Tuesday, October 28, 2008
rhapsody on a theme of paganini...
... is a damn nice song, but it's driving me crazy with all its complicated notes! it starts relatively easy, but as soon as you get to variation #13 (give or take a variation) and beyond it's total hell. especially variation #15 and the last variation.
at first i didn't know which was harder - grieg's piano concerto or this song - but now i don't have a doubt. yes, it makes liszt's 'la campanella' look like a nursery rhyme for toddlers.
at least 'la campanella' doesn't last 25 minutes...
and what's more the version i have now is for 2 pianos (why can't rachmaninoff write a 1 piano version) and i'm trying my very best to arrange it for solo piano. almost halfway there - i'm at variation #15 now. (there're 24 variations but if you count according to pages i'm 37/88 done)
but hey, it's all worth it because the song's every bit as nice as it is difficult to play. i know my vocab sucks because i can't think of any other word other than 'nice'.
on another note, i actually planned to change my blogskin because many people can't view the animation thing. but when i opened a photoshop file i found myself staring at the white canvas, my mind totally blank. reason: i can't think of any design that will beat my current blogskin's. so in the end i tweaked the animation a bit and re-uploaded it.
to hell to those who can't see the animation......
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newest ambigrams are added on top.
CELEBRATING THE WORLD CUP 2010 in SOUTH AFRICA!!! :D
Andrei Arshavin! ♥♥♥
Brwen Stxizel. My footy team!
Vladimir Ashkenazy.
I completed Rach Three. Ambigram celebrating the day I finally finished learning the piano concerto on 18 September 2009.
Rachy chain ambigram.
Arsenal chain ambigram.
Boeing. My first chain ambigram.
another take on fourdiligence. this will be on the first page of our yearbook. the old one will dominate the second and third
pages, oh yeah!!!
alexander lubiantsev! a very very cute russian pianist :D
socialstudies / propaganda. my first mirror image ambigram! more can be done about the middle S, though.
socialstudies / propaganda.
third attempt at rachmaninoff. my second is too ugly to be shown.
zinedine zidane. my favourite footy player. ever.
st nicks, my secondary school.
one of my more ambitious ambigrams. i hate biology / with a passion
second attempt at gershwin. this is his full name, george gershwin
four diligence. i'm very proud of this one.
airbus/boeing
rachmaninoff. my first ambigram.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
rhapsody on a theme of paganini...
... is a damn nice song, but it's driving me crazy with all its complicated notes! it starts relatively easy, but as soon as you get to variation #13 (give or take a variation) and beyond it's total hell. especially variation #15 and the last variation.
at first i didn't know which was harder - grieg's piano concerto or this song - but now i don't have a doubt. yes, it makes liszt's 'la campanella' look like a nursery rhyme for toddlers.
at least 'la campanella' doesn't last 25 minutes...
and what's more the version i have now is for 2 pianos (why can't rachmaninoff write a 1 piano version) and i'm trying my very best to arrange it for solo piano. almost halfway there - i'm at variation #15 now. (there're 24 variations but if you count according to pages i'm 37/88 done)
but hey, it's all worth it because the song's every bit as nice as it is difficult to play. i know my vocab sucks because i can't think of any other word other than 'nice'.
on another note, i actually planned to change my blogskin because many people can't view the animation thing. but when i opened a photoshop file i found myself staring at the white canvas, my mind totally blank. reason: i can't think of any design that will beat my current blogskin's. so in the end i tweaked the animation a bit and re-uploaded it.
to hell to those who can't see the animation......
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about me
Just a nobody who likes planes, football and classical music. A weird combination.
Has a strange liking for old/dead Russian composers and pianists, with the notable exception of A.Lubiantsev.
Supports Arsenal FC. Thinks A330s are hot.
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