Fluid piano - Revision history

Lucius Chiaraviglio: /* Music */ Add Infinite Reflections; fix duplicated name

2024-12-23T11:07:22Z

Music: Add Infinite Reflections; fix duplicated name

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	; Pam Chowhan		; Pam Chowhan
	* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VFvjg9pW70 World's first performance on the Fluid Piano ~~Pam Chowhan~~ - Post Mode-ernity] (2010)		* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeZw1Byzx1s World's first performance on the Fluid Piano - Infinite Reflections] (2010)
	* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcbovEErO94 World's first performance on the Fluid Piano ~~Pam Chowhan~~ - Within Space Within Time] (2010)		* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VFvjg9pW70 World's first performance on the Fluid Piano - Post Mode-ernity] (2010)
			* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcbovEErO94 World's first performance on the Fluid Piano - Within Space Within Time] (2010)

	; Chano Dominguez		; Chano Dominguez

Lucius Chiaraviglio: /* Possible future evolution */ Change 22 notes per octave to 22 or more notes per octave -- after all, a couple of 24EDO pianos have been built, and the 12 notes per octave Hass harpsichords have up to 60 strings per octave

2024-11-21T22:37:22Z

Possible future evolution: Change 22 notes per octave to 22 or more notes per octave -- after all, a couple of 24EDO pianos have been built, and the 12 notes per octave Hass harpsichords have up to 60 strings per octave

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	If a future incarnation of this instrument added a foot pedal connection of adjustment of the clip positions for each pitch class in proper proportion to the string lengths, it could evolve into a fully on-the-fly adjustable pitch keyboard instrument.		If a future incarnation of this instrument added a foot pedal connection of adjustment of the clip positions for each pitch class in proper proportion to the string lengths, it could evolve into a fully on-the-fly adjustable pitch keyboard instrument.

	The instrument design has two strings per note, with extra space between pairs of strings. This appears to leave room for construction of a future version having a modestly higher number of notes per octave (mostly likely 17 or 19, although with considerable additional engineering, ~~perhaps~~ even 22 notes per octave would be possible).		The instrument design has two strings per note, with extra space between pairs of strings. This appears to leave room for construction of a future version having a modestly higher number of notes per octave (mostly likely 17 or 19, although with considerable additional engineering, even 22 or more notes per octave would be possible).

	== Music ==		== Music ==

Lucius Chiaraviglio: Fix Category:Instruments link, but retain the automatically generated Category:Practice

2024-11-21T18:57:15Z

Fix Category:Instruments link, but retain the automatically generated Category:Practice

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	* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7ti6HUX5xQ Utsav Lal performs Raga Bhairav Alap-Jod-Jhala on the Fluid Piano] (2010) (also has links to other videos of fluid piano performances)		* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7ti6HUX5xQ Utsav Lal performs Raga Bhairav Alap-Jod-Jhala on the Fluid Piano] (2010) (also has links to other videos of fluid piano performances)

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Lucius Chiaraviglio: Introducing the fluid piano, a modern tangent piano with pitch bend

2024-11-21T18:53:12Z

Introducing the fluid piano, a modern tangent piano with pitch bend

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== Description ==

The fluid piano is a modern [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangent_piano tangent piano] invented by [[Geoff Smith]] that replaces the near bridge with sliding clips to enable varying the pitches of the strings. The range of adjustment of each note in the current version is a whole tone (it is not clear from the demonstration/introduction video below whether this is [[12edo|2\12]] or a just intonation [[9/8]], although the difference is only 3.91¢). In its current incarnation, this requires the performer to reach the clips to move them individually, so overall this is best suited for adjustment of temperament in between performances, although in practice it can be (and has usually been) used to perform a glissando or pitch bend on an individual note. As with tangent pianos more generally, the timbre is a hybrid between that of the harpsichord and that of the piano, which enables it to blend well with traditional instruments of [[Indian music|India]], although it also seems well-suited to Iberian music (as in one of the music examples linked below).

A [[fluid dulcimer]], played with small light hammers and having a similar pitch adjustment mechanism, has also been produced. This instrument is also demonstrated in two of the music examples below.

== Possible future evolution ==

If a future incarnation of this instrument added a foot pedal connection of adjustment of the clip positions for each pitch class in proper proportion to the string lengths, it could evolve into a fully on-the-fly adjustable pitch keyboard instrument.

The instrument design has two strings per note, with extra space between pairs of strings. This appears to leave room for construction of a future version having a modestly higher number of notes per octave (mostly likely 17 or 19, although with considerable additional engineering, perhaps even 22 notes per octave would be possible).

== Music ==

Presumably the multiple references to "World's first performance on the Fluid Piano" are multiple videos from one concert in 2010, although one has a release date of 2011.

; Introduction (The Guardian)
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Cq3pbcMkI&t=1s&pp=ygULZmx1aWQgcGlhbm8%3D Introducing the 'fluid piano'] (2010) (includes interview with Geoff Smith and Pam Chowhan)
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoZYo7IsY4I Introducing the 'fluid piano'] (2010) (alternate link) (includes interview with Geoff Smith and Pam Chowhan)

; Pam Chowhan
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VFvjg9pW70 World's first performance on the Fluid Piano Pam Chowhan - Post Mode-ernity] (2010)
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcbovEErO94 World's first performance on the Fluid Piano Pam Chowhan - Within Space Within Time] (2010)

; Chano Dominguez
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vblUFZOs6a0 Chano Dominguez: World's first performance on the Fluid Piano (Improvisation 1)] (2011)

; Geoff Smith
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdvwVZR_AEE World's first performance on the Fluid Piano - Fluid C] (2010)
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV_rrukhkjw World's first performance on the Fluid Piano & Fluid Dulcimer - 'May 29th' (Part 1)] (2010) (with Matthew Bourne on fluid dulcimer)
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq-p9j54gcU&t=0s World's first performance on the Fluid Piano & Fluid Dulcimer - 'May 29th' (Part 2)] (2010) (with Matthew Bourne on fluid dulcimer)

; Utsav Lal
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7ti6HUX5xQ Utsav Lal performs Raga Bhairav Alap-Jod-Jhala on the Fluid Piano] (2010) (also has links to other videos of fluid piano performances)

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