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Title: Piece for Disaffected Piano One
Genre: Modern
Length: 3:08
Instrumentation: Piano (alternate tuning)

I hesitate to assign a 'feel' to this because it is so exotic. It uses a 19 semitone scale which does not repeat at the octave. There are 9 semitones to a perfect fifth. The tuning is Wendy Carlos' "Alpha" scale. The piano strings are laid to horrible pain in sections as two octaves of keyboard are used to represent a doubling of frequency. 009 2008

Title: Piece for Disaffected Piano Two
Genre: Modern
Length: 5:26
Instrumentation: Piano (alternate tuning)

Like "PfDP One", this piece also uses the Alpha scale developed by Wendy Carlos. Improvising on this piano is like walking in a minefield. There are many places to step which are just fine, but every now and again you find a surprise. This piece is light, and even comical in parts - with some musical revelations in between. 009 2008

Title: As Loud as Possible
Genre: Modern
Length: 1:08
Instrumentation: Piano

Very loud and very discordant. Uses halves of the piano alternately. The first of a series. 009 Aggressive, Unnerving, 2006

Title: Jackhammer
Genre: Modern
Length: 1:40
Instrumentation: Piano

This piece is also pretty loud - it has some traditional chordal structures. Considerable pedal at times makes the piece murkier than the others. The second of a series. 009 Aggressive, Driving, Intense 2006

Title: Rushed
Genre: Modern
Length: 2:02
Instrumentation: Piano

ere, the rhythm adds the dissonance. An unsettling effect. More delicate than either of the first 2 piece. The third of a series. 009 Aggressive, Driving, Intense 2006

Title: Atonal in C-ish
Genre: Modern
Length: 0:38
Instrumentation: Piano

Atonal, sure... but almost in the key of C... or C-sharp. No traditional harmonics, fast paced - but measured. The forth of a series. 009 Unnerving, Aggressive 2006

Title: The Small
Genre: Modern
Length: 0:37
Instrumentation: Piano

Simple polyrhythms in a very small piece. Get it? Small!? Epsilon!?? Yeah... no worries. The fifth of a series. 009 Unnerving 2006

Title: Improbable
Genre: Modern
Length: 1:41
Instrumentation: Piano

An improbable (actually impossible) key signature. Not bad considering it shouldn't exist. Moderately listenable. 009 Humorous 2006

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