Wednesday, June 17, 2020

"Der Schneemann"



Years ago, I found this site that has some German folk songs (although the site itself is dated and rather poorly organized), and recently I poked around on it to find a few to record for this project, in the same vein as the Hohner Pianet demonstration record, which includes a folk song as an example piece.  I added a few notes, partially to get a better resolution and partially because half of a measure was missing.

Wednesday, June 10, 2020

Bach: Minuet in D minor, BWV Anh. 132



I didn't stick very close to my book's "andante" tempo marking, but I thought that was too slow.

Wednesday, June 3, 2020

Pianet N Ad

A couple months ago, I found this ad for the Pianet N:


Apparently, it's from a Reader's Digest magazine from September 1969.

Here's my translation of the text:
With your Hohner Pianet N choose:  dance, entertaining, jazz, classical 
The pleasure grows with every note of this charming musical instrument.  The space-saving form, the sound similar to a piano, and the adjustment to any volume - you will come to appreciate all of that if, for example, the easily transportable Pianet N should be moved to a different place.  Or if you prefer silent playing, in order not to disturb anyone, use the headphone socket - and play as long and as often as you enjoy it.