Piano Sample Libraries You Love to Hear
Piano sample libraries are plentiful. However, not all of them are satisfying to listen to or play. Stan Stewart checks out 49 of them.
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Our Home – Opus 6-10 #piano #improv
A piano opus. Literally from “our home” to yours: 5 more piano improvisations in the Jaydn series. Enjoy these heartfelt improvs.
How To Tune Your Piano
A Brief Overview Piano tuning has a long tradition and history. It is considered an art form and is seen as somewhat of a magical skill-set to the uninitiated. This is because people generally don’t know much about the internal workings of their piano. If they have an upright piano, they generally don’t even know …
Love’s Shifting Nature album preview – 3 #piano #improv tracks
Check back next week for the whole album. Just a taste of the 10 track album, Love’s Shifting Nature. (If the “webstory” above doesn’t display, click here to view it in a new window.) You may also click on the titles here: Dominant Mode Three Sheets and No Wind Dominant Mode Naked (music video below) …
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Playing Piano Improv at WaterMusic
Here is a sampling of what happened when Stan Stewart played piano improv at WaterMusic, Ithaca, New York, USA in the summer of 2022.
Be Kind – a music video from Piano Plus Suite
Some people see music. But not everyone. For us, there are music videos. JBK Kindness is always underrated. That’s why artists like me continue to remind ourselves and our audience about it. What can you do today to be kind to someone else? Do you see the kindness in this video? How do the images …
Piano Plus Suite – #improv with a plus
You have already heard piano improvisation. Now, hear piano improvisation with a plus. Stan Stewart releases “Piano Plus Suite”.
Upright (Puppy Love) Lullaby – #piano #improv
It seems that Stan Stewart can’t get enough of improvising on upright pianos … nor of his new puppy. Check out “Upright Lullaby”.
Upright Blues – improvising on practice pianos
Imagine this with me: it’s summertime. We’re on the campus of a university with a large music school. Let’s Play Upright In each of several buildings, there are dozens of practice rooms. In each of them stands an upright piano. Now, these pianos have been overheated in the summer. There is nothing to control the …
“No Manuscript” – #piano #improv for inspiration and introspection
With so many of my albums, there is a story. This is not one of those. All we have here is a failure to have a manuscript. Gospel and Gotcha Well, naturally I could tell you stories about each of these pieces. But I think the piano improvisations tell the story better than any words …
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