Informationen zu "Selected Piano Works (Invisible Forces) for piano solo"
Komponist/Autor: James Heather
Verlag: Just isn't Music Ltd. / Ninja Tune Publishing
Verlagsnummer: AHEDBK034
EAN: 9990901295807
ISBN: 978-1-916186-91-0
Beschreibung
For the first time, Selected Piano Works is the long-awaited selection of 25
solo piano transcriptions from Pulse Music pianist James Heather. Presented
in an incredible 144-page printed folio designed by long-time collaborator SUKI.
Heathers music has amassed over 220M streams on DSPs.
About The Book
The music is taken from all his albums and EPs released 20172022, including
most-requested pieces Ultraviolet, Empire Sounds, Biomes, Passing Soul,
Last Minute Change Of Heart, Oizys and Beginnings, with difficulty ranging
from entry level to more experimental and advanced. This printed collection also
includes a special written introduction and insightful performance notes from
Heather. The exclusive art by SUKI features 88 pulses on the cover representing
88 piano keys. Each image inside the book is a visualisation of a piece in the
form of a spectrogram. Track data is plotted in a 3D timeline to visualise tiny
pulses overlapping and merging, representing Heathers unique style of playing.
Heather calls his music Pulse Music, as our own internal pulses are not rigid
they adapt to the world around us. The music is often meditative, but sometimes
its faster, fighting for and ultimately celebrating life. Because of this, the tempos
and dynamics can be fluid.
Heather notes: This books been a long time coming. I cant read music brilliantly.
I stopped at 15, dedicating myself to composition built with muscle memory
after a foundation learning Beethoven, Satie and Joplin scores. Id compose
by modulating between keys, feeling like an explorer sailing seas in search of
new lands, only to return one day to the start. I respect people who play music
by others and the craft of transcription. This respect is why this book took
years to make I had to extract this music out of my head, long after recording.
Working with specialists, such as Sam Lung, there was back and forth to mould
the pieces into a form that was never originally intended to be notated. The
directions are as approachable as possible to play, a balance between being
simple to follow and true to the essence of the original recording.
