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Bartók: Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, Volume 1, No. 33

 

Neil Diamond's "You Got to Me"

Recently, I listened to Neil Diamond for the first time in something like seven years and was surprised to discover that there's Clavinet in "You Got to Me."  I'm sure I heard it before but just didn't recognize it as Clavinet (for one thing, it's doubled with piano).  I figured out the part and notated it.  It's a recurring eight-measure phrase, although really it's just four measures repeated.  Note that it's played an octave lower than written.

Bartók: Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, Volume 1, No. 32

 

Pianet M

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Telemann: 168 Keyboard Pieces, TWV 36:30: Menuet: Meine Losung heist stille seyn

 

Super Mario Bros. Theme

The Chicago Electric Piano Co. recently posted a video of the Super Mario Bros. theme played on three Pianet Ts:

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Telemann: 168 Keyboard Pieces, TWV 36:25: Menuet: Wem der Himmel nach Wunsch soll erfreüen

 

Fleetwood Mac's Hohner Pianets

I'd read that Christine McVie used Hohner Pianet in Fleetwood Mac, but I'm not very familiar with the band and couldn't point out any specific songs that feature Pianet.  Recently, though, I learned that The Midnight Special has a YouTube channel, and I watched the Fleetwood Mac appearances, partially to look for Pianets.  Currently, the channel has videos of eight songs the band performed over the span of about four years, and I found two that definitely feature Pianet.

"Believe Me" on 2 November 1973, with a Pianet N:

"Rhiannon" on 27 February 1976, with a Combo Pianet:

Bartók: Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, Volume 1, No. 31

 

Pianet T

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Schubert: Entr'acte No. 3 Andantino from Rosamunde, D. 797

 

On the Hohner Clavinet demonstration record, there's an arrangement of this piece for solo keyboard.  I did an arrangement from flutetunes using the "A" voice of Nord's Clavinet D6 sound (with the Twin amp model) and the Hohner String Melody II sample.  It's a bit of a departure from my Hohner Pianet project, but I felt it was warranted.