano. Presumably from the inductor-like effect of air in various volume pipes.