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Corduroy Piano Dream
Last night I had a wonderful dream in
which I was shopping for a new piano. I went into a
large piano store, considered baby grands, then asked
to see some studio uprights. The model that really
intrigued me had a keyboard in which the keys were of
varying width, none much smaller than usual, but some
about twice as wide as usual. Also each key was
covered in pinwale gray corduroy with beautiful
flecks of red in the fabric. The keys felt great to
my fingers. The widths varied in order to introduce
an element of irregularity to the phrasing of almost
anything anyone would try to play on the instrument.
In the dream I understood that irregular aspect to be
a way of making any music more beautiful.
We may need to sell these keyboards in the Comma gift shops. Pax, -Tom
Thomas Bickley, email
Sat, 22 Nov 1997 23:43:53 -0500
Comma improvised this piece in the studio.
Inspired by the dream, we decided that it would begin
with those words and its approximate duration, and
let the rest happen.
