At the heart of Arnalds' music is a simple interplay between spare strings and piano lines.
Piano keys each have three strings that, when struck by a felt-covered hammer, make a musical sound. (The exceptions are the bass keys, which have either two strings or one.) Pressing the soft pedal shifts the hammers so only two of the three strings are touched, giving the piano a much softer tone.
Driven by a subtly shifting combination of piano, strings and guitar, the record serves as an intimate, challenging document of raw human emotions.
Generally accompanied with light, airy strings or reeds, the piano will instantly call to mind previous works, but not in a way that feels samey or recycled.
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After dumping out his toolbox in the time it takes most singer-songwriters to make sure the microphone is on, Bathgate spends the rest of "Serpentine" fiddling with his toys, introducing strings and yet more sad piano sounds as he goes along.
"Blue Skies" opens with Jaymay's soothing, bright alto and warm strings that move into a catchy piano riff.
Supported by richly harmonic horns, a sweep of sentimental strings, and his own bluesy piano, Dr. John delivers his lines in a drawl that makes them hard to decipher at times.
We went from the original instrumentation of strings and a handful of winds to a rocking jazz rhythm section consisting of Hammond B3 organ, gospel piano, drums, electric guitar, Fender bass and acoustic bass, five saxophones, full brass, strings, timpani and percussion.
The eighth movement, "The Resurrected and the Song of the Star Aldebaran, " strikes a meditative mood, with strings chanting a gently shifting melody while stars twinkle and birds twitter in the glockenspiel, piccolo and piano.
So he invariably asked to have a second piano onstage, because midway through a recital Liszt's powerful playing would result in broken strings and an instrument that was hopelessly out of tune and quite unplayable.
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