Daily Archives: 2009-10-29

Piano: The Broken-Chord Waltz

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This is a new composition I’ve been working on for the past week. It’s very basic: it’s in the key of C with no black notes at all. But I think I came up with a good tune that’s fun to listen to and to play.

The song is mostly broken C, F, and G chords with a small A minor section and some interesting melodies and embellishments.

Download synthesized MP3 (2:35, 2.5MB)
Download sheet music (PDF, 3 pg., 30KB)
Download MIDI sequence (2:35, 7KB)

The MP3 above is synthesized. I can play this on the piano but I don’t have a good microphone. Call me if you want me to play it for you. :cool:

Photo: Driving Sunset

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Driving Sunset

I shot this sunset from the backseat while my friend was driving. This is on West International Speedway Boulevard right near Daytona State College in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA.

On the left is the rear-view mirror and at the bottom you see the windshield wipers. That’s why I’m titling this Driving Sunset.

I cloned out a big electronic sign at the bottom-right. It was the college’s sign, but it was bright blue and annoying. You can still see the clone marks if you brighten the photo considerably, but no one will notice normally.

Canon Rebel XTi, EF 50mm 1:1.4, 1/500, F3.2, 50mm, ISO100, 2009-10-15T18:53:32-04, 20091015-225332rxt

Download the high-res JPEG or download the source image.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Please credit me as “Photo by Richard Thripp” or something similar.